The Fey

The Fey stem directly from the Spirit of All Things, with their existence being the purest manifestation of the fundamental supernatural force of the universe known as the Anima, the force that grants the ability to "be" to all things that are. As a result, they are considered to be the oldest existences in the world, having come in to being when the concept of existing came into being. Much as the Anima cannot be destroyed or transmuted into something not Anima, the presence of the Fae in the known world is one that cannot ever be eradicated entirely. As a collective species, The Fey are truly immortal, a fact that becomes more obvious when one considers the more esoteric and godlike Archfey. As Anima just is, so the Fey simply are. While the Fey are subject to an innumerable degree of divisions amongst their ranks, perhaps the most important distinction are the the two "types" of Fey, the traditionally immortal Court Fey; typically incorporeal, beyond mortal ken and make up part of High Houses of the Court of Stars, and the mortal Wyldfae, directly created by the Archfey to populate the world in their image along the emergence of other life, such as the elves and humans.
==Nature==
* Anima: Anima is a fundamental force of the universe, the fundamental force responsible for life, and that force which gives rise to the concept of the aura of an Awakened Sage, the lifeforce of living things, and the general variety found in various lifeforms both mundane and extramundane. This fundamental force shapes everything and is the source of every concept that has the ability to possess life, and the existence of this fundamental force is said to stem from what is referred to as the Spirit of All Things. However, life, as generated by Anima and thus as the Fae perceive it is far beyond what most mortals would understand or typically regard as an extension of life. While most are incapable of coming to terms with this particular perspective, it is the Anima that breathes life into everything in existence, it is the Anima that pushes objects out of the Root of All Things and into existence. The Anima breathes life both into the animate and the inanimate, bringing forth concepts such as free will, sentience, innate vitality, but at the same time, allows for the characterization of various things in the universe, as it is the Anima that breathes properties into formless nothingness, infusing them as well with a unique essence. For example, it is the Anima that give a rock it's form, it's composition, it's texture, it's weight, these things are enveloped in the "life" of the object. Life to the Fey and as given by the Anima is in actuality the ability to "be", and what exactly the thing given life by the Anima is may vary wildly, giving rise to the natural world. The Fey themselves, as the manifestations, self-appointed arbiters, embodiments and simultaneous progenitors of the Anima as beings composed of and originating from the Spirit of All Things have a judiciary system that governs and restricts how and where the Anima influences the material world, preserving a natural balance. Everything that the Anima has influenced can be broken down into permutations and different combinations of the original concepts the Anima first gave rise to, and it is these inner concepts that form the Inner Houses of the Court of Stars. Within the Green Fey, the Sea Lords, and the Gloaming Fey, there exist subdivisions of Fey that represent the interests of these original concepts within their factions and the Grander Court of Stars.
*Realm of Origin: The Fey are considered to originate from what scholars hypothesize as a plane of existence predating the split of the world into the Valiant Sphere and Purgatory as known today. The true name of this realm is currently unknown. Over various interactions with the Wyldfae, historians have noted that everytime they are asked as to where they come from the fey in question gives them a different name. However, the commonly repeating names include but are not limited to Arcadia, Avalon, the Feywild and The First World. It is not Valiant Sphere, so it is considered to be in Purgatory, though it is not any location that one can traverse to by any conventional means in Purgatory. Despite the immense power of the Archfey, it is said that within their realm they are even more powerful than they boast on Earth, with an attempt to attack an Archfey in their realm being the same as subjecting yourself to a million fates worse than death. Avalon however is the name that scholars typically utilize to refer to their realm of origin, and is considered to potentially be the same as the Spirit of All Things in one sense or another. Not much is known about it except for the fact that it appears to have it's own flora and fauna, as Tiandra claims to govern the Emerald Forests of the Summer Court.
*Non-Uniformity The Fey unlike most entries within what would be the Legion's database of creatures stemming from Purgatory do not exhibit a categorical homogeneity in appearance and other such traits due to the nature of a Fey's Form and Heritage being extremely multifarious. A common misconception, the term Fey does not refer to a singular type of entity that can be readily identified through physical observation, but rather creatures with a common origin. While there are major characteristics that can be identified in each example of a Fey creature, in Dominion, Prominence, and Heritage, these are qualities that also stem from the common origin of all Fey. Without even considering the fundamental distinction between Court Fey and Wyldfae, which will be addressed shortly, the Fey come in all shapes and sizes in such a manner that it may possibly be more useful for human researchers to further divide the Fey into subcategories for the purpose of gaining any true insight on any group of individuals (e.g fairies, dryads, nymphs). The Fey are sufficiently diverse that attempting to catalogue them all is an effort in futility, as among the Fey there are creatures of all different shapes and sizes, and at times even levels of sentience. The Form of a Fey refers to their particular subspecies, which may or may not be categorizable with other types of Fey. Ranging from dryads, hamadryads, nymphs and the like (the kin of Verenestra), to pixies and other sprites, even to hags and fairy grandmothers, due to the multifarious nature of the Fae Folk it is theorized that is possible for one to have ancestry of Fey lineage without any overt physical characteristics to indicate such.
**Note, the Lahlin are one such example of people with known Fey lineage with no overt physical characteristics.
=== Characteristics ===
* Dominion refers to the natural right to influence the world inherent to the Fey, and is a power possessed by every Fey regardless of alignment, allegiance, subspecies, disposition or nature. A Dominion refers to the capacity of the Fey to influence the Anima to manifest feats that appear to rival the greatest of magics, if not appear to approach reality warping altogether. The most powerful of Archfey are capable of influencing the Anima to such an extent that they can demonstrate and manifest "godlike power" over creation, demonstrating the capacity to warp the expression of the Anima on a fundamental level encoded within a particular region and modify it to fit their needs. While the Archfey typically tend to have vast and expansive Dominions, having such an extensive affinity with the Anima that they can accomplish feats that may not be typically associated with their allegiances, most Fey typically have a tendency to specialize in achieving a particular phenomenon or in some instances a range of phenomena. Most of the time, for normal Fey, these particular Dominions draw power from or are related to the faction or the House of the Court of Stars that the particular Fey are most attuned to. Even for Archfey, their Dominions appear to be more attuned to or alternatively the Archfey prefer utilizing their Dominions to achieve specific groups of phenomenon, even though these Archfey are capable of achieving far more than the average Fae Folk. The Dominion of a Fey also comes with a secondary purpose that is directly connected to another characteristic of the Fey, referred to as a Fey's Heritage.
* Prominence refers to the ability of those that boast a Heritage that can be traced back to the original group of Fey that came into existence at a point in causality (separate from time) that the Fey refer to as the Genesis. These Fey, referred to as the Anonymous (wip name), possessing the ability of Prominence have demonstrated the ability to seemingly fabricate from naught but pure thought powerful supernatural weapons that surpass that which can be crafted by mortal hands. Typically, these weapons were formed from the essence of each individual Fey as if they were extensions of his or her own body. However, the particularly adept Fey have demonstrated the ability to construct artifacts that embody a specific thought, concept or idea as perceived by them. As an artifact created by the Prominence of a member of the Fae Folk themselves, these artifacts are inscribed with what are referred to as Fairy Letters, a highly advanced Sylvan cipher engraved on it to indicate the fact that these artifacts originate from the Prominence of a Fey. In essence, this becomes the ability of a Fey to crystallize a concept into an artifact, creating (name in progress). These are armaments not created by human hands, artifacts defined as a god or a "comparable being". They are armaments that surpass human limits and hold tremendous power. While the Fey are not the only such beings capable of producing this, they are one of the most famous for being able to do so.
* Heritage refers to the inherent abilities of a Fey given by what is referred to as the Form of the Fey, a term that is best understood as the subspecies of Fey under consideration. It refers to the physical abilities and biological characteristics of such a Fey, such as wings, supernatural senses, and supernatural abilities that might not be characterized as the ability's stemming from one's Dominion or one's Prominence.
* Demense [Archfey Exclusive]:
== History ==
=== Dawn Era: The Primeval Schism ===
The Primeval Schism is one of the most important events in what the historically-inclined members of the House of Stars refers to as the Dawn Era; with the interaction and conflict between the forces involved in this event establishing and inadvertently setting the path for the natural order of the world and the larger universe as we know it today. Before the mortal conception of  "time", before the existence of anything, the Archfey were, and had been before anything could be. During this Dawn Era, Titania and her sister who shall not be named ruled all Feykind with unquestioned authority, respect and grace; and as there was not much yet in existence, there was not yet any motivating event that saw the Archfey limit their interactions with the world. Tiandra and [] were twin embodiments of the concept of order. 
It is virtually impossible for mortal minds to comprehend what existed during this period of time (or lack thereof), as their sensibilities are inherently attuned to the state of the world that came after this schism. In this vast expanse, this infinite nothingness, Fey revelled in their solitude; not knowing the pain of sorrow and loneliness due to never having known companionship outside of their own kind. This would all change however, when the region of this vast endless expanse the Fey carved out for themselves would go to war.
However, the twin Queens were of notably different temperament; with them both having considerably different opinions on what "order" truly meant. Indulging in her concept of a different kind of order and in a fleeting desire to see what is not, but could be, with the spirit of an artist with no canvas, Tiandra's sister fashioned from nothingness an object of darkness beyond vantablack; a gemstone of otherworldly purity and beauty, an ancient object known in the modern day by current scholars as the Black Diamond.  As an object forged from the Dawn Era; the Black Diamond has been referred to as a Vestige of the Zeroth World, with the world as it exists in the modern day being described as the Second World by modern day scholars both Court and Wyld. The Black Diamond would go on to inspire it's own legends in the world after the Schism, an echo of it's true meaning weaselling its way into the Second World. But I digress.
Titania's sister, of whom the true name's utterance bears a taboo of the highest degree at risk of being judged by the Court of Stars itself, the creator of the Black Diamond would become corrupted and obsessed with the concept of her creation, the nature of this change appealing to her sensibilities far more strongly than order ever did. As change was birthed from order; so too was the Black Diamond, and so too would Titania's sister be reborn. With her dominion over change, the Queen of Air and Darkness sought to utilise her powers unfettered on the totality of all things, the Spirit of All Things, her kin, all of it, with potentially disastrous consequences for all things.
Titania and the Archfey led a battle against Queen of Air and Darkness  and cast her out and sealed her away in a powerful artifact that corrupted her in the first place; in the Black Diamond of Avalon; a gemstone of otherworldly purity and beauty that was completely black and practically immutable, as any attempts to damage it would see it immediately recover and regenerate to full structural integrity and attempt to spread it's corruption; an ontological paradox. At this point in causality, these exceptionally powerful Fey were not at all limited in their activities and operations due to the lack of existence of the Court of Stars, with the Court of Stars being originally established as an alliance across all of Avalon to stop the Queen of Air and Darkness.
Where Tiandra and Queen of Air and Darkness once both represented the concept of order as twin embodiments, the Queen of Air and Darkness after interacting with this Black Diamond became synonymous with chtonic, chaotic, and constantly changing forces; rebelling against the natural order of the world and desiring to plunge all of existence back into the primordial murkiness it came from. The interplay that echoed across the "nothingness" following the schism between Titania and her fallen sister is meant to be what brought about ordered change. This lead to the gradual development of life in the forever changed realm following the Schism; subject to the ordered world and regime of the Court of Stars, from elves, to dragons, to humans. During this time, from then on, the universe was described to be in an era referred to Star Scholars as the "Age of Growth".
In order to administrate and balance the rapid introduction of change in the world itself introduced by the previous actions of the Queen of Air and Darkness, the combined might of Tiandra and Oberon and their rapidly growing alliances covering the entirety of Avalon established the Court of Stars to monitor the state of the world; creating a new natural order where change was now fundamentally a part of the world, an order that was notably different from it's original state, most notably with the concept of time beginning to flow. Order in the first and second world would now forever instead be equillibrium (ordered change), as opposed to the constant it was in the Zeroth.
=== First World: Genesis of Wyldfae ===
=== First World: The Irilline ===
=== Second World: The Rot ===
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==Culture==
=== Carapaces ===
The concept of Fey Carapaces adds an intriguing, if not complicated layer to the understanding of the Fey and their identities. These filigree adornments, worn by Fey to conceal their true identities, are described as ethereal and beautiful, reflecting the desires and stories of the individuals who wear them. The Carapace serves as a transformative chrysalis, allowing a Fey to undergo a process of self-actualization. While Carapaces are rare among the Feyfolk, they hold cultural significance as they represent important formative stories for those who bear them. The opening of the chrysalis and the emergence of a transformed Feyfolk from within is a non-deterministic event, seemingly random in its timing. Wyldfae that are old enough demonstrate the ability to "read" an individual's carapace, uncovering the internal story, and may help a younger Wyldfae within a carapace along their journey.
The existence of Carapaces among the Wyldfae is known, albeit exceedingly uncommon, and even more so among the Archfey. The natural order of the Fey and their connection to nature might make the concept of desiring to be something different, or unnatural, unusual. However, there is one known instance of an Archfey, the Prince of Frost, donning a Carapace. This raises questions about the story that led the Prince of Frost, a powerful and significant figure, to feel the need to use a Carapace like a lesser Fey. The scholars of the Viteshan Domain  propose that the answer to this question lies in the Exodus. It is not always obvious to determine whether or not a carapace is being donned, especially by an Archfey due to their naturally non-corporeal existences. [An Archfey tends to simply exist where their concept does, being spirits of nature, they simply tend to pay most events very little mind. For example, Siobhan Alastai is virtually always around around, moisture in the air and all that, and according to the Domain her moods and occasional spats with the Maiden of the Moon result in the tides, but if some random swimmer were to call out to her it'd likely be beneath her notice.]
===The Court of Stars===
Predominantly, the Fey as a species are divided into a highly structured political-judiciary system known as the Court of Stars, which is presided over and hosted by the Queen of Light Tiandra, the mightiest of the Archfey, and the closest thing to an ally of humanity within the Court. As manifestations and embodiment of the Anima of the universe, the structure of the Court of Stars is vast and ever changing, with innumerable distinctions and divisions present within it's composition representing the potentially infinite forms that the Anima is capable of taking As a result the full complexity of the Court of Stars can only be completely understood by a member of the Fey, as only they possess the knowledge required to understand and navigate the constantly shifting political landscape that is the Court of Stars in its grandest state.
However, among and above these divisions are the High Houses of the Court of Stars, the primordial Houses from which all other subdivisions of the Court are born. Typically, it is not at all uncommon for Archfey claim multiple of these High Houses as their heritage. As the Court of Stars reflects the distribution of Anima throughout the world/universe, the High Houses of the Court of Stars echo the major distinct domains and concepts that the Anima has shaped most predominantly. These High Houses are as follows:
*​​​​​​​The House of Arcana: The House of Arcana is perhaps the most mysterious and most elusive of all of the High Houses of the Court of Stars, and govern the more esoteric and mystical manifestations of the Anima. Possessing the smallest population of the High Houses, these Fey are exceptionally magically gifted, and are some of the rare Fey to possess actual mystical talent. However, for the most part this House also has the smallest number of Wyldfae that claim this house as their heritage, and as such, Wyldfae are predominantly categorized as Danger Beasts. Despite the attempts of the House of Arcana to limit the number of Anima wielding spell-casters in the mortal world, over time, there has been a very slow but steady increase in the number of these individuals for reasons the Court tracks to an anomaly associated with the split of the world into the Valiant Sphere and Purgatory. These Fey research the mystical world and observe the developments of the mortal races, and are the spokespeople on the potential impact of specific magics on the Earth. These Fey have been said to appear once to the Delacroix, purely out of curiosity, never to be witnessed again.
*The House of Dreams: The living embodiment of chance and chaos, tricksters, artists and all across the spectrum. Constantly evolving they don't even try to hold on to any form of permanence, thriving in change and newness. The members of The High House of Dreams are each extremely unique as to the point where non-Fey would never guess they were ever of the same House. Although they embody chaos and change, they uphold it in all its productive ways, evolution and progression; not in its detrimental forms of mindless destruction and regression. Even when at war they think of it as putting an end to one stunted tree to allow a new one to grow. Out with the old, in with the new.
