Here's the breakdown:

Things to know: Faeries are deathly allergic to iron, faeries never give out their full name (unless they want to be completely controlled by another faerie), faeries literally cannot tell lies (but they are very good with riddles), changelings refers to when devious faeries switch a human child with a faerie child because of some wrong the human family has done to the fae. The faerie grows up thinking it is human until it becomes a teenager, then it returns to the faerie realm. The human child is trapped in the faerie realm, never allowed to leave... even once the faerie child returns.
All characters you choose to play will be either Faerie or Faerie/Human Changeling Pair. You can have multiple characters( please do!), but just try to keep the different faerie courts balanced. I will loosely control the Court monarchs, for now at least – although I am open to letting a co-gm or two run a few.

Skellies:

Faerie Skelly:
Picture:
Name (full and the one you go by):
Court:
Personality:
Opinion on the war:
Ability:

Faerie and Human Changeling Pair:
Pictures of both:
Names of both:
Court:
Personalities:
Faerie's opinion on the war:
Human's opinion about the fae:

These are the Courts:

- The Winter Court: This Court typically represents what people see as the malevolent side of the Fae. The fae of this court seemingly frown upon humans. They're more inclined to talk about their ope cruelty. This makes them look none other than evil, however one chooses to define evil. The Winter Court has free reign over winter solstice and autumn equinox months, and are strongest during that time. By and by, the fae of this court are sensible, chilled, dark, baleful, and what have you. They are the epitome of winter.



- The Autumn Court: This Court is typically seen as the equally malevolent side of Fae in comparison to Winter, but much more middling. The fae of this court are generally the ones doing the "dirty work" and "trooping". However, these fae can have much nicer sides than any of the Fae and return great favors. The Autumn Court is strongest during the ends of summer and throughout the autumn season. These fae are strong, mystique, eerie, ravishing all the same, and devious. The epitome of autumn. 


- The Summer Court:This Court typically represents what people see as the benevolent side of the Fae. The fae of this this court are generally considered more polite or mannered, albeit they are still very capable of cruelty (but will be more hush-hush, or subtle about it). The Summer Court has free reign over summer solstice and spring equinox months, and are strongest during that time. Needless to say, the fae of this court are frivolous, romantic, passionate, venereal, hot-headed and what have you. They are the epitome of summer.



- The Spring Court: This Court is typically seen as the much "calmer" ones to the benevolence of the Fae compared to Summer. The fae of this court are generally polite, bright-eyed, and bushy-tailed. These fae are more apt to lure humans in with sweet honey and fae food. They also have blossoming curiosity. The Spring Court is strongest during the ends of winter and throughout the spring season, despite the Summer Court having reign. These fae are peppy, quiet, seductive, emotional, and vernal obviously. The epitome of spring.



- The Seelie Court: This "Blessed' or "Holy" Court is seen as more beneficent toward humans. This court is very meticulous about the order and logic of things. The fae of this court are known to seek out humans, to warn those who had accidentally offended them in one manner or another, and to return human kindness with favors of their own. Fae don't like to be in debt, even so, a faery belonging to this court will most definitely avenge insults and are prone to much mischief. The faeries of this court are not always ‘good’ but they will generally help out others.

- The Unseelie Court: This "Unholy" or "Unblessed" Court consists of the malicious and more evilly-inclined fairies. Unlike the Seelie Court, offense is not necessary to bring down their foes or anyone they choose to bother for that matter. As a group, or the 'host' as we Fae call it, they appear at night and assault travelers either 'physically', emotionally, and/or mentally– especially spiritually ignorant folk. Like the fairies of the Seelie Court, neither are the faeries of the Unseelie court always evil. However, when one of them are forced to choose, they will naturally prefer to harm than to help.

- The solitary: Arguably the most dangerous fae of all, for they hold allegiance to no court, not even the one which they were born to. Few of these fae are peaceful, the rest are a risk to all.

These Courts may seem at peace and in balance with one another, but the tides have shifted recently. War is among us, and the courts have taken sides. Winter and Fall have sided with the Unseelie Court and the Spring and Summer with the Seelie Court. Will chaos rein? Will peace be found? Will balance ever be restored? Who will win? Who will lose? Come what may, the story is yours to write, and remember: all is fair in love and war...

