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[indent]Aednyx, though he generally goes by 'Eddie' to avoid the attention of young Others and mortals.[/indent]

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[INDENT]Appears to be in his middle fifties but is actually 1027, give or take a few years.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT]Like all fae, Aednyx's visible face is a glamour, held in place this past millennia. It's textured, aged and weathered, a deeper illusion than any but an old faerie would be capable of producing. Nothing short of a grievous iron wound would persuade Aednyx to drop it, so tightly is it wrapped around his body, and even he isn't entirely sure what he looks like beneath it.

[list][*] [i]Medium height with a light build, pale skin, long clever fingers and a face lashed by laughter lines.[/i]
[*] [i]Dresses to impress even when alone, so long as you're impressed by tweed and tartan suits.[/i]
[*] [i]Wears different watches, rings, earrings and necklaces, with no attention paid to fashion or common practise.[/i]
[*] [i]Has a high voice and a slight northern accent, gestures flamboyantly and freely in conversation.[/i][/list][/INDENT]

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[INDENT]Officially, Aednyx has retired from his position of Archduke (right hand of the monarch) of the Summer Court after several centuries of dedicated service. This should make his time free and his schedule light but there does seem to be a different faerie noble, ambitious courtier, befuddled spy, old friend or old enemy (sometimes both in the same individual) in his kitchen every morning, asking for advice, favours or information.

To his mortal friends or those significantly younger than himself, Aednyx introduces himself as 'Eddie' and claims to be a retired banker.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT]A long standing member of the Summer Court, Aednyx has been active and effective for more than nine hundred years. His parents were minor figures on the Court's periphery but his ambitions were a little grander and by the time he was four hundred, Aednyx was the public right hand and occasional consort of Queen Titania IV and was eventually made Archduke of the duchy of Lost-Hope. Since then, he has spent his time rooting out Unseelie plots, disposing of anyone who tried to move against his Queen and deftly fending off those who coveted his position.

Until last year, that is. Seemingly with no cause, Aednyx announced to the court and Queen Titania that he would be stepping down from his position and leaving for the moral realm to live in solitude. It caused quite a stir and any number of rumours but only a knowing look passed between the Queen and her Archduke before she accepted his resignation. Officially, Aednyx is not only retired but no longer associated with or loyal to the Summer Court. But you'd have to be blind and foolish to believe that.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT]One doesn't survive a month at the Summer Court without a shrewd wit, a sharpened sense of paranoia, a talent for deception and a certain ruthlessness. And Aednyx didn't just survive, he thrived for nearly a millennia, so one can assume that he possesses those traits listed above in spades. For all that the fae can be tricksters and manipulators, most stick to their word and consider their integrity, or at least their reputation for it, to be of paramount importance and Aednyx is no exception. He is loathe to be forsworn, is as careful not to lie and he is not to tell the whole truth and considers his loyalty to Queen Titania to be unbreakable.

However, he is as paranoid as they come, which is only a healthy and logical reaction to an environment where every subordinate needs you dead to advance. Aednyx doesn't drop his guard or make friends easily and as as a result is trusted by few people and trusts even fewer. That he would bare his back to only a handful of individuals for fear of finding a knife in it is something that he is acutely aware of but it didn't used to bother him. It was, he felt before, the price of doing business. Lately though, he has found himself in want of a relationship not based in mutual benefit or for the good of the Summer Court. A friend, a lover, a partner, he's not sure what he wants. Only that it needs to come soon.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT]Born on the edge of the faerie realms in a backwater province, Aednyx grew up on the stories of the Summer Court's legendary intrigue and the monstrous crimes of the Unseelie. His parents were minor nobles who took rare trips to court to make sure their were not forgotten but otherwise steered far away from politics. They were not cowards exactly but simply saw no reason to gamble with their lives for greater power. This worldview was not successfully imparted on their firstborn child, however, and Aednyx grew up with wide and eyes and a thirst for recognition and glory.

Aednyx spent his first century of life learning all the things a young fae should, how to duel and dance, the principles of illusory magic and the finer points of deception. There was no school for such things but any older fae could be persuaded to hand out lessons... in exchange for a promised favour or two. And of course, there were always the mortals to practise on, if you were fortunate enough to obtain a writ of passage to their realm or find an unfortunate soul who had crossed into Fae country. Still, Aednyx learned patiently and carefully limited his debts by trading lessons with other youths, sometimes for secrets but more often for promises of alliance when they both reached Court.

And on his hundred-and-first birthday, Aednyx decided he was ready for the Summer Court and set off to present himself to his illustrious monarch, Queen Titania IV. For many years, he was just one eager young politician among the crowd, jumping at any scrap of attention or chance to prove himself. His chance came when he just so happened to be tailing a Baron, more for the practise than any suspicion of sedition, when he overheard him plotting with a cloaked and frosty individual on the edge of the royal forest. They spoke of plans within plans and murder most foul.

