The Winter Court

The Fey of the Fey Woods are many and varied, from Sprites to Eladrin, and from Brownies to Satyrs. They live in a magical plane called the Feywild with strong links to the material plane throughout the Fey Woods, and seem to travel effortlessly between the two places, while mortals are often trapped in one plane or another.
While the Fey are completely mischievous and capricious in nature, they also follow certain rules, a Fey will never lie, and their promises hold immense power. Fey will often offer bargains or deals to mortals, and while the Fey is bound to uphold its end of the bargain, the price on the mortals head is often unexpected and regularly collected in full.
The Fey are split into two courts, Summer and Winter, and previously both despised the other. In the year of Convergence, the Athesian Council was able to help facilitate the reconciliation of the two Courts and now they exist alongside one another.
As far as is known, all Fey are immortal and do not age beyond a certain point, and there is no known way in which to kill a Fey creature. Instead, when a Fey feels it is losing a combat it simply chooses to be elsewhere, either teleporting away or simply skipping back into the forest, often with a witty departing remark.
The Winter Court are one of the two groups of Fey in the Fey Woods to the north-west of Athesia. Wherever they hold dominion, the land experiences snowfall and cold winds that blow between the trees, stripping them of leaves and leaving them pointing their branches up to a grey sky. The Winter Fey, when they appear, leave frost and ice in their wake, and their skin is luminescent with a soft, cold glow.
These Fey are solemn creatures, far more sombre and less inclined to games than the Summer Court. They carry with them a quiet dignity akin to winter's first snowfall which can be seen as haughtiness and distance, however they are just as tricksy as the Summer Court and should someone wrong them they will exact revenge as they see fit.
Much like the counterparts in the Summer Court, the Winter Court do things for entertainment - if they think it will be amusing, they will likely do it. Beyond simple fun, no one is sure what any Fey really wants.
==Notable NPCs==
Puck, King of the Winter Fey, Courage over the Fields of Fall, Last Days’ Dreamer, Answer to the Oldest Question
Puck was found in the year of the Convergence sleeping in a tree, where he had been for hundreds of years after a game of hide and seek between the Fey. Once he was returned to the Court, the age-old rivalry between the Courts was able to be resolved.
Mab, Queen of the Winter Fey, Last of the Silver Line, Anger of a Winter's Day, Beauty of the First Snowfall
Mab appears as a beautiful woman, clad in silver and with a mantle of snowflakes. A party from the Council of Unity Island met with Mab after she wrote to Kiya requesting aid with a group of Shadowfel.
Sir Chill of the Winter Court, Swordsman in White and Duke of the Other Place
Sir Chill is a thin pale eladrin who speaks with a quiet raspy voice, unlike most fey he is direct and to the point, but will require the players to prove themselves useful before he wastes time on them. He was forcibly removed from [0503] in an honourable battle with Varis Liadon and others.
Lady Crystal of the Winter Court, Duchess before the First, Holder of the Truest Memory
Lady Crystal is a white clad pixie who floats around on gossamer wings.  She is playful but distant and can be charming and kind when she wants to be. Four hundred years ago she was betrayed by Merric Thunderlute who promised to be her champion in an important fight, but absconded.
Lady Snowdrop of the Winter Court
Lady Snowdrop is an achingly beautiful, but very cold and distant, eladrin. She was met by delegates from Unity Island at a tournament held in the Feywild in the year of New Dawn, but they did not learn her full title.
Sir Darkflower of the Winter Court, Master of the Snow Guard, Breaker of a Thousand Hearts
Sir Darkflower is a Sidhe  He was met by some of the Unity Island Council in the year of New Dawn at a tournament in the Feywild.
Sir Bitterstep of Winter Court, Lord of the West, Marcher of Souls
Sir Bitterstep is a large fairy, about 3 ft tall, with gossamer wings.
Buttercup
Buttercup is a brownie who is very good at hide and seek, and Fenxi Thornberry's best friend. Fenxi, Tacitus, Petros and Iskar all agreed to join Buttercup's hide and seek team in exchange for help finding Nimue.
==Relationships==
Merric Thunderlute of the Winter Court, Fury of the Chill Wind, Chaos before the Bane Blade
Merric has become intertwined with the Winter Court, and currently holds a position as Sir Darkflower's Champion.
Varis Liadon of the Winter Court, Chosen for the Battle of Three
Varis is loosely aligned to the Winter Court.