*The House of Hunt: Representing the concept responsible for predation's existence in the natural world, the Fey of the High House of the Hunt govern and represent to the Court of Stars the currently established Circle of Life, bringing forth and discussing with the Court of Stars any matter that may threaten the current balance. The more intellectual of the House of Hunt work alongside the House of Stars and the House of Seasons typically to look over the food webs and food chains that exist in the natural world. The House of Hunt is largely composed of Fey associated with the Gloaming Faction, and hold a pack like system based on the individual power each member wields.
*The House of Seasons:
**​​​​​​​The Summer Court: The House of Summer is like the younger more "natural" brother to The High House of War. The members of The House of Summer embody Vitality, Aggression and Confidence. Dressed in golds, reds and yellows and blacks mimicking the warning colors of nature. Always looking for a challenge and ways to assert their dominance members of The House of Summer can typically be found challenging each other in physical contest or sparring.
**The Winter Court: The sombre House of Winter embodies the Cold, Emotionless, Eternal and Undying nature of Winter. Dressed in whites, grays, blacks and blues the members of The House of Winter externally seem to experience no emotion but disdain for all but the most stoic and difficult of achievements. The House of Winter of all the seasonal Houses most embodies the "survival of the fittest" motto. Putting a high value on their individual ability, the smaller the tribe or congregation as well as the more dangerous the location it is the more respectable it is.
**The Fall Court: The House of Fall embodies the Courageous walk to death, the Contest of the Hunt, and the acceptance of Death. Dressed in dark oranges, yellows, greens and browns. Although not as sombre and taciturn as the members of The House of Winter, members of The House of Fall seem to experience emotion in a much more muted sense. Some have found that members of The House of Fall are the most akin to the thought processes and emotional spectrums as mortals.
**The Spring Court: The members of The House of Spring embody Growth, Renewal, and Hope. Dressed in vibrant colors they are a happy and exciting bunch to spend time with. Like all Fey the members of The House of Spring feel all emotions strongly but they try to bring humor and joy to every moment. Even in the midst of war, find joy in the little things, like the glint of blood or your own prowess.
*The House of War: The Fey of War are hot blooded, adrenaline fueled masters of the art of killing. Taking each other up in bets and challenges to push each other to better heights of combat skill. For training those of The House of War travel through the High Houses making formal declarations of War (which may be declined as is polite) to continuously hone their abilities and to test the abilities of their brethren Fey. The members of The House typically bear incredible curses or weighted unwieldy less effective weapons to strengthen themselves, but also to handicap themselves. The House of War has been known to be commanded to curse mortals when the Court considers their intervention necessary, or on behalf of the Archfey.
*The House of Dusk:
*The House of Stars: The House of Stars represent and embody the tendency towards innovation, invention, and thus science that exists within the world brought forth by the Anima. The Fey of this House studies the world, creating mathematical equations governing the Anima and it's nature in the world, being the researchers. They are considered to be fundamentally linked to the faction that can be but is not currently in existence, the Iron House, responsible for the development of technology capable of strong artificial intelligence. The scientific understanding of the House of Stars is unparalleled, and it is said that they are responsible for every Greenheart developing a penchant for philosophy that grows as they do. They observe and report the developments of mortal races back to the Court.
====Factions====
The Factions reflect the combinations of each of the concepts represented by the inner houses that give rise to the main forms of life present on Earth. The three major factions of the Fey are as listed below:
*The Green Fey:
*The Sea Lords: Highly correlated with the Winter Court. The Winter Court is in a sense a subset of the Sea Lord faction.
*The Gloaming Fey:
===Disposition===
*Seelie:
*Unseelie:
== Notable Individuals ==
=== Archfey ===
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*The Queen of Light, Summer Queen Titania/Tiandra:
*The Prince of Frost, Frost Lord ??? :
*The Lord of Beasts, Green Lord Oberon:
*The Queen of Air and Darkness [Name scrubbed from history]
*The Oak Princess, Green Lady Verenestra:
*The Maiden of the Moon, Gloam Lady ??? :
*The Witch of Fates, The Weaver:
*Alastai Siblings: Siobhan and Elias Alastai
===Wyldfae===
*Adonis the Accursed:
*"Marie":
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