It took months and much effort to manoeuvre the Baron into the position Aednyx needed him to be in and several high ranking courtiers were assassinated in that time on Unseelie orders. Aednyx considered it well worth the cost however for within a year, the trap was set and baited. The Baron would be go to a courtyard under the full moon to meet his hooded Winter Court contact and discuss their next move, or so Aednyx's carefully forged letter said. Meanwhile, Aednyx had persuaded the current Archduke to go to the same courtyard in a hooded black cloak and promised that anyone who met him their was a traitor to the throne. By morning, there was a new Baron and Aednyx's star was on the rise.

And so it continued for nine centuries. Trickery, subterfuge and skulduggery, all to serve the fortunes of the Summer Court and its sun-drenched Queen. Aednyx was good at what he did and took great pleasure in doing it, especially his eventual disposal of the Archduke and usurpation of his position. Almost all at Court expected him to continue serving Queen Titania until some assassin or duellist eventually got lucky, so it was a surprise to all when he announced his retirement not a month ago. Whispers circulate that the Queen has sent him out to the mortal realm as a spy or that this is some elaborate trap laid for an enemy but none have so far been bold enough to ask him.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT][b]Prospect Park[/b] - Perhaps not the most charming of locales, what with its rundown play-park and thoroughly unattended to hedges, but Aednyx finds the place oddly homely. Many a morning can you find him strolling through the park with a cane or umbrella in hand and his eyes roving in search of mischief.

[b]The Daily Grind[/b] - The cofffee isn't to his taste and the baristas are young and often sleepy but Aednyx doesn't frequent the cafe for its traditional services. No, he goes there for entertainment, to listen in on conversations and enjoy mortal angst and, should the mood take him, to push people one way or the other. Lord, what fools these mortals be! 

[b]Richmond's[/b] - Now here is a place to go for service. Every waiter is immaculately trained, dazzlingly well dressed and knows better than to talk to a patron beyond getting their order. Their meals are delicious and their wines superb but it's the view that's most important, a charming overlook into St. James Park. Aednyx likes to come here for the experience and, on occasion, to conduct a meeting with a fellow Other.[/INDENT]

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[INDENT][url=https://ultraimg.com/images/2018/04/01/vM68.gif][color=white][b]Pherakna[/b][/color][/url] - The New Archduke of the Summer Court and a regular visitor, delivers gossip and leaves with advice.

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𝗘𝗠𝗠𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗪
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[indent][i]"The wolf without a pack dies first when winter comes."[/i]

The arrival of Winter and its attendant forces is one of Aednyx's areas of expertise, not that he'd be inclined to lend advice to some washed up werewolf with barely a friend to their name.[/indent]

𝗞𝗔𝗟𝗜 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗗
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[indent][i]"Some people are born to violence, some achieve it and some... some have it thrust upon them."[/i]

Aednyx, of course, makes every effort to avoid violence but can spot it behind the eyes. That and the anger, the sense of being wronged, robbed and left high and dry. Not someone you'd want to corner...[/indent]

𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗘𝗬
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[indent][i]"Half the life of a mayfly, barely even time enough to catch your breath, very sad."[/i]

Aednyx has seen the boy around, here and there, and knows the scent of a halflife. If ever there was a worthy target for a little life enriching mischief, obviously with a suitably happy ending, there is one here.[/indent]

𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗟𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗨𝗦
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[indent][i]"Still waters run deep. Deep enough to drown in, or so they say."[/i]

The alliance between the Brythonics and the Summer Court is older than most forms of written language but rare is the Fae that sees it as more than one of temporary convenience. Perhaps if they all had Mr. Lazarus's agreeable condition and healthy respect for the unknown, the Fair Folk would probably be much more fond of them.[/indent]

𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗬
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[indent][i]"Would that we all were so dreamlike, in countenance and approach both."[/i]

Still, if there's anyone a Fae might respect, it's someone not too concerned with the rules of polite society and what the masses deem acceptable. The human masses, that is.[/indent]

𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡
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[indent][i]"Always moving, always talking, always engaged in themselves, a mortal of the age."[/i]

A faerie, of course, could never be accused of the above. Their speech is eloquent, necessary and beautiful, their movements graceful and themselves so radiant that it would be madness not to be self centred.[/indent]

𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪
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[indent][i]"Those of fiery dispositions are usually the quickest to burn, especially amongst witches."[/i]

Still, best to watch Witches. Some of them are quick to bring out the iron and others, the worst kind, try to spring out deals. Most of the time it's just a tedious waste of a Fae's time but even master's have stumbled and ended up bound to a mortal's whims. The indignity of it...[/indent]

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡
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[indent][i]"A worthy and most useful contact, though I shall not be frequenting his ghastly nightclub anytime soon."[/i]

