Olivia Faren

What the sources establishEstablished

• Olivia is a serious woman in her twenties, hair tied back, whose output on the counting floor is unrivalled and whose lips move as she compulsively checks her sums. pilot p. 5
• She was raised in an orphanage from her 'waif years', drove her first Task Manager to reorganise the line, and has been levied to the Counting House dormitory ever since; Wooster calls her 'bricky to a fault'. pilot p. 7
• She carries a locket with an illustration of Albion's Prince and the Princess of Terrassia and speaks to it: 'By your grace, I serve.' pilot p. 5
• She recites the full Albion oath twice: 'By the grace of our Divine Emperor, I serve Albion. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In life everlasting.' pilot pp. 8, 52
• She found a receipt for a direct payment from Wooster's office to an invalid corporal back from Gravinia, believed there was a traitor in the counting house, and was reassigned to Barron the same day. pilot pp. 7-8
• She had never been away from the capital, never travelled aloft, never had alcohol, and never danced; she says she had no one to lose to the war. pilot pp. 9, 11, 21, 27
• She calms her nerves by calculating simple sums on a hand-held mechanical calculator shaped like a pepper mill, worked by slide, lift, twist, and crank. pilot pp. 5, 9, 47
• She counts eighty-eight wounds on Feeney's body from the surface area of the human body and the circumference of each mark. pilot p. 27
• She beats Devorlen Koss at cards on her first game, staking her locket and playing the ingenue; Jack says she has an affinity for numbers. pilot pp. 30-32
• She dances with Rozito, counting her steps until she loosens up, in what may be her first moment of joy, and then gets sick from her first drinks. pilot p. 33
• Szeret takes both her hands, insists on 'Szeret', and spins her in a waltz; Barron separates them: 'Hands off the help.' pilot pp. 40-41
• In the Hallaset Fields she teaches Szeret the calculator, tackles her to save her from the Necrotic Bulk, then takes one of Jack's spare weapons and joins the fight. pilot pp. 47-49
• She drafted the construction schedule for the theater, which Barron calls astounding work, and asks him whether the wedding is truly about love after Koss says the couple are children who have never met. pilot pp. 46, 52
• She tells Barron she does not feel safe, declines to be sent home, and helps him up the stairs; her calculator is gone from her pocket that night. pilot pp. 52-53
• The series document says she embraces the role of Barron's aide-de-camp after the pilot and, with Szeret as her paranormal guide, investigates threats to the theater. pilot p. 55

Said, believed, or contradicted between sourcesRumored or disputed

• Book Two says she was chosen because she has no attachments and was sent as a useful distraction; the pilot shows Barron choosing her for precision, confidence, and devotion. Book Two, 'Character Profiles', Olivia; pilot p. 6
• Book Two says she also counts with Chisanbop, beaded strings, and knotted cords; the pilot shows only the comptometer and the cylinder calculator. Book Two, 'Character Profiles', Olivia
• Book Two's knowledge sheet says she investigated a murdered tax collector and theft from the treasury; neither appears in the pilot. Book Two, 'NPC Knowledge Cheat Sheet', Olivia
• Later publications describe her as an Albion intelligence operative or investigator working out of the Embassy and unravelling the conspiracy. City Locations Guide, 'The Diplomatic Salon'; EC_GROUNDING_SHEET.md; quest_board_desk/quests/The_Ochre_Door.md

What no source settlesUnestablished

• Olivia's parentage and how she came to the orphanage are not established in any source.
• Whether the corporal's receipt she flagged connects to the Kormor Kirak conspiracy is not established in the pilot.

Reign of Blood, ICM first draft, 2022In the pilot

1. Counting floor: the locket, the calculator (p. 5).
2. Wooster's office: reports the anomaly; is reassigned (pp. 7-8).
3. Carriage with Barron: 'simple sums' (pp. 9-11).
4. Cavalry stable: meets Jack; 'I'm not a lady. I'm an accountant.' (pp. 12-14).
5. Blimp wardroom: airsick during the briefing (pp. 14-16).
6. Blimp observation deck: counts Jack's forms; has never danced (pp. 20-21).
7. Southern Gate and Queen's Road: sees the castle and the wards (pp. 22-25).
8. The vault: eighty-eight wounds (pp. 26-27).
9. Bastion Inn: first drink with Eppy; cards with Koss; dances with Rozito; sick (pp. 27-33).
10. Consulate: meets Szeret (pp. 40-41).
11. Hallaset Fields: belief, math, the calculator lesson, the Necrotic Bulk (pp. 42-50).
12. Bastion Inn: 'You lied to me' and the oath (pp. 51-53).
13. Her room: the calculator is gone (p. 53).

Who and what this record touchesConnections

Every story, issue and quest where the name appearsAppearances

• BloodletterTHE DEAD PLEDGEBLACK MARKET ALLEY
• BloodletterTHE SECOND BIRDALBION QUARTER
• CourantTHE MARROW IS CLEAREDThe 15th of May, 1793
• CourantTHE ETERNAL REIGNThe 8th of May, 1793
• CourantTHE FESTIVAL BEGINSThe 1st of May, 1793
• CourantTHE CONVERGENCE PROCLAIMEDThe 24th of April, 1793
• CourantTHE TOWER RISESThe 17th of April, 1793
• Quest BoardWHAT THE CLOCKWORK HEARSGILLIKOI WOODS
• Quest BoardHOLD UNTIL THE BELLTHE BASTION INN
• Quest BoardCARRY HER NORTHHALLASET FIELDS
• Quest BoardTHE SECOND TALLYKERESKEDO MARKET
• Quest BoardTHE OCHRE DOORALBION QUARTER

Canon, in priority orderSources

1. The pilot script: Reign of Blood, ICM first draft 2022, pp. 5-16, 20-33, 40-55
2. Book Two: The People of the Eternal Court, 'Character Profiles' (Olivia Faren), 'NPC Relationship Map', 'NPC Knowledge Cheat Sheet'
3. Campaign World Guide, 'Part Six: Culture, Faith, and the Cost of War'
4. _publications/EC_GROUNDING_SHEET.md, section 3
5. quest_board_desk/quests/The_Ochre_Door.md; The_Second_Tally.md; courant_desk/issues (appearances)

Notes. Jack calls her ''Liv' in the pilot. Book Two gives the Albion oath as 'By his grace, I rise'; the pilot's wording is used here.