Faerie

[St. John]

Creatures of pure imagination, desire, dreams, and creativity, the Fae folk once lived in tranquility and peace among the humans and in mystical dales sacred to the rituals and celebrations of life. But as man grew in himself and turned away from the mystic, and "barbaric" ways, he created science and reason. The rise of the human civilization is built on the shattered bones and silenced cries of the Fae, the Aos sí. Seeing that both species could not exist in the dead garden that had become earth, the leader of the fae, the great King of the Under Mountain, Sidhe Locke, took his people far away the mortal realm and into the eternal bliss beyond the barriers of reality. For centuries the Aos sí have existed "beneath the mountain" and the back of the Great Turtle, far removed from the memory that was man. Until the Horde came. The destruction and chaos of the Final World War weakened the wall between realities and the Aos sí have returned to eden at last.

The passage ways between the realms are now opened and fae come and go between the two, participating in the events of the moral world or acting on their own agendas. But the fae see that they are not the only cousins of mankind to have returned to the world. They see the undead curse of man's sin growing beneath the ruins of civilization, and the wolves of the wilderness hunting the territories of the regrowing lush nature, and they see the war between the mages for the very salvation of humanity. They see all of this and must decide where they fit in the End of Ages. Some passage ways have been discovered by the Horde and are now guarded by dark mages who would kill any interloper that wished to enter their Empire. The blood and immortal soul of a Fae is a highly valued magical commodity.

The Aos sí are beings of creation, true immortals who live forever not in unlife but with the blessings of dreams. Still, when a Fae has lived as long as it desires, and when its mind is clear on the choice, they can chose to pass on from life and return to the energy of the dreaming.

[St. John]

The Fae posses reality-warping magic known as Glamor. Through this "magic" they can create simple items out of nothing, produce master illusions, and even travel the realms of mortal dream scapes. Dream play a large part in the power of the Aos sí. The Seelie draw their strength from the creative and wonderful imaginations of human dreams: their pleasures, happiness, and hopes. The UnSeelie take their power from the nightmares of the humans, gaining strength by feeding the humans fears, sadness, and despair. As a general rule, the Fae are experts in swordplay, and their agility is beyond comparison among any of the other species.

Despite their great power and magical essence, the Aos sí are vulnerable to Cold Iron. Weapons forged from cold iron do fatal damage to the Fae and the owunds require a long time to heal.

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EXAMPLE OF THE FAE POWERS
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Hand of Shadow - The Hand of Shadow, more commonly known amoung the faeries as Obtenebration, is a power of the Nightflyers which grants them control over shadows and the supernatural darkness of the Abyss. The unnatural darkness summoned by Obtenebration is extremely frightening to mortals, animals, and even other faeries unaccustomed to its use. The exact nature of this Hand is unknown even among its greatest masters, and it has been a subject of religious, philosophical, and metaphysical debate among fae for millennia. Its greateat scholars are the followers of the Path of Night and practitioners of Abyss Mysticism, which draws on knowledge of this Hand in its rituals. While fairly common within the Unseelie, Obtenebration is virtually nonexistant among Seelie Fae and anyone seen using it would be regarded with extreme suspicion.

As with many of the other Hands, Obtenebration has a variety of uses depending on the mastery of its wielder. Listed below are a few examples. It is important to note that the more vulgar the use, the more demand it takes on the wielder.
Standard Powers• Shadow Play: Move and shape the natural shadows around you
•• Shroud of Night: Blanket an area in a cloud of unnatural shadow that obscures light, sound, and heat
••• Arms of the Abyss: Summon black tentacles from the shadows to assist you
•••• Black Metamorphosis: Encase your body is nightmarish armor and grow black tentacles from your sides
••••• Tenebrous Form: Transform into pure shadow that can only be harmed by fire, sunlight, or magic
Advanced Powers••••• • Eyes of the Night See without light, even through supernatural darkness
••••• •• Shadowstep: Teleport from shadow to shadow
••••• ••• Dark Hunter: Create a shadow duplicate of yourself that hunts a specific target

Hand of Mirrors - Known amoung the fae as Ars Speculorum, the Hand of Reflection is a power that changes the way that Fae interface with mirrors. It is associated with no clan, covenant, or court, allowing any fae to learn it, provided they can convince its shadowy master, the Red One, to teach it to them.

As with many of the other Hands, Ars Speculorum has a variety of uses depending on the mastery of its wielder. Listed below are a few examples. It is important to note that the more vulgar the use, the more demand it takes on the wielder.

• Wry Opticks: Allows the user to blur or distort his mirror image beyond visible comprehension.
•• Catoptromantricks: Look into a mirror and ask a question, to gain one insight on an unknown entity.
••• Panoptickon: See through one mirror directly out any other mirror in existence.
•••• Childermas Surprise: Makes a mirror into a focal point for Hands, allowing most mental powers to be used through a mirror.
••••• Quicksilver Shoes: Enter into a mirror and leave at another mirror, somewhere else.

[St. John]

The horror of seeing what their cousins, mankind, had done to the world was indescribable. The lush forests and flowing waters of the garden had been replace with concrete prisons and paved paths where man rode cold, lifeless, metal things between the congested clouds of pollution and above the dead waters of the oceans. It was a betrayel and insult to that broke the court of the Aos sí in two.

Seelie: Many cried out for vengeance upon man and his ilk. But the Under King Sidhe saw something else when he looked upon the world. He saw man in the depths of extinction. A broken and former shell of the promise that humanity meant. In a moment, with all the destruction of the world to see, the Under King felt not anger or hate, but great pity for men. He took his court, the loyal Seelie and pledged them to aiding mankind with the hope that doing so will show the humans the error of their ways and set them on the right path to rebuilding the world into a beautiful garden again.
Password: "Whereas I confabulate!"

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Unseelie: Those Aos sí who were outraged by the Under King's decree broke from his court under the mountain and left for the dark cliffs on the shores of despair. Following their new king, the Nightflyer, the Unseelie court fae travel the nightmares of humanity and reap their vengence in the deepest fears of men.
Password: "Only we won't invite"

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