Morrighan

*This article pertains to Morrighan, the ruler of Spéir*

## Background

### Personality and Appearance

The Morrighan is believed to be an extension of the Gods and Goddess, or maybe even a deity herself, and acts accordingly. King, brave and intelligent, the Morrighan rekognise when to strike and when to wait. Famed in old for showing mercy and granting second chances, she realises much about the world that others may be blind to. During the Age of War her reputation went bad, colouring her as a dictator and supressor, and though she doesn't blame the individual faeries, she does feel a strong hatred toward those who slighted her, and as a result, her people.

She has long, dark hair and violet eyes. Her body is full and she is seen as a symbol of fertility. She is shorter and more round than faeries, resembling a human in many ways. She often wears a crown made of flowers and leaves. She dresses in early medievel style clothing, often wearing head coverings and veils. Her symbol is a crowned raven in flight. She has a slight limp, and after a battle her right eye has taken for the worse.

### History

#### Stories of Old and Mythic

The origin of the Morrighan is unknown, perhaps even by herself. It is speculated that the First Fae (INSERT LINK) gave birth to her or was granted her by the Gods, but there are no certain knowledge of it. Once established in the Mythic Age, her and her family ruled the world and expanded upon it, drawing islands out of clouds and granting favours to those who came to her court. It was a time of great growth and happiness for the Morrighan herself, which is now referred to as the Old Age and lasted for an inhuman amount of time. It ended with the Shattering (LINK), when the Dagda spread the riches of the world and hid them, so that the greed of the faerie would cease.

#### Stories of War

The War Age began as soon as the Dagda (LINK) returned to Ildathach (LINK). The nobles there waited for him, trying to politic and slither out details of the whereabouts of the hidden artefacts. But the Dagda had gone to an ancient one, the Elder, and asked to have his memory cleared of all trace of the Artefacts (LINK). And so began the Age of War, marring the rule of the Morrighan. During this reign her reputation as a hard, cold ruler with a lust for blood and revenge became established, as she mostly had to control the islands by force. The period ended when the Morrighan banished all the unruly Lords and their subjects, throwing them in the Cloudy Sea and seeing them sink below the waves and down to Talamh (LINK). And thus the Small Folk was created during the Long Night.

Following the uproar and uprising and Long Night, some ventured out, finding small islands undiscovered until now, inhabