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Fabiola Iglesias (ファビオラ・イグレシアス Fabiora Igureshiasu) is the second maid of the Lovelace Family.

Appearance[]

Fabiola is a young girl who sports the same black French maid uniform and white gloves as Roberta. However, due to her height and build, the uniform is much too big for her. She has a tanned complexion, a skinny but athletic build, and dark-green hair and eyes. Her hair is actually quite long, though it is held up and covered by a white bun cover. She carries multiple weapons on her, such as a knife embedded in her shoe, a pair of MAG-7s hidden in her arm sleeves, and a China Lake grenade launcher on her back.

Personality[]

Fabiola purposefully acts with honor and does her best to avoid killing people, even if she views them as less than dirt. She is skilled in the martial art capoeira, which she utilizes in battle alongside her various weapons. Despite her skills, she has fear after she kills people—a clear indication of her not being a natural-born killer. Indeed, Fabiola is exclusively equipped with oversized or rapid-fire weapons, as both types of weapons compensate for her decreased combat proficiency resulting from inexperience and her actual reluctance to kill. She does not like death, on one occasion becoming enraged when she saw Revy kill a wounded soldier mercilessly. She cares for her master Garcia Lovelace greatly, but does not have the same infatuation that Roberta possesses for Garcia.

History[]

Fabiola grew up in the barrios of Caracas, Venezuela. One of her distant relatives was a farmer who worked on the Lovelace Family plantation, earning a good amount of money due to recent profits at that time. She also learned capoeira by watching someone at a local dōjō practice it. Because Fabiola's family was very poor with "eleven mouths to feed" and with no work available in the barrios, Fabiola decided that she needed money and became a servant of the Lovelace Family using her relative's connection.[1] She once described her family to Revy once, telling her that she had a loving family. Claiming that her father had a small job and her mother would not tolerate any sins, for example when Fabiola once stole a CD player for her younger brother, her mother had beaten her up black and blue. Revy had told her it sounded like abuse to her, but Fabiola just shook it off and told her that she would not understand.[2]

El Baile de la muerte / Roberta's Blood Trail[]

Fabiola first appeared in Roanapur to seek out the Lagoon Company on behalf of Garcia Lovelace for help in the retrieval of Roberta. While Garcia waited at the Sankan Palace Hotel, Fabiola went to the Yellow Flag to meet Rock, and the Colombian Cartel and Gustavo were also present at the bar. There, Fabiola then told Rock that she sought out the Lagoon Company on behalf of her master at Sankan Palace Hotel, causing Revy to refer to Roberta in a derogatory manner to Fabiola's annoyance. When a Colombian Cartel member grabbed Fabiola, the men found out that her belongings contained no weapons, making them burst into laughter since they thought that she would be packing weapons like Roberta did. Subsequently, Fabiola asked Gustavo if they were going to torture her, but Gustavo assured her that his men were not the type of criminals to torture a child. Upon hearing that, Fabiola stabbed the man behind her in the testicles, angering the Colombians. Gustavo then pointed a gun at Bao's head and told his men to search Fabiola. As the men inched closer, Revy purposefully dropped a bottle of Bacardi to startle the men, a distraction which allowed Fabiola to pull out her weapons and shoot the men.[3]

Using her capoeira skills, Fabiola also injured several men whom she could not kill. When Gustavo's men outside the bar used a machine gun to blow the bar apart, Fabiola took cover and avoided the gunfire, greatly in contrast to several Colombians who got hit with friendly fire. Reacting immediately, she pulled out her China Lake launcher and fired a round toward the outside, blowing a car onto another car and crushing it. Annoyed by the whole ordeal, Fabiola offered mercy to the men who were still alive, warning them to flee if they valued their lives, which they did.[4] Furious at her power, Gustavo pointed a gun at Fabiola and yelled that he would get his revenge, but Revy immediately put a gun to his head, forcing him to flee. Dutch and Benny arrived soon after using Benny's car, and Benny drove them back to Sankan Palace. On the way there, Revy teased Fabiola about her outfit, and the young maid replied that she had to make sure that Garcia would not travel alone, hence why she accompanied him. Arriving at the hotel, Rock got Fabiola's bags and Revy helped Fabiola exit the car, and she was surprised at Fabiola's trembling hand. Entering Garcia's suite, Fabiola and co. saw Mister Chang sitting down and conversing with Garcia.[5]

Angered, Fabiola tried to attack the Triad leader but got disarmed by him, and Garcia assured her that he was only there to talk. Standing by, she warned her young master to be cautious among the visitors since they were criminals like lots of people in the city. Commencing his story, Garcia explained to everyone the details concerning the murder of his father and Roberta's subsequent hunt for the various men involved in the bombing's planning, including Marcos José Lucientes and Colonel Simon Dickens.[6] Soon, Fabiola specified on behalf of Garcia that they desired Rock's help in Garcia's quest to find Roberta, but Dutch and Revy rejected his request. As Garcia began to cry at the thought of Roberta losing her mind, Revy told him to stop crying while Fabiola was angry at her insensitivity. Garcia assured the young maid that he agreed that she should not be crying and had to stay calm-minded. Despite Dutch's rejection, Rock told the two children that he would think about it and left the hotel to think about his decision. Chang left the hotel as well, telling Lagoon Company that the Hong Kong Triad would take Garcia and Fabiola's job if they chose not to. The next morning, Rock and Benny returned to the hotel and met Fabiola at the suite, agreeing to help her find the Lovelace family's head maid.[7]

Fabiola and Garcia left Sankan Palace and sat in the backseat of Benny's car as he drove them to see Bao, who told them about the various businesses that Roberta visited on Bao's recommendation. At first, the businesses were closed that day, angering Fabiola, so the group went to a market to eat. There, Garcia learned about Fabiola's expertise in capoeira and was impressed that her purpose for martial art training was to minimize killing anyone, surprising the young girl. Disagreeing with her methods, Benny told Fabiola that not killing would get her killed, advising her that she should shoot to kill if she was in that situation, which Fabiola and Garcia both rejected. After finishing their meal, Benny told Rock that they would take the two children to Chang's yacht house on Chang's orders.[1] That night, Fabiola was near the pool and was suddenly grabbed up by Rock, startling her. In response, Fabiola angrily pushed him away into the water and accused him of being a pervert, but the wet Rock clarified that he thought that she wanted to go into the pool.[8]

The next morning, Garcia slept on the couch and Fabiola woke up, noticing that her master was still sleeping. Using the opportunity, Fabiola got some swimwear and took a dive into Chang's swimming pool, enjoying the cool water. Revy then found her there, embarrassing the young girl. As they went to the three businesses, Garcia told Fabiola that she did not have to hide her desire to swim from him, and she apologized to him in turn for her secretiveness. Driving through town, Fabiola's group first went to Praiyachat's business. Seeing Fabiola in her maid costume, the old man asked Revy if he needed to make a gun for the little maid since he had to repair Roberta's musket. At Tou Chi's apartment, Fabiola had to pretend to be an alien since Tou Chi was high on drugs, telling him that she came to save him from the Cylon Empire.[9] She and Revy found out from Tou Chi that Roberta had help from Richie Leroy, so the group found Leroy and got information from him.[10]

After gathering various information, Revy called Shenhua and her associates Lotton and Sawyer the Cleaner to help her with the job since Chang had hired the Lagoon Company's help. When Revy asked Garcia what he would offer, he tried to offer as much as Shenhua wanted, but Fabiola pushed his head back to interrupt him and instead offered 6 thousand dollars.[11] As they headed to the location where Roberta took refuge, Roberta began her revenge against the Grey Fox soldiers, so they left the car to begin their search for Roberta while Rock stayed behind. As they got closer to the battle area, Revy remarked to Fabiola that she knew that their next battle would not be easy for the latter, saying that she knew from her trembling hand that the bar fight was the first time that Fabiola shot someone. Although Fabiola glared at her, Revy stated that she was not trying to tease her, advising her to think of the criminals as low-lives who were walking targets that would kill her if she did not shoot first. While trying to find the killer maid, Fabiola and the others came across FARC soldiers, accordingly killing most of them.[12]

