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"Oh come and dance in our ring. Forget your troubles, gladness bring. The mortal world which you have ties. Behind you lies, behind you lies."

People disappear from time to time into the forests or mountains never to be seen again. We just file a missing person report and move on, usually they don't come back, but sometimes they do. They may be found in such a state to be declare mentally unstable, or perhaps they are dismissed as having some 'out-of-body' experience. They talk about spirits and gods, certain they exist or that there is a higher order telling them what to do do. Preposterous right?

But what if there was? We can't see it, we don't believe in it, but it's there and we know it. Through tiny gaps, small little openings in the veil, we can stumble through. A circle of stones or trees, a ring of mushrooms, or perhaps some old ruins. Perhaps we run into something out in the wilderness, confused and begging for help. We agree to something without knowing the price. But what is it? Where is it? The Fae is what and where. The Fae Realm and it's courts. The Fall, Winter, Spring and the Summer Court. The Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Within this realm promises are binding, prices must be paid, iron is a deadly threat, and lying will only cause you more trouble than it is worth.

I should know better than any, the laws of the Fae are iron in their own might and breaking them is far more than foolish. The power struggles are constant and nothing is forgotten, not by the Fae anyways. Who am I? It doesn't matter any more. I am merely a servant of the Unseelie court, someone who watches and serves the true king. I don't even know if I'm human any more, or if I ever was. My name is spun from his lips and I must hasten to do as I am bid, may you never fall into their grasp.

"Grasp the iron that they fear. Raise it high, they won't come near. Flee the forests and keep away. Else with the fairy you will stay."

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Name:
Race (Human or Type of Fae):
Position (In court if you are a fae, Any fae outsid eof a court will be under extreme pressure):
Age:
Personality (Fae type has effect):
Appearance:
Background:

(There is no max person limit. I just want a clear chart of who rules what court. Fae Rulers must be active in the RP.)
Ruler of the Winter Court: Urke'j Lask
Ruler of the Spring Court: Runlauf
Ruler of the Summer Court: Immerus Zileo Galindale
Ruler of the Fall Court: Tegvan O'Aenges-Mor

Examples of Type of Fae and Courts (Feel Free to use ANY Fae on or off the list) (Give me detail if off the list):
Kelpie (A horse-fae which draws it's victims into the sea to drown them) - Spring or Fall
Banshee - Fall
Gremlins - Any, prefer Winter (Can touch Iron, thus they are limited)
Brownies (They can range from the small fae that clean houses to the great ents) - Spring or Summer
(Season)-born (Classical humanoid fae) - Children born to at least one fae parent or adopted by the fae
Selkies (A seal fae that may take on human form by removing their seal skin coat) - Spring, Fall or Winter
Pixie (Tinkerbell) - Spring
Nyphs (Greek sprites of earth, water, and air) - Any season, except winter

-More Information on this Realm-

No nicey-nice Fae that laugh and help each other while discovering the magic of friendship. Fae are ancient creatures that are well known for deceit and deception. They all want their lot in life to be the best for them. It's very rare that they will put another before them. However this does not mean they are power hungry. If a Court has a stable Ruler they will keep that ruler so long as the ruler gives them reason to keep themselves in place. Power, prosperity, and politics.

Each Court has their own type of personality, power. To reflect their season. Spring is the most childish and flighty, Summer's energy with Winter's ruthlessness. They are vain, and iron in their will-much like a stubborn child. Summer is hot-headed, vibrant, vain. Honorable and ready to fall for romance (Midsummer night and all). They prefer entertainment to work. Fall is the twilight and the hunt, sneaky and cunning. Winter is the cold and aloof season. The firmest and most ridged in it's rule. They are realistic, they dislike distraction to their work.

Fae powers vary but there is a general rule of thumb the old the Fae the more power they have. Survival of the fittest and all.

Names have power and uttering someone full name, given by them allows Fae (and restricts them should a human know it) to control and essential press a life of indenture upon the being whose name is known.

Iron. Cold, pure iron will kill a Fae. If it isn't pure, or flakes of iron it will merely burn a fae. A circle of iron can keep a Fae out or in. Only Gremlins and other Metal-touched Fae are able to shape or even touched iron without pain or death, Gremlins are masters of bending magical property into metal, and are equally talented in dismantling and Repairing machines. They are often killed or bound, due to this fact.

Promises are binding, and breaking a promise is deadly in most cases. If you owe a fae, you Forever owe a fae, and there is a magic in it that they can force you to pay up until debt is payed. Most Fae will speak carefully so such a thing does not happen. Promises and favors are essentially currency in the Fae Realm. Everything must be given with a fair trade- of a sort.

All Fae have a Glimmer, an outer look, bestowed by magic to make them hard to notice, or change how they look. This is often used in the mortal realm by the more powerful of the Fair Folk.

Also, Never called them faeries. They hate that.

Fae artifact Grow, and EVENTUALLY gain sentience, able to pick its own master, and warps its own magic. The older, the stronger and smarter. Essentially an ancient fae weapon... IS a fae. Touch NOTHING in a fae home.

"DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOU- ooh shiny!" then DEAD - Havok The Foolish (A dear friend and my drafting board for this idea)

Fae and humans may cross to the Mortal and Fae Realm by gates. Ancient pathways the Fae built through their human puppets- such as Stone Henge (locked), the lake of Avalon (Opened during misty days due to the weather factor being required) or the Pyramids (Broken). Some of these gates have been destroy in Fae wars, locked away by their creators, or just not used and sitting there waiting for mortals to wander through without realizing. There are other gates, spawned by the shift of Realms as they touch each other. These may change from time to time.

Now hopefully you all aren't thrown off because of that detail but I've been tossing this idea about and I wanted to make sure I had all my bases covered. So sorry! But if you have any more questions please ask and I shall answer! Now who is interested?
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This is rather interesting. Is there any place in your Fae cosmology for Nagas (in the sense of human sized snake-men with long snake tails instead of legs)?
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Yeah, They would be Spring, Summer of Fall court.
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Excellent. I was thinking that myself, as they would likely abhor winter.
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This looks like the roleplay I was destined for
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I'm so down for this.
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Might be pushing it, but would a sapient tree be an acceptable character?
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They're essentially Ents, so yes. And as for which Court, it would depend on the type of tree.
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Ignore what? *Clueless*
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I was replying to Dead but then you posted at the same time as me so I deleted what I said because what you said made so much more sense xD
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They're essentially Ents, so yes. And as for which Court, it would depend on the type of tree.


Weighing my options. Probably a Rowan, potentially a Black Poplar or Yew.

I plan on playing up the "obscenely wise old sage" trope, should this character come to fruition, so they may exist outside of a court. We could play it up more traditionally, and have Ents be somewhere between tree-like creatures (as in recent fantasy trends) and traditional giants.
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What's this, a chance for me to use a character that's gone insane for the most part? Where do I sign my soul (and mind. LOL!) away?
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Oh trust me you'll sign your soul away sooner or later.

As for Ents, they are much like Tolkien's Ents. I have a bit of Lore planned out as I am playing the Fall King and his hall contains Red Wood Ents that have fallen into a eternal sleep. You'll understand when we start why and how they came to be there. Tegvan is one of my best characters.
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This sounds amazing!! Is there a specific plot in mind? Like a quest or is this more of a world of your creation, a sandbox play as you go?
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Name: Urke'j Lask ( Goes by Haeson, Or "Metalls Schmied", Metal's Smith )
Race: Gremlin, Winter Fae
Position: Former Winter Baron, Current Winter King
Age: Seems 20 under glimmer, looks 25 without. Predates the fall of the Roman Empire. (I will say vauguely, 1400 years or the like. Dudes older than most hills.)
Personality: Harsh, snappy and cold, thought out but Logical. Quick to anger. Corruptible, yet not Foolish
Appearance: With glimmer: 5'8, short black hair with green-blue eyes, usually in a craft-man's suit fitting for a metal worker, Without Glimmer: 6'4 long bound blond/sliver hair, darker skin, iron earrings on longer ears Similar to Elven yet not as pointy. wearing fur and leather in a Tribal, or barbaric armor that dates back to the Gaul tribes, dark red eyes. and a short beard.

Background: Urke'j Lask, as the Winter Baron, won power through debt and Domination. Earning the Title of the Metal's Master, as he finished the masterpiece, The Fang of Shadows. a Great blade made to cut asunder not only flesh, but mind and soul as well. Its feasts upon the blood of its victims to further grow in power, ad the more powerful the victim, the greater the feast.. He then used his blade, to tear asunder previous barons, and clam the seat himself. He served the Winter King methodically, Uncaring to move onward, but refusing to allow other to challenge him for his seat of power. Urke'j had been baron longer than most can recall, and those who do remember only do so because of a lesson harshly learned. Never one to let a Favor go unpaid, he will take a mile, when only an inch is offered. When the previous winter king faltered, and showed weakness unfitting for the court of winter, Lask, in all his disgust, took up his blade and slew the once mighty king, claiming the throne and title, though perhaps not for the best of winter. Under Lask's brutal tyranny winter became more organized, and more focused on getting what needed to be done, completed. In the most part it suited winter to be so direct and industrious, but what winter didn't need is the shift of power, With the incredibly cruel and torturous fae in power, winters become more and more cruel... They've also become a direct threat to the power of the Summer and Fall courts- ignoring spring as weak or not worth the effort.
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This sounds amazing!! Is there a specific plot in mind? Like a quest or is this more of a world of your creation, a sandbox play as you go?


Plot develops via the interaction between the kings and queens, along side the interactions of the fae and the mortal world. Sandbox, with a optional side plot for people who like to play The Game Of Thrones (.... yeah. I admit, bad joke.)
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What's this, a chance for me to use a character that's gone insane for the most part? Where do I sign my soul (and mind. LOL!) away?


Insanity... Sooo like being thrust into the grasp of the fall or winter king for a year tortured and turned servile through horrific acts of violence?

Nah. Couldn't POSSIBLY do anything like that.... especially not like that. Noooo.

Beg for your life you get Fall.
Seriously. Winter isn't a happy place.
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I'm leaving for my grandparents tomorrow, who don't have internet and won't be back until Friday so I'll catch up then so save me a spot please ^^
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I'm leaving for my grandparents tomorrow, who don't have internet and won't be back until Friday so I'll catch up then so save me a spot please ^^


Got ye covered :P
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