Dogwill Borough

"*If Dogwill is an informant to the Seelie Court, we’ll see some increasing defences around some of the Seelie Courtlands. We’ll also see a critical food corridor that’s been seized, be further fortified by the Seelie. I think the best play will be to drop hints around Dogwill that we are leading a small military to do manoeuvres on neutral land – and see if he tells Albion. If he does, Albion will almost certainly respond by bringing a larger military force to defeat them.*"
―Gwyn ap Nudd[[The Court of Five Thrones, Chapter 5: Unsolicited]]

## Physical description

### Hair color

Brown

**Dogwill Borough** was a common fae Unseelie War General who served on Gwyn's council of War Generals during *The Court of Five Thrones*. Mikkel revealed him to be a traitor and an informant to the Seelie Court, and Dogwill spent most of his time throughout *The Court of Five Thrones* in the Unseelie dungeon. Dogwill's intel first alerted Gwyn and Augus Each Uisge that there was another traitor in Gwyn's Unseelie Court.

## Appearance

Dogwill had lank, brown hair and a tan face. He injured himself greatly trying to fight Augus' compulsions.

## Personality

Dogwill was ingratiating, manipulative, insouciant, and irritating. Gwyn in particular didn't like him even before he was revealed to be a traitor.

## Life

Dogwill served as a representative of the common fae on Gwyn's council of Unseelie War Generals. Albion gave Dogwill a particularly rare underwater plant that can block siren song, along with other rare underwater plants, which were mixed for consumption to resist Augus' compulsions. Augus interrogated Dogwill, along with the other Generals, using his compulsions, and found nothing to suspect Dogwill of, demonstrating the mixture's effectiveness.

Dogwill tried ingratiating himself to Gwyn early on. Mikkel advised Gwyn to interrogate him a second time, which Dogwill wouldn't expect. Gwyn worried that if Mikkel was telling the truth, acting too quickly on the information would reveal Mikkel's status as a double agent to Albion, so Gwyn came up with other strategies to prove Dogwill's duplicity, including giving him false information and seeing if the Seelie Court military acted upon it.

Dogwill was among those who pledged troops to the Unseelie Court military during Gwyn's Triumphal Entry, likely attempting to encourage the idea he was a firm supporter of Gwyn's.

When Albion's forces fell for the trap after the Triumphal Entry, Gwyn ordered Dogwill be placed in the Unseelie dungeon and interrogated as a traitor. Augus and Ash voted for Dogwill's execution after Augus finished interrogating him, and Gulvi Dubna Vajat supported execution and opposed a public trial for him.

According to Mikkel, Dogwill's defeat (or possibly capture) also made Alysia mer Malakhy vow to never underestimate Gwyn again.

Dogwill quickly crumbled under Augus' compulsions during the second interrogation. Dogwill was aware - along with Albion - that he might be captured, revealing that he was only a pawn. Dogwill insisted there was another traitor in the Unseelie Court, but didn't know anything more than that. Augus thought this might have been a plant by Albion to sow discord in the ranks. Later, it was revealed that Dogwill was likely speaking of Prince Vane, though it's unclear if Vane was serving as a double agent for Albion, or simply as Crielle ferch Fnwy's assassin.

Since Augus gave Gulvi the okay to execute Dogwill after the interrogation, and his cell was later empty for Ifir to occupy after Ifir's mutiny, it's likely that Gulvi executed Dogwill.

Dogwill's military of Unseelie common fae struggled under Dogwill's replacement at a later battle, and one of the common fae Generals spat on the ground before Gwyn afterward.

## Skills

Gwyn noted that Dogwill was a 'surprisingly effective' commander for his young age.

## Relationships

#### Augus Each Uisge

Augus congratulated Dogwill for his daring, but didn't seem to think of much of him. Dogwill was so terrified of Augus after the interrogation that even Augus coming near him made Dogwill faint.

#### Gwyn ap Nudd

Although Gwyn detested Dogwill's ingratiation, even before the realization that Dogwill was a traitor, knowing the way others reacted to the reveal that Dogwill was actually a traitor - and their lust for his execution - made Gwyn shudder, as it likely mimicked how Seelie fae thought of Gwyn.

#### Gulvi Dubna Vajat and Ash Glashtyn

Gulvi vehemently hated Dogwill for his betrayal, and both Gulvi and Ash quickly voted for Dogwill's execution once his betrayal was confirmed. They both also mocked him.

## Quotations

* Gulvi: 'Let them protest their traitor General'
* 'You’re gonna kill me,’ Dogwill said, wrapping his arms around himself. ‘Just do it.'
* Augus: 'You know, I have to commend you for the attempt. Selling us out like that.'

## References

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2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 24 October 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5561123. Chapter 15: Blight.
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