This sounds great. I truly enjoy RPs where the players can be in different factions and battle against each other.

But do you mind explaining more about the Faerie/Changeling pair? How are they actually involved in the story? And what are the role of humans in this universe and why are they relevant? Thanks.

Faerie Changelings are just a part of Faerie lore, so I included them for a little spice. They are a part of this story because changelings (both the human and the faerie) are outcasts. This can be a strength or a weakness, as being an outcast in real life can be. Faeries choose to steal a human child away from their human family and replace that child with a faerie if the humans have somehow found a way to negatively impact the faerie realm, it's mainly a revenge thing. Once a human enters the faerie realm and specifically partakes of faerie food and drink (as a human changeling must to survive) they can never leave. The humans are stuck there, and depending on which court they are in they can be anything from a slave, a servant, or a friend. Some faeries feel sorry for their human counterpart, some feel responsibility for them, and some simply hate them for taking away their faerie childhood in the faerie realm. I hope that helps. The faeries would be expected to fight in the war alongside the court of their birth, the humans are simply stuck their in the middle.

Will this be at all in the style of Changeling: the Dreaming?

Not intentionally, at least not any more than it being based off of similar faerie lore with the Seelie and Unseelie courts. I do enjoy the world of darkness reference though, and the vampire lestat. :]

Thank you. :)

But I asked because it sounds like the seelie & unseelie are becoming the main courts, and if that were the case, would the other, seasonal courts become more like noble houses, with the spring and summer fae possibly being accepted into unseelie and vice versa?

And also to find out if things like satyrs, sluagh, etc. would be acceptable.

Yes, in this lore the Seelie and Unseelie courts were the first two courts in the beginning of faerie creation, made to forever counterbalance each other, so they are the main courts in the faerie realm. The four seasonal courts are not nearly as large or ancient as the Seelie and Unseelie courts. At the beginning, light and darkness were created (Seelie and Unseelie), following that, the light and darkness were split into seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter). The Spring and Summer fae could only be accepted into the Unseelie Courts if they declared themselves solitary first - abandoning the safety and protection from their home court, as well as their ability to ever return - and then pledging their allegiance to the Unseelie court, because the Spring and Summer courts are formally aligned with the Seelie Court, as Autumn and Winter are with the Unseelie (once again, the faerie realm is all about perfect counterbalances). I would say that satyrs and sluagh would be acceptable because they are faerie creatures... but the rules I discussed would still apply to them (can't lie, allergic to iron, etc.). Also, with the kith races like satyrs and sluagh, I would ask that you make sure to put them in appropriate Courts. For example: satyrs are passionate and lustful, sounds like the Summer court to me... sluagh are secret keepers who work in the shadows, sounds like the Unseelie court to me.

Also, if this interest check drums up a lot of potential roleplayers, would you be interested in co-GMing? With your knowledge of Changeling and faerie lore, I feel like you would make a good fit and together we could try to come up with a good plot structure. That is, if this roleplay actually takes any root, because I am looking for a LOT of participation. My goal is to have, like, Game of Thrones type numbers of characters, hence why I am allowing and encouraging participants to make more than one charry each. I have high hopes for this roleplay on this site, I have GMed similar ones within this realm on other sites and they fell short for lack of participation or running out of good plot arcs, which I am hoping to avoid with the help of a co-GM or two.

bumping this up to the top :]

This sounds interesting. It looks like no one's replied in a while, though, so are you still wanting to do this? If you are, I'd love to join.

ill keep the interest check up for a while but probably wont start it until i get like 10 or so participants

Hello, intrested!

Interested

I think I'm going to let this one go, thanks for your interest, but it isn't as much as I hoped for.

Give this some time, it might grow. Might

NOOOO I'VE CRAVED A FAERY COURT RP! IF YOU WON'T DO I'LL DO MY OWN!

Go for it! I might join if you do! :]

YAAAAAAAAAAAY C: Keep an eye on the general interest forum!

It's called Kith and Kinship in the IC