Aednyx and Alistair have something of an understanding. As the Vampire functions as something of a focal point for Others in the area, Aednyx has asked him to keep an eye out for any particularly strange or suspicious figures and to alert him if any other Fae should announce themselves. In return, he has agreed to owe Alistair one medium sized favour, to be cashed within the next century.[/indent]

𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗪
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[indent][i]"Oh dearie me, another journalist with rings under their eyes and excuses on their tongue, this town is suffering a plague of them."[/i]

There are no newspapers in Avalon, news spreads by the far more useful mediums of gossip and rumour, and Aednyx is thankful for that. If he has to overhear one more conversation in the Daily Grind about journalistic integrity, the moral standpoint of The Capital or the plight of dying print media, he will feel forced into drastic magical action.[/indent]

𝗔𝗢𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬
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[indent][i]"Never was their one so smug nor one so sure of themselves as an angel on a mission."[/i]

A neutral observer might suggest that of the humble young woman and the preening older man, only one could be accused of smugness but they'd be unwise to do so in Aednyx's presence.[/indent]

𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗚
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[indent][i]"A magistrate should have iron in the mind, not doubt and confusion in the heart."[/i]

The two have never spoken but Aednyx's hears all the best gossip and word of Lang's presence in the pubs of Edgetoun on Friday nights, along with his signature outbursts, has gotten around. At least Aednyx will know where to find a policeman with knowledge of the Others, should he ever need one.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"Speak not to me of the solitary ones, cowards and dullards to a Fae, with no more principles than they have spines."[/i]

A lifelong (and long lived) patriot of the Summer Court, Solitary Fae are considered beneath Aednyx's notice.[/indent]

𝗟𝗨𝗞𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗩𝗟𝗢𝗩
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[indent][i]"He has the right idea, from what I've heard, but no subtlety or craft. I suppose that's what politics has come in this dreary age."[/i]

In Faerie, the framing of a rival is considered a piece of art on parallel with any song or painting. Here in the mortal realm, it seems that people just... do it. Frightfully primitive.[/indent]

𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗞
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[indent][i]"A voice in the dark, holding back the night for listeners everywhere, how terribly romantic."[/i]

Now radio, there's a mortal innovation with some real purpose to it. To have a service like that with a charmer like Louise at your beck and call... what mischief could be wrought, bother here and at home.[/indent]

𝗟𝗢𝗞𝗜 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚
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[indent][i]"This one stinks of debauchery, deception and self interest... I like him."[/i]

Like attracts like, though Aednyx would doubtless argue that he's been far more successful in his chosen career than the Vampire, conveniently not mentioning his early retirement.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"This one need not worry about the Winter, she looks like she knows the burn and sting of it well enough."[/i]

One not to bother or test, it would seem, to judge from the look in her eyes and scars on her knuckles.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"It might seem perverse but I've always felt a certain kinship with Demons. The smarter and more beautiful ones, at least."[/i]

And Eve is certainly among that group, though Aednyx has deigned to introduce himself to her. She might be something of a kindred spirit as she seems to take as much enjoyment from interfering in the lives of mortals as he does. But her attentions are usually more benign and, as a demon, she has more reason to act that way so perhaps not.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"A beautiful angel who heals the broken mortals? Even I would call that something of a cliche."[/i]

Faeries often find that the older they get, the less they care about mortal life. And Aednyx is very old...[/indent]

𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢
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[indent][i]"Where it not for his love for the rule of Law, this one would fit right in back at Court."[/i]

Just another mortal really but at least one who has some understanding of the need to balance politicking with frolicking.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"Such a happy face for such a sad fate. Commendable."[/i]

Aednyx has seen the young man at the Daily Grind but doesn't know him well enough (or rather, has not stalked him thoroughly enough) to know whether the happy face is a mask or how the Dhampire feels. Either way, it's a very fae reaction to imminent death.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"New in town, or so I hear, but with big plans to shake things up in a town already in an unstable condition."[/i]

Vampires at least can make plans that take into account the next few centuries of their continued existence, making them more interesting to observe than mortals. They don't have the artistry of the fae, however, and often lack... subtlety.[/indent]

𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗜
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[indent][i]"It's one thing to have your past written on your face but all over your body? How dreadfully gauche."[/i]

That said, Aednyx appreciates somehow who keeps out the riffraff and the (other) troublemakers, though he's never much liked rules that apply to himself in the same way as they apply to the common man.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"Uneducated, unsubtle and dreadfully dressed... but there's potential there."[/i]

Oh yes, potential indeed.[/indent]

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[indent][i]"One to watch, or so the little birds say, one to watch most closely."[/i]

Of course, no word of the Winter Court's actions could possibly slip to the ear of a retired and now officially Solitary Fae in the mortal realm, could they? There'd need to be a turn cloak among the Unseelie and someone bringing Aednyx regular updates on gossip and freshly gathered information from the Summer Court regularly, someone who would have to be highly ranked enough to have access to the mole and the freedom to travel back and forth from Avalon. No, patently ridiculous, far too unlikely.[/indent][/hider]