TV Special
Description
Fayau is a character from the 1992 anime television special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukō ni. Her story is set in a narrative that spans thousands of years, beginning more than 10,000 years ago in a prehistoric era. She is a young woman belonging to the Tangad tribe in the region of present-day Mongolia.
In this ancient timeline, Fayau is the lover of a hunter named Bogud. Their relationship is defined by a deep, personal bond, symbolized by a talisman that Bogud carves in the shape of a red deer, which he gifts to Fayau for her protection. This red deer holds spiritual significance, having become Bogud’s spirit animal after he successfully hunted a legendary one on his first solo expedition.
Fayau’s life is dramatically altered by the conflict and upheaval of her time. She and Bogud are separated by war, during which Fayau is captured and taken away by a tribe of nomads. This group’s intention is to cross the ancient Bering Strait land bridge to migrate to a new continent, forcibly removing Fayau from her home and her lover. This separation establishes her primary motivation within the story’s grander scale: a connection to Bogud that transcends time and distance.
Fayau’s role in the story is not confined to her own era but extends to the present day through her lineage. The narrative establishes that Fayau has descendants who inherit the legacy of her relationship with Bogud. The red deer talisman she received is passed down through her family line. In the present-day storyline, this heirloom is possessed by a composer named Leslie Mardoff, who is identified as a descendant of Fayau. The destiny of Bogud and Fayau, initiated millennia before, reaches its resolution when Leslie meets a woman named Flora, who is a descendant of Bogud and bears a red deer birthmark on her arm, mirroring an ancestral tattoo.
Fayau’s character is central to the story’s theme of a love that endures across ages. She does not have a character arc in the traditional sense of personal change, as her primary function is to be the originating anchor for a spiritual and genetic legacy. Her development is therefore not an internal journey but an external one, defined by the catastrophic separation from her partner and the subsequent propagation of her bloodline, which carries forward the talisman and the memory of that bond. Her notable abilities are not described as supernatural or combative; rather, her significance comes from her role as the ancestor who preserves the physical symbol of her love for Bogud, allowing a fated reunion to occur between their descendants thousands of years later.
In this ancient timeline, Fayau is the lover of a hunter named Bogud. Their relationship is defined by a deep, personal bond, symbolized by a talisman that Bogud carves in the shape of a red deer, which he gifts to Fayau for her protection. This red deer holds spiritual significance, having become Bogud’s spirit animal after he successfully hunted a legendary one on his first solo expedition.
Fayau’s life is dramatically altered by the conflict and upheaval of her time. She and Bogud are separated by war, during which Fayau is captured and taken away by a tribe of nomads. This group’s intention is to cross the ancient Bering Strait land bridge to migrate to a new continent, forcibly removing Fayau from her home and her lover. This separation establishes her primary motivation within the story’s grander scale: a connection to Bogud that transcends time and distance.
Fayau’s role in the story is not confined to her own era but extends to the present day through her lineage. The narrative establishes that Fayau has descendants who inherit the legacy of her relationship with Bogud. The red deer talisman she received is passed down through her family line. In the present-day storyline, this heirloom is possessed by a composer named Leslie Mardoff, who is identified as a descendant of Fayau. The destiny of Bogud and Fayau, initiated millennia before, reaches its resolution when Leslie meets a woman named Flora, who is a descendant of Bogud and bears a red deer birthmark on her arm, mirroring an ancestral tattoo.
Fayau’s character is central to the story’s theme of a love that endures across ages. She does not have a character arc in the traditional sense of personal change, as her primary function is to be the originating anchor for a spiritual and genetic legacy. Her development is therefore not an internal journey but an external one, defined by the catastrophic separation from her partner and the subsequent propagation of her bloodline, which carries forward the talisman and the memory of that bond. Her notable abilities are not described as supernatural or combative; rather, her significance comes from her role as the ancestor who preserves the physical symbol of her love for Bogud, allowing a fated reunion to occur between their descendants thousands of years later.