In a narrow area, one soldier was left alive, so Fabiola spoke with him in Spanish to ask about his pursuit and Roberta's mental state. After Fabiola promised she would call medical help for him and relayed the information to Revy, the latter woman killed the soldier, shocking Fabiola. Consequently, the young maid angrily pointed her gun at Revy, berating her for killing a wounded soldier. Shenhua put her kukri to Fabiola, telling the young girl that she wanted to stick to the job. Garcia interrupted them both and agreed with Shenhua, and the boy told Fabiola that he understood her and that they had to wait a little longer to save Roberta and stay away from Roanapur's "dance of the dead."[13]

In the chaos of battling more FARC soldiers, Fabiola and Garcia accidentally walked in front of several FARC soldiers. Immediately deploying both of her guns, Fabiola advised her young master to get behind her. To everyone's bafflement, Lotton stood in front of Fabiola and gave a speech about how he would be guided by God under a great full moon to deal with the soldiers who would dare harm a young child. Suddenly, Sawyer appeared and cut one of the soldiers in half, sparking another firefight. Unfortunately, the gunfire separated Garcia from Fabiola but ordered her to continue onward while he searched for Roberta in an adjacent building. Once Garcia fainted upon seeing Roberta kill Alberto Camarasa, Roberta screamed loudly, giving away her position to all parties in the vicinity, including Fabiola.[14] After the Grey Fox troops rescued Garcia from almost being killed by Roberta, Revy and co. saw the angered Roberta in the hallway, and Shenhua's group failed to land a blow on her. When Fabiola decided that she would try to persuade her head maid, Revy warned her, but Fabiola brushed it off and stopped in Roberta's path. Continuing to lose her grip on reality, Roberta casually told Fabiola to help the young master while she dealt with the troops, and the older maid fled, shocking Fabiola due to Roberta's blood-covered face paired with her nonchalant expression.[15]

Soon, Revy and Shenhua found Garcia with Horner and Sanchez and wanted to kill them to rescue Garcia, but the Vysotniki shot them to deter the two women from interfering. Angered that their mission could not be fulfilled if they could not rescue Garcia, Fabiola assured Revy and Shenhua that the Lovelace Family would still pay them since their mission technically was to help them find Roberta, which they accomplished.[16] At that point, Garcia was able to reunite with Fabiola to the troops' surprise. The next morning, Fabiola and Garcia returned to Chang's yacht house, and Fabiola talked to Garcia by the pool. As Fabiola informed her master that she had travel arrangements ready to leave the city back to Venezuela, the smiling Garcia jumped into the pool and dragged Fabiola into the water as well.[17]

She was greatly confused as Garcia laughed and teasingly started a splash fight, but she grabbed him and politely told him to calm down. With a warm smile, Garcia assured her that he was happy, surprising her. He told her that he knew she was a bit on edge after seeing Roberta in her deteriorating state of mind. As they continued to stand in the water, Garcia talked about how his father's death affected both his and Roberta's worlds, wanting her to seek peace. When the young boy told Fabiola that he intended on saving Roberta before returning to Venezuela, she replied that she would follow him to the end, adding that they would help Roberta escape the "dance of death" that people did in Roanapur.[18]

Accordingly, Fabiola and Garcia boarded Dutch's boat, and the Grey Fox troops also boarded to continue their original mission to travel northward into the Golden Triangle. On the deck, Fabiola talked with Revy about Garcia's adamant goal to save Roberta, with Revy disagreeing with Fabiola's point about Garcia not needing bullets to win. Angered by Revy's disrespect toward her master, Fabiola tried to attack Revy but the two got into a standoff. The young maid told Revy that her pessimism was arrogant since she could not believe that altruistic people like Garcia existed in the world. Laughing, Revy told her that everyone involved in their mission engaged in the "dance of the dead" of killing people.[19]

As they traveled on the Mekong River, Rock told Shane Caxton to talk with Garcia about his plan to save Roberta. Meanwhile, Rock also informed Fabiola of Garcia's plan, enraging her since the plan seemed impossible, but Rock assured her it would bode well.[20] Much later in the jungles of the Golden Triangle, Fabiola requested on behalf of Garcia to accompany the Grey Fox troops, and although he initially rejected to bring children with him, Caxton reluctantly agreed. Soon, the soldiers spotted Roberta, who began her attack minutes later.[21] When Roberta killed several troops, Raymond McDougal pleaded with Caxton to let the troops retaliate lethally. Caxton remained silent about his next move, causing Fabiola to point her gun at him and Ray pointed his pistol at the young girl in turn. The young maid sternly asked Caxton if he would side with justice, and he and Garcia exchanged looks and agreed to help them.[22]

Accordingly, Caxton radioed Roberta to declare that he would give himself up to her if she handed over Shue Yan to his men. After she followed through, Fabiola and Garcia walked with the unarmed Caxton to meet Roberta at dawn. To Fabiola and Roberta's surprise, Garcia fake-killed Shane Caxton and he tried to snap Roberta out of her delusions. Seeing Caxton get up, Roberta was angry that he was still alive, causing Fabiola to stand in front of her gun to prevent her from killing Caxton. Because Garcia kissed her and proclaimed that he could still help her, Roberta abandoned her revenge plot and thanked Garcia for saving her, relieving Fabiola. As the Lovelace affiliates headed back to Dutch's boat, Rock revealed that the fake killing was actually his plan so that he could save someone. Enraged at Rock for exploiting her master, Fabiola shot him with a fake bullet, telling him and Revy that they could rot in Roanapur and continue their deathly dance in vain.[23] Afterward, Fabiola traveled with Garcia and Roberta back to Venezuela and the Lovelace estate, where sometime later Fabiola greeted Caxton and Hironobu Satou's family so that Roberta could make amends with them.[24]

Trivia[]

  • The name Fabiola means "Bean Grower" in Italian. Fabiola's surname Iglesias means "churches" in Spanish.
  • In the First Popularity Poll, Fabiola ranked 9th place with 193 votes.[25]
  • In a popularity contest during the 10th manga collection release, Fabiola ranked 11th with 406 votes.[26]
  • In a popularity contest during the 12th manga collection release, Fabiola ranked 14th with 275 votes.[27]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chapter 52: El Baile de la muerte Part 9
  2. Episode 28: Oversaturation Kill Box
  3. Chapter 46: El Baile de la muerte Part 3
  4. Chapter 47: El Baile de la muerte Part 4
  5. Chapter 48: El Baile de la muerte Part 5
  6. Episode 25: Collateral Massacre
  7. Chapter 51: El Baile de la muerte Part 8
  8. Chapter 53: El Baile de la muerte Part 10
  9. Chapter 55: El Baile de la muerte Part 12
  10. Episode 26: An Office Man's Tactics
  11. Chapter 57: El Baile de la muerte Part 14
  12. Chapter 59: El Baile de la muerte Part 16
  13. Chapter 60: El Baile de la muerte Part 17
  14. Episode 27: Angels in the Crosshairs
  15. Chapter 65: El Baile de la muerte Part 22
  16. Chapter 68: El Baile de la muerte Part 25
  17. Chapter 70: El Baile de la muerte Part 27
  18. Chapter 71: El Baile de la muerte Part 28
  19. Chapter 72: El Baile de la muerte Part 29
  20. Chapter 73: El Baile de la muerte Part 30
  21. Chapter 74: El Baile de la muerte Part 31
  22. Chapter 75: El Baile de la muerte Part 32
  23. Chapter 76: El Baile de la muerte Part 33
  24. Episode 29: Codename Paradise, Status MIA
  25. https://sundaygx.com/blacklagoon/contest/
  26. http://sundaygx.info/blacklagoon_contest/
  27. http://sundaygx.info/blacklagoon_contest_12/
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