[@BlackPanther]  How long has he been ruler?  It's more than 500, that much I know, but that seems like a rather short period of time for fey culture to change significantly, considering that's not very long to them.  Though it might be less a cultural thing and more a "we do it for the king because common sense".

The taking of Lyra would only be of interest because she's adopted by the king.  For that matter, how long has she been there?  Only four years -- not even, because the human mother kept her child until it was weaned, so let's say two more years.  Two years in the fey courts is hardly any time at all, certainly not enough for the stories to become general knowledge.  Widespread, perhaps, but lasting?  That would take much longer.  As for the story itself, it's fairly standard.  Fey tricks human, fey takes child.  It is interesting that a modern woman -- one from our age of computers and technology -- would use an ancient ritual.  She might be from a third-world country, perhaps, and have less access to technology, but it's still very intriguing.  Then again, I'm having Maxwell use a word that's been in his family for generations and ends up backfiring, so.  =P  Perhaps it's of interest to the fey specifically because humans no longer call them so often, and suddenly there's two calls in the space of only a handful of years?  It might be interesting to explore that, for sure.