<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><br/><br/>A Queen to Rule Them All [Game Info and Setting History]  </strong></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>This game will begin in a setting akin to the Merry Gentry series. Though in this alternate universe, Merry never existed. You will see a few NPC's or PC'd characters from the books. Though for the most part this is a 'world' of our making. Our being the players in general. </strong><br/><br/>Current Players and Necessary Parts:<br/><br/>Princess of the Seelie Court – Wistful Dreamer<br/>Princess of the Unseelie Court – Josietta<br/>Head Royal Guard to the Seelie Princess– Will<br/>Guard to Princess of Seelie - Amberg<br/>Guard to Princess of Seelie - Sir Wolf<br/>Head Royal Guard to the Unseelie Princess – Krule<br/>Guard to Princess of Unseelie -<br/>Guard to Princess of Unseelie -<br/><br/>King of the Goblins – Antone<br/>Queen or King of the Demifey – (NEEDED)<br/>King of the Sluagh – Hairy Heretic<br/><br/>A smattering of members of each court (Most will be NPC’d as needed)<br/><br/>Unseelie Lady - Moth (currently MIA/NPC'd)<br/>Seelie Handmaiden - Lady Annabelle<br/><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">I know a few of you are very unfamiliar with the books and setting. I have made a list of things I think might help you get a better grasp on the world as a whole and the different areas of the Land of the Fey. If some of this is a repeat I apologize ahead of time.<br/></span></strong><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Sidhe (SHEE)-</strong>Usually marked with triple irises and bright glowing skin. Sidhe literally means "people of the (fairy) hills". It is the Gaelic name for the fairies in both Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland.<br/><br/><strong>Setting:</strong>Modern Day 2009.  A Sithen in the Middle of USA in Cahokia, Illinois. Otherwise known as the Faerie mounds.<br/>(The Sithen can't really be described as it is pure magic. It is what people perceive it or want it to be. It changes almost constantly. Each court has their own visage of what they want. So each side is very different.)<br/><br/>The Fae courts are comprised of the Seelie (Blessed or Holy), seen by humans as benevolent and the Unseelie (Unholy) considered to be malicious.<br/><br/><strong>Seelie (See-lee) Court-</strong>Also called "the Bringers of Beauty and Wishes" whose power descends from their King or Queen. It is the court of light.<br/><br/><strong>Unseelie (UN-see-lee) Court -</strong>Also known as the lesser court or the dark. They take in all those turned away from the Seelie court.<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>Some Sidhe may have a godhead. A godhead is something that was given up by many of the Sidhe after the great war.<em> (see history below)</em><br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>Mortals know of the Fey’s existence and most magical/supernatural existences though some still do not believe in it nor have seen it. Though the fey are quite fashionable in the modern United States, and there are many faeriephiles.<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>The Fey are not allowed to use magic openly outside of the Faerie Mounds, with the exception of glamour (which most humans/mortals would not realize anyway). Use of magic in front of humans or sex with them can cause them to become elf struck.<br/><br/><strong>glamour -</strong>Magic that can change a fey's appearance for the eyes of humans. Only few Sidhe can work glamour on other Sidhe. This is considered an insult to do so without permission.<br/><strong>elf-struck -</strong>If a Sidhe has sex with a human and doesn't try to tone down the magic, they turn a human into an addict. Those that are elf-struck can actually wither and die from want of the touch of Sidhe flesh.<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>There are courts within the courts of the Unseelie.<br/><br/><strong>High Court (both Seelie and Unseelie)</strong>- Just like the medieval hierarchy, this is the court of the royals.<br/><br/><strong>Goblin Court -  </strong>Goblins are considered the foot soldiers of the Unseelie Court since they do most of the fighting during war. They consider anything that comes out of the body more valuable than jewels or weapons. It was also an insult if the men did not leer at your women. It implied that she was ugly and infertile. An alliance can be formed with the goblins if the rights of both blood and flesh are invoked. Sex should always be negotiated before starting when dealing with goblins.<br/><br/><strong>Slaugh – (SLEW-ah)</strong>-  A rude name for the lesser Unseelie fey. The Host was a polite phrase. Only the Unseelie could say 'slaugh' and not have it be a mortal insult. They are ruled by Sholto (SHOLE-toe), shadowspawn and a half sidhe, half nightflyer mix. Nightmarish creatures, the Sluagh are feared even among the Unseelie where inhumanity is common. Among the Sluagh are the nightflyers and nighthags. Nightflyers make up the creatures of the hunt. The Sluagh are creatures that hunt Sidhe and can be called on by their King to do just that. Origin: A horde of evil spirits in Scotland, who fly in groups like birds. According to Irish legends, they are the souls of deceased sinners and they try to take other souls with them. They come flying from the west and therefore, when someone is dying, people keep the windows on the west-side closed. This way, the soul of the deceased can not be intercepted before it reaches heaven.<br/><br/><strong>Demi-fey </strong>- Small fey who look somewhat like butterflies or birds and are ruled by Queen Niceven (NIS-ah-ven). It is said that where the demi-fey travel, faerie follows. The demi-fey seem to have many secrets, one of which is growing larger to become human-size.<br/><br/>------------------------<br/><br/>There are varying means of communication within the Fey.<br/><br/>•   By Blade - Using essentially the same principle as communication by mirror (see below), by applying blood and breath, communication between two people can be established by calling them by name.<br/><br/>•   By Dream (or Vision)- Generally accomplished through connection with God or Goddess, always magic or mystic communication type. In fact, the God and Goddess are the only people or beings that use this method due to their immense magical ability and influence. Usual methods of induction are either the Ring or Chalice.<br/><br/>•   By Mirror - First type of magical communication shown. Method is achieved by coating a mirror with your own personal power or magic and willing the communication via a spell. Communication is achieved by speaking the other person's name, and willing communication. There are variations on theme, such as using a smooth, still pool, shiny blade, or pool of blood.<br/><br/>------------------------------<br/><br/><strong>A little history:</strong><br/><br/>The Fae once lived in Europe, with the courts centered in Ireland. Sidhe of both courts were considered gods to humans until their power began to fade as they lost favor with the goddess Danu and "the god", her make counterpart. Several artifacts became lost to both courts.<br/><br/>The courts once warred against each other drawing humans into their battles and causing widespread destruction in the process. In the 18th century, the Fae were forced, by Europe's governments to abandoned Europe. Any Fae that remained were forced to marry into Europe's Royal families. The exiled Fae negotiated with Thomas Jefferson who allowed them to settle in Illinois provided they never went to war against humans or each other and, never set themselves up to be worshiped as gods. In addition to these agreements, the Sidhe willingly stripped themselves of anything too awful for humanity to deal with, resulting in a wide-spread loss of power. This stripping was a second and greater loss than a previous attempt and was the last great spell to be undertaken by both courts.<br/><br/>The remnant of this magic became known as The Nameless.<br/><br/><br/>*****************************<br/>This is a good website for general info on fae like weaponry and such:<br/><br/>Terms: http://www.gentryinvestigations.com/terms.html (http://www.gentryinvestigations.com/terms.html)<br/>NPCs: http://www.gentryinvestigations.com/charactermenu.html (http://www.gentryinvestigations.com/charactermenu.html)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>***************************<br/><br/>I know there was a question as to Godheads and such and I thought I'd bring it up here.  Godheads are rare in the sidhe as they lost them in the great war, however some Sidhe have been receiving trickling bits of it back.<br/><br/>Okay basically years ago the fae had powers like gods.. they were gods more or less most Gaelic, Pan-Celtic, Irish, Scottish faeries tales come from stories of gods or fae.. like Puck for example aka Robin Goodfellow was one of these sorts of tales. The sidhe were all part of this, they were the seeds of the tales and dreamy stories or even nightmares people told. They had a godhead. They were gods in the eyes of mortals. Some could have power over the weather.. or seas.. or even the underworld. Some had fertility powers and shapeshifting. The warring between the courts soon caused a great force to threaten to swallow the lands whole because of the warrings of magic in the air in order to defeat this force.. the sidhe had to give up their godheads. They became normal Sidhe rather than gods though over time and with the necessity of power to support Faerie.. some Sidhe have been given leaking amounts of their godhead back.<br/><br/>I hope that helps explain it a little better. Just know that not EVERYONE has these godheads. Very few do, so they will be limited.<br/><br/><br/><strong> I also thought we should mention a few extra things about Sidhe and life in the Faerie mounds.  Feel free to add to my list here Wistidoll.<br/><br/>1. Fae take insult to anyone who does not compliment on how they look. Its just a part of etiquette in the Fae. It is common place to look someone over lustfully. If they look good and you didn't it would be an insult.<br/><br/>2. Sex is common place as well. Its very open. In the Unseelie sometimes the Queen/King will have shows in the middle of banquets where two or more people would be chosen to perform sexually for everyone. If you decline it is highly frowned upon. They do the same with bloody fights. In the mortal world it could be called a fight to the death, but you cannot kill a Sidhe easily without special death weaponry or power.  So all in all, sex and violence are common in the Unseelie.  Not so much with the Seelie. They are a little more prudish. <br/><br/>3. Back with the sex.. its not uncommon to sleep with whoever you want, whenever you want. Sidhe often have sex for the fn of it all the time. Many of them have multiple lovers. That is until you get them pregnant. Once they are impregnated you are essentially married in the eyes of Faerie. You are mated forever and cannot be with anyone else, as you are shown to bring magic of a newborn Sidhe to faerie, and they see it as a good breeding match and that you were chosen by Danu and the Consort to be together.<br/><br/>4. Most Sidhe would not be caught dead with Goblins or Sluagh. They view them, even the Unseelie do, as horrid monsters only good for allies and war. However sometimes blood and sex are good ways of forming alliances and don't be surprised to see the Princess doing just that.<br/><br/><br/>I'm sure there are more things to add on here, but i can't think of it just now. </strong>