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 Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:31 am
Rhia-chan Cascada Courts
Frequently Asked Questions*
*Not all questions are frequently asked. But many of them should be.
General Role Play Questions
Sure!Quote: Should I PM my profile to you before I post it? Quote: Can I make my own prophecy?
If the Fae is raised by the human parent in the human world, the Fae would be considered a Changeling.
Half-Fay are half as strong as their Fae parent.
Half-Fay may not become Kings or Queens.
Yes, but there are rules. Generally, Humans do not court Fae, but it has been known to happen. Fae often use magic and tricks to seduce Humans for their own amusement, so be wary of those who would use a human and leave them. Also, it would be ill-advised for any human to trust or court a Fae of the Night or Winter Courts, as they'd sooner gut a human than look at one.
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:32 am
Rhia-chan Fae FAQ
This isn't your Disney brand of Fairy. This is your Brother's Grimm Fairy, your Irish folktale Fairy and your Boogeyman all rolled into one. Fae are immortal, powerful, and eternally bored. To the Fae, humans are like spiders, short-lived but fun to pull the legs off one by one.Fairy has a dozen ways to be spelt, but each of them reference the same thing. Sith, Sidhe, Shee, also reference Faerys, not to mention every variation of 'Fae' and 'Fairy' you can think of.
Fae have also been refered to as 'The Good People,' 'The Kind Folk,' 'The Wee Folk,' and various other names of respect. There are four courts: Bright and Night, Summer and Winter. Each one is the mirror of the other, and each posess different relations and alliances with each other.
If the Bright court in all it's splendor and beauty was 'good' Night would be the court of 'evil', encouraging violence and brutality. Not to say that either are good or evil, that is. The Night court may kill you openly and for all to see, but the Bright court will do the same secretly, will stab you in the back with such cunning that no one would ever know who held the blade.
Summer and Winter again, represent different things. Each phases into and out of power with the seasons, although the other court may resist and work to hold onto it's power.
More information on the courts can be found in the Profiles subforum stickies!Quote: Can I be a Court King/Queen?
Please refrain from taking multiple throne positions, if you would like a character with status in another court create a knight or the like. Quote: How does a Faerie become King/Queen?
The Crown can also be inherited, but this does not happen often for the long lives Fae live and the attraction to power they have. If anything, the youth would kill the parents and elect themselves Monarch.
Fairy?
Yes
Fairy other than what is listed in the Encyclopedia?
Yes
Human?
Yes
Vampire?
... Try a Babbohan Sith, instead.
Werewolf/Werecat/etc.
Yes, but you'd have to be an animal Fae or spirit that turns into some half-form. No humans turning into things!
Angel?
... No. This isn't a place for good intentions.
XYZ?
Send me a PM, and we'll see!A boon is a favor given by a Fairy. It usually involves casting enchantment, lifting curses, collecting rare potion ingredients or aid in some other way.
A Fairy can be tricked into giving a boon by humans or other Fae, usually by a bet, promise or enchantment. Fae are known for their eagerness to gamble. State the terms and if they think they can win they'll agree, and will be bound to give you your reward when done. Careful, if you lose, you'll have to live up to your end of the bargain as well!
One can also trick a Fairy into swearing themselves to something, usually when inebriated. Oaths, promises, and debts are nearly currency in the Courts, and often hold more value than items or material wealth.
Enchantments can be something as simple as brushing the shoulder of a Fae with a mistletoe branch, or as complicated as a song and dance to envoke various spirits on the new moon. Either way, they'll have to do something for you whether they like it or not, and they can't do anything against you until after their task is done.
In essence, magic. Physical magic, usually used for the purpose of vanity. Ever wonder how to get a dress of rainbows or one's hair dolled up with pearls and seashells? Glamour. Glamour makes the colors brighter, the music clearer, the honey sweeter and the air warmer. Anything can be made or changed by glamour, even mundane human things can be made more... 'suitable' for Fae.
Weapons, as well, can be made out of glamour. However, even the sharpest sword made from glamour would at most leave behind a bruise. Beware of blades glamored as pieces of a bigger weapon, however. An arrowhead in the wrong hands can become a dealy spear, with a very real tip.
Quote: How can I tell if a Fae is lying?
Fae are incapable of lying. They can avoid questions, refuse to answer them, and answer in riddles, but they cannot lie. However, you can force an answer from them in several ways. If they owe you a boon, for instance, you can ask for any sort of information and they will have to give it to you.
The easiest way is to ask your question three times, and if they fail to stop you from asking it a third time they'll be forced in giving you an answer. Be careful though, if they don't want to answer the question they may give you a riddle instead!
Knowledge of a Fae's true name is power over that Fae. A Fae can live their enitre existance under an assumed name while their true name remains something much different, a secret from all, even their loved ones. Why?
Say Cigam is a Sith, and Mab, a fellow Fae, finds out his true name is Edaniel. She can say:
"Edaniel, do xyz."
And he'd have to do whatever she told him to do, immediately, without argument or question.
[ Assume your Fae's called name to be the name you filled out in the profile. No person may use another Fae's 'true name' without permission from the Fae's user. ]
Quote: Where do Faries come from?
Elementals usually spring from the element from which they came, places that are well-cared for and loved such as libraries, old houses, and even streets can develope fay that are attached to them. Just the same, places that fall into disrepair tend to develope the most unwanted kinds of creatures....
As for the origin of Fae, not the birth of Fae, no one really knows. There's one story, however, that stands out as my favorite, so I'd like to present that one for you.
We've all heard of the war in heaven -where the Light Bringer gathered his group of followers and tried to overthrow the Light. The great battle, Angel vs. Angel, those who stood for the 'good' of God's will against those who would tear it asunder, the forces of 'evil'.
No one ever speaks of those who did not fight, those Angels who sit the fence refused take sides in this holy war. They did not rise up against God, but they refused to defend him either, for what reasons none shall ever know. Though crimeless, for their neutrality they too were punished, their wings removed and access to both heaven and hell revoked. They were sent down to earth and forgotten, left to experience the joys and sorrows of the mortal world, tarry with vices and vixens without fear of death. And so from these fallen Angels Faeries came forth, their magic intact but different, their forms no longer holy but earthly.
Good and evil have their price, but even those caught in between shall be punished...
Usually, old age for a Fae is around 700 years. Anything under 200 is considered a child, 400-500 is middle-aged.
Any more questions? Feel free to send a PM!
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:32 am
Rhia-chan Human FAQ
Usually, a Fairy cannot be seen unless it lets itself be seen. The Sight is the ability to see Fairies without their permission. It's an uncommon trait passed down through generations, although it may skip generations. A human who does not have this trait in her family may recieve this trait either from a Fairy or by use of a potion, elixer, or chant.
It is thought that all Humans have some sort of sight, and once aware of Faeries this sight can become stronger with training. Shadows is all one would ever be able to see at the most. However, if a Fairy is wearing glamour (Not simply being invisible!) any human can look at them out of the corner of their eye, and see the Fae for what it really is for the briefest of moments.
Quote: What happens when a Fae knows I can see them?
Fairies live forever. Eternity with boredom, nothing but each other to amuse themselves with. Suddenly there's a new creature in the equation who can see them, who knows that they're there. Time for some fun! Expect to be pushed around, tripped, harassed, attacked, beaten, kidnapped, drugged, strangled, drowned, embarassed, or eaten depending on who knows that you can see them. Fae are very crule towards human, the best you could hope for is for them to grow bored in a decade or two without any serious physical damage.
Most humans, if they survive a Fae's attention, end up in white padded cells.
Quote: Do humans have any powers?
How it usually happens is this: A Sidhe will take a shining to a young girl or boy, between the ages of three and eight, usually with physically attractive features. Fair hair and eyes are favored.
This child is luered away by promise of sweets, or perhaps brownies will join them for games and fun until the child runs between worlds in a game of tag or hide-and-seek.
The child, quite simply, never returns home. Through magic they age slower until they're finally considered too old to be beautiful any longer, and are sent back to the Human realm from which they came.
Several hundred years after they left.
Quote: What about the family that's left behind?
The family won't ever notice the child is missing, in most cases, as they're immediately replaced with peice of wood or doll enchanted to look just like the removed child. These Changeling counterparts tend to be exceptionally noisy, bratty, devious, and gluttenous, causing no end of havoc in the household.
Sometimes, instead of twigs a human child is replaced with a Faery child enchanted to look like a human child. The Fae will be raised by the family, but will eventually come of age and into their birthright. Even these Fae, eventually, lose their previously learned compassion for humanity as their nature returns to them and they enter the courts once more.
Quote: How can I defend myself from Fae?
Ignorance is bliss for most of the population, never knowing or having to deal with the Fae kind. Since you're reading this, I assume your character has had some interactions with Fairies. You'll need to know this information.
Think of all the old superstitions and sterotypes. Most of them work. A ring of salt will ward them off, incantations and amulets can be used to keep them away as well. If you can trick a court fae into a boon you can order them and all fae under them into leaving you and yours alone.
Sheer willpower can make them leave, but this usually works in a power-of-three situation. Seven is even better.
Faeries cannot do anything to you unless you let them do it, as long as you remain firm on your will and stay in the mortal realm, they can't touch you. Don't turn your back on them or look away, let alone let your will shiver for one moment. Show no fear, even if the Fae is holding a knife to your throat.
No, Fae and Humans are very different creatures. The only real option would be for a Changeling to pay attention enough to learn some magic, and even then the Changeling's abilities would be greatly limited.
Another option is through prophecy, but all prophecy shall be decided by Rhia-chan.Never, under any circumstances, should a human ever eat Fairy Food. The second their food or drink touches your lips, all bets are off. The rules are gone. You belong to them, until they decide to let you go. And when you are free you'll come crawling back for more, because it doesn't matter what they do to you, nothing in the human world feels with such intensitiy as the things in Faedom. Quote: How long do Humans Live? Changelings?
Humans may increase their lifespan via boons, but may not gain immortality. Nearly all Fae can increase a human's life by 50-100 years. Mid-strength fay can increase lifespan by about 200-250 years. Kings and Queens can increase lifespan to at most 500 years, though the chances of ever getting a boon from a King or Queen are rather null...
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:33 am
Rhia-chan Suggested Reading and Resources
So you want to know more about the Fae, do you? Well, there's plenty of information out there on them. I'll be working away at an Encyclopedia for them in the other Sticky, but in the meantime here's a list of things you may find useful.
Books *Most of these tend to be "Girls' books"
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr Tithe by Holly Black
Valiant by Holly Black
Online Resources
The Wikipedia Article is surprisingly excellent for this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Fairies
Scandanavian Folklore has much in the way of Fae to look at. Elves and Trolls be here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_folklore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Scandinavian_folklore
Common Types of Fae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies
Information on kinds of Fae and other inspiration
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic&Mythology/Fairylore/main.htm
The story of Tam Lin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_Lin
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