[i][/i][center][i][color=1a7b30]"Redtree, Redtree guards the gateway Redtree, Redtree takes you away" [/color][/i] [h1][color=007236]Redtree, Prince of the Appleorchard[/color][/h1] [hider=Mirror, Mirror on the wall][img]https://pre00.deviantart.net/96a8/th/pre/i/2017/153/f/2/vance_suit_serie_1_by_belwindmills-dbbacl4.jpg[/img][img]https://pre00.deviantart.net/255c/th/pre/i/2012/310/7/f/girl_by_sharandula-d5k6ie2.png[/img][/hider] [h2][/h2] [hider=Behind the Glamour][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/a986db141e464a5ce10c9110f3d7112a/tumblr_o8d3o6ozjx1v0zjkpo1_1280.jpg[/img][/hider][/center] [b]Age:[/b] [color=007236]"As old as sticks and stones, younger than my bones"[/color] It is quite difficult to measure the age of Fae since time does not seem to flow the same way in their world. However it is safe to assume that Redtree is several hundred years of age. [b]Gender:[/b] Fae are not bound to the same categorys as humans. [b]Race:[/b] Demonic [b]Sub-Class:[/b] Fae [center][i][color=1a7b30]"Redtree, Redtree gives an inch takes a mile Redtree, Redtree grants you jest, takes your smile" [/color][/i][/center] [b]Description:[/b] When one can choose his own looks through the magic of glamour it is just logical to choose a beautiful form. And even though the Fae don't really care for logic, some even despise the concept, this is true for most of them. Redtree chooses the Personas of Cedric or Cait Redtree when amongst humans. Both almost supernaturally beautiful young redheads. Their eyes are dreamy and promise strange worlds of pleasure, their skin pale and fair. In both forms Redtree tends to wear bright colours and has a inviting, playful smile. [b]History:[/b] In the land of the Fae they rule supreme. They are bound by rules mortals cannot dare to understand and may seem nonsensical. It is a land of strange intrigue and wars that are indistinguishable from games. Nothing is at is seems. Redtree does not really remember the time of his own birth. The way he remembers it he always was prince of the Appleorchard, his own little pocket of the realm of the Fae. And since he remembers he ruled over this land, as is the nature of the Fae however he grew bored. Quarreling with other Fae did keep him entertained for some time but that also passed. That when he found the perfect playthings, humans. The truly divine creations and favorites of the All-Creator were so incredibly interesting, so rational yet driven by passion, ingenious but yet foolish. So Redtree caught them, he collected them. He ventured out into the world of man, as a beautiful young man seducing maidens or just a pair of trees standing left and right of an old wood path. But playing with humans could also only satisfy a creature as fickle as a Fae for a few century's. That is when he found a new way. Making deals with humans. Humans were willing to trade almost everything for riches, their children, their smile, memories and souls. And this is where Redwoods story still is. But times have changed. The fae are weak, their realm in ruins. Now he sits in the Goblin Market of Loom, offering artifacts of his lost homeland and favors. [b]Abilities/Skills:[/b] [list] [*] [b]Glamour:[/b] Glamour is the ability of the Fae to make one thing seem like another. These things do not only look another way, in a crude way they almost are. A Fae like Redwood that hides behind glamour does not only seem smaller, he is. The glamour masking Redtrees true form is constant as long as he wishes to and after years of practice takes basically no effort, changing the appearence he has is as easy as putting on a new pair of socks. Other magical beings or mages might have ways to pierce it and iron, as it negates all his powers, will always bring out his true form. Putting glamour around a nonliving thing, like masking a twig to appear like a legendary sword may last a long time, perhaps months or even years but mostly till a poor fool tries to parry another weapon with it. Countless humans asked for beauty from Redtree and the all got it, temporary. The duration of the glamour is most often following arbitrary rules, perhaps the spell will disappear after marriage or the first kiss, maybe even after just one night. [*] [b]Contracts:[/b] The power of the Fae comes from words and stories. This is most obvious with there ability to use contracts. A Fae use ancient contracts made with the natural World by long gone Fae to make nature do their bidding. A Hedge could be asked to grow into terrible form, accorrding to a contract made with plants or the ground to open up and shallow someone. Since the contracts have been made in times and places long gone and forgotten most Fae just use certain clauses of these contracts. Contracts can be used as long as the Fae regularly pays a price, it is said that souls are often used as payment, other payments are much more esoteric. As a angry mop once wanted to burn Redtree for witchcraft, the Fae allowed himself some fun and demanded that the flame would not burn him according to a clause of a ancient contract, all fire asked in return was that Redtree made just one mortal worship it once again. The nature of the Contract defines its appearance: a Fae who seems “fireproof” actually has a Contract with fire itself to cause him no harm, while a Fae who can fly might have either a Contract with the air to buoy him or with a bird to grant him its aspects. [*] [b]Pledges:[/b] Like in the Fairytales of old a Fae can use language and words as their weapons. Accepting a deal with a Fae is binding by their strange laws. Many storys speak of a man selling his soul and suddenly feeling a harsh sting in his chest because a verbal deal with a Fae is far more than just some words and the creature now holds the soul of the human. The other way around, if a Fae makes a promise he is bound to keep it. Since this type of magic is verbal if Redtree is unable to speak he is also unable to use it. [*] [b]Fae Physiology:[/b] A Fae is no mere Mortal. Redtree has a much superior strength, even if he basically never uses it. His true strength is enough to easily lift cars but is only usable in his unglamoured true form. His durability is also superhuman, able to take immense amount of regular non magical or non iron-based damage. [/list] [b]Weaknesses:[/b] [list] [*] [b]Cold Iron:[/b] Iron is the bane of the Fae since a Fae once broke a contract with iron. It burns them and robs them of their power. [*] [b]His True Name:[/b] Anyone who knows the true name of a Fae can control them and bind them. [*] [b]Catches:[/b] Fae have to abide by certain individual rules, Redwood cant enter a house if he is not invited, church bells hurt him and he cannot harm anyone carrying a birch twig. [/list] [b]Notable Belongings:[/b] [list] [*] [b]The Bag of the lost:[/b] This bag holds the souls of dozens of fools who thought making a deal with Fae would be a good idea, or who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Redtree uses these to pay for contracts or make deals with other magical inhabitants of Loom. When glamoured the bag is just a small little satchel. [*] [b]The Birch Mirror:[/b] Appearing to be just an ordinary antique hand mirror with a birch handle this mirror shows in truth the true form of every Fae that looks into it. But much more importantly, it is a gateway into the realm of the Fae. [/list] [center][i][color=1a7b30]"Redtree, Redtree By your name he will bind you Redtree, Redtree in his world none will find you" [/color][/i][/center]