Estori

*'I don’t have the right to just give you back your name! And I certainly don’t have the right to give you back your land!'*

## Physical description

### Hair color

*Unknown*

**Estori** currently runs the Seelie Registry. His office is in the outer part of the Seelie Court, which is open to anyone (so that even the Unseelie King could visit).

## Appearance

'Estori was ancient – in both appearance and actual age. He looked up with sharp eyes, wrinkles folding and bunching into an expression of disapproval and discomfort.' He is shorter than Gwyn.

## Personality

Estori is devoted to his home village. The upper class fae in Arkhel appear to respect him.

## Life

Estori lives 'very comfortably on the outskirts of the [Seelie] Courtlands.' His home was 'annexed during sieges at least three times' near the beginning of Gwyn's military career, and Gwyn returned Estori's home to him each time, for which Estori was grateful.

When Crielle ferch Fnwy disowned Gwyn upon her death, which was supported by Lludd Llaw Eraint's will and Albion's Court, many of Gwyn's advisors supported his contesting the decision. Gwyn went to Estori to say that, 'in the moment that my parents decided to keep me on and acknowledge me as their child, instead of adopting me out to the Unseelie Court in my infancy as they were obligated, they – in that moment – conferred upon me the name of Gwyn ap Nudd, and that became legally binding.' Estori asserted that Gwyn had no right to the name or its heritage. Gwyn reasserted his right, including his right to the An Fnwy estate, particularly as their last surviving heir, and that Albion was trying to break Seelie law to deprive Gwyn of his rights.

Gwyn also noted that although the Unseelie Court had a small, unintimidating military, Gwyn well remembered the location of Estori's village, and all its secret pathways, and threatened to destroy it all, easily. Enraged, Estori openly revealed that depriving Gwyn of his name and inheritance was a complete ruse, because the Seelie *knew* Gwyn was entitled to it all.

Gwyn 'incentivized' Estori to restore Gwyn's name and inheritance, at the risk of Gwyn sacking the village, with the deadline of a week.

Estori got to work trying to convince Albion, and sent Gwyn a letter at the end of the week to that effect, noting that Gwyn was legally allowed to call himself 'Gwyn ap Nudd' or 'Gwyn ap Lludd', and that Estori was still working on the estate issue.

Estori seemingly took shelter in Arkhel during or some time before the ice plague, and sought an audience with Gwyn when Gwyn and his party arrived on their quest to defeat Olphix. Estori led a group of high status military fae to discuss alliances with Gwyn and Gwyn's group against Olphix. They told Gwyn that Olphix had created an area near Arkhel that had 'a feeling or energy that repels all.'

## Skills

Estori 'determines the legalities of the Seelie Court, alongside Inner Court members like Old Pete'.

## Quotations

* 'Releasing the An Fnwy estate presents more difficulties, and I do not like the chances of Albion announcing any of this publically. I ask you to present the Seelie Court and its people with understanding during this time.'
* ‘Ah,’ Gwyn said. ‘It’s the one who would have kept my last name from me, Estori. I can’t say it’s a pleasure to see *you*. Do you still run the Registry? Or did Albion fire you once you returned my name and land back to me? Does it even matter now that the Seelie Court has fallen?’
* ‘You are the King of all fae now,’ Estori said. ‘I have always believed in your military might. It was your threat of it against me that worked so effectively when you tasked me to return your name and your land to you. There are others, too, who believe in your military might. Many, in fact. Many, Gwyn ap Nudd, who wish for the War General to return.’

## Trivia

* Estori's office is in a 'small, well-lit domed room filled with books and ledgers overflowing with pages'.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 *The Court of Five Thrones*, Chapter 28: Solidarity. Accessed 25 May 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague*, Chapter 14: The King and the Hybrid. Accessed 02 September 2021.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *The Court of Five Thrones*, Chapter 31: Rupture. Accessed 25 May 2021.