The Races

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The True Fae and Half Fae claim to have been created with the first nightmare (and corresponding abduction) of a human. Traces of their existence date all the way back to the early A.Ds. The Fae claim their origins stemmed from a force or being named “Wyrd”. The Dhaahkraan and a few rare others would know Wyrd as The Weaver. Why they were created is unknown; agents of Fate and Time, whatever that may be is the most popular theory. Half-fae info will be in parenthases. “()”

Racial Name: The Fair Folk, Gentry, Fae. (Half-Fae, Changeling.)

Status: Active and prosperous.

Dominant Gender: 50% Male, 50% female.

Max Age: Eternity until death does them part. (Half-Fae can live longer than natural humans, with the oldest changeling recorded being 170 years old. Most changelings live to be 120 though.)

Average Height: N/a. There is no average for a race this varied. (Average human height, give or take a few inches.)

Average Weight: N/a. There is no average for a race this varied. (Average human weight, give or take a couple Kg)

Skin Colors: n/a. There is no average for a race this varied. (Normal variety of skin tones. Half-fae in their true forms may have exotic skin colors such as blue, red, etc.)

Eye Colors: n/a. There is no average for a race this varied. (Normal eye colors. Half-fae in their true form may have exotic eyes such as violet, black orbs, being cyclopean, or no eyes at all.)

Hair Colors: n/a. There is no average for a race this varied. (Normal hair colors. Half-fae in their true form may have exotic hair, such as hair made of springs, seaweed, or exotic colors.)

Common Hair Styles: N/a. True Fae normally fashion their hair in Victorian or Medieval styles, although modern styles may emerge; if they even have hair. Unkempt is another popular style. (Normal array of styles.)

Accent: True Fae tend to speak in an antiquated matter, and use old and formal grammar. Other than that, some tend to be brutish and simplistic in their articulation. Again, modern slang and grammar may emerge. Accents are infinite.(Normal worldly accents.)

Racial Colors: All possibilities. (All possibilities.)

Anatomy: n/a. True Fae have nearly infinite anatomical possibilities. (Human, with the addition of some features such as vestigial antlers, whiskers, etc.)
Powers: The Fae have access to their own brand of magic. It tends to be very reminiscent of the Monkey Paw; since Fae depend on pacts and bargains, one cannot receive without giving themselves. Their magic usually requires a fae to expend Glamour, their innate magical energy. However, their magic cantrips usually contain “catches”: free ways to use their power, by performing a specific action, be it as easy as getting “tails” on your first coin flip, or killing your firstborn child.

All fae can make Pacts. These pacts are not unlike “deals with the devil”. However, they must be equal; each side must get something of relative equal worth. Granted, loopholes may be exploited, but in the end, if one side of the deal was not upheld, the pactbreaker will be punished by Magic itself. This pact-making is fair; the proposer of the deal can fall prey to their own power if they mess up. (Use your best judgement: this power is not meant to be actual “deals with the devil”: it’s insurance to make someone uphold their word, a geas.) Used sparingly.

The fae can also enter dreams. Half-fae may only enter their own dreams, their Fetches (See directly below), and the dreams of those who agreed to allow them egress via Pact. (See Above) The Gentry must touch their target to enter their dreams, or have an object tainted with their power in close proximity with the dreamer. While the Half-fae benevolently manipulate dreams, the Gentry corrupt and poison a person’s mind –and by extension their dreams) to accommodate their awful form.

The Gentry can use their magic to create “fetches”: doubles of the humans they abduct to take their place. These fetches can vary from ignorant to malevolent, and are frequently a Half-Faes enemy and biggest target. Fetches are never “born”: they are created out of inanimate objects, and a shred of the Half-faes shadow. When alive, they appear perfectly human, even to those with mage sight. But when killed, they will turn back into the junk that originally made their form after an indeterminate time, between seconds after death, to after their embalming and burial. These fetches can also use limited fae magic and can enter The Green. (See World of Origin)

Finally, Half-fae have an automatic cloak of glamour that hides their true form from all non-fae. This cloak can be dropped voluntarily, though it requires a fair bit of power expenditure. True Fae can also erect this shield, but is cursory, and prone to fail.

Weaknesses: Half-fae are just as fallible as humans: they may have some tricks, but a regular bullet to the head works wonders. Each has their own strengths, their own magic tricks: use common sense.

The Gentry have a slew of weaknesses to exploit. They are weak in the human world, because it’s so anathema to their mercurial nature. They can only set foot on Earth for a limited time; if they overstay their welcome, it quickly becomes lethal. The Gentry cannot sympathize, use empathy, and has difficulty in creating things via conventional means. They struggle in carving statues, fixing cars, etc. and must steal to sate their desires. Finally, the Gentry possess banes and supernatural compulsions, such as being frightened by canaries, unable to tolerate the sound of church bells, and other curious and odd behaviors. These compulsions and banes are unique to the singular Gentry faced.

The weakness all Fae share is Cold Iron. This only includes hand-forged or relatively pure iron (Not factory-cut steel, blah de blah…) To half-fae, it’s presence is merely a bit unsettling, and bypasses any magic defenses the half-fae might have. Cold Iron to the Gentry is anathema; it not only ignores their magic, but unravels their very being at the slightest touch.