On the Dealings of Fae

On the Dealings of Fae is a Miscellaneous Codex entry in the Guidebook. It can be found in parts by collecting Hope Echoes throughout the Realms.
==In-Game Text==
On the Dealings of Fae — Borrowing Request
April 12th, 1886
Dr Ellison,
Due to the age of the manuscript you requested, I am not at liberty to release it from the library. However, attached to this letter, please find a transcribed collection of relevant excerpts for your consideration. Be aware that the scribe's preface reveals this information to be compiled, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth, from the subjective accounts of Prince Oberon and his page. I need not remind you of the Prince's spurious reputation, and thus I implore you to keep a critical eye when utilising such sources.
Regards,
Emilia Pembridge
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===Introduction to Court Structures===
Paramounte to know is that the Fae dyuide themfelues into courts, each ruled by a Lord, Lady, or, at times, both. A court is to Fae both nation and family. Small in fize, but immenfe in power, wyth far reaching polytical relations. Thefe courts form the bafe of Fae cuftoms, though a ftrange few courtlefs choofe to lyue outfide of thys ftructure. Courts are claffyfied greater or leffer, dependent vpon the bloodlines of both Lord and courtefans. For the immortal Fae, who do not track lyneage as we do, the 'blood' they trace refers to the Elder from whom they fpawn.
===The Leffer Courts===
Leffer Fae Courts are defined either by their lyneage fpawning from a Leffer Elder - what thys means I can fcarcely fathom - or by the variation in blood among their members. Euen a court founded by a former member of the illuftrious Summer Court would be relegated to leffer ftatus due to the lack of vnyformity among their fubjects.
Vnlike Greater Courts, the leffer appear and diffolue, Fae freely branching off to forme courts anew. They are dedycated often fyngle-mindedlie to an ideal or concept, dyctated by the monarch, whych bindes all courtefans to follow fuit. The ftrength of their magyck manyfefts thys ideal in the phyfical world to varying degrees, allowing moft Fae and their homes to be readylie identyfied by the obferuant traueller.
Though the Leffer Courts are manyfold, few are known to vs in any detail. The Court of Hearts couet lofs, facryfice and maladies of the minde. The Court of Empyrean build to fomeday vnderstande the celeftial. The Court of Foretellers feek to know the future. The Court of Excarnation, archytects of the Achlys Deer, are dedycated to the fhaping of flefh and verdure. We know the names of few others, and euen lefs their deeds.
===The Summer Court===
Our own Prynce Oberon leads the Summer Court, and thus its documentation is ftoried and faithful. It is a court that brings wyth it liuelie celebration, exuberance and joy. Welcoming of Fae and man, they are known to be kind and honeft, if at times caprycious.
They embody their feafonal namefake well, trauelling to follow an vndying fummer. As a nomadyc people, their great palace is carried along wyth them. Should one arriue at their home feeking couenant, you will know it by their fprawling natural cathedral of fylk and flowers, furrounded by the formes of thofe engaged in merrie dance.
The Summer Court is, all told, one of the largeft and moft influential, wyth a complex hierarchy of nobylity below its monarchs. Indeed, Oberon rules alongfide a Lady, Titania, though there is no oblygation for Fae to be tethered by fuch bonds as marriage. The Fae whych follow Oberon and Titania fpawn as they do, from the Elder, Afteroth. Spoken of in whyfpers, a being of contradyction, wyth all the heat of the fun, whose gaze turns the blood to ice. While the Summer Court is hys fpawn, thys bloodline is fhared by another...
===The Wynter Court===
The Wynter Court is led by its Lady, Queen Beira, exuding always the quiet folytude of Wynter. She is confydered fyfter to Oberon, though thys furelie does not mean to them what it does to mankind. Both borne of Afteroth, they diuerge widely in their dyfpofitions. Fytting for the chyldren of such a paradoxycal progenytor.
Made in Beira's image, the court is cold, harfh and much concerned wyth decorum. Where the Summer Court is vibrant and open, the Wynter Court is grey and vnwelcoming, mercurial as the euer-fhifting fnow of their namefake.
Thofe who haue encountered fuch Fae defcribe well their prym, dyfinterefted demeanour, as well as the grandeur of the caftle in their fyxed home Realm, Ba'albreth, named for the Fae themfelues. It looms euer dyftant, wyth fpires that feem to pierce the clouds aboue. While near impoffyble for mortal men to approach, other Fae frequent the palace for dyplomatic vyfits.
Though our relationfhyp is not a friendlie one, neither is it hoftile. Thofe found in the company of the Wynter Court receiue neither warmth, nor any harm. Though a felect few haue earned their truste, the court feems content merelie to be left well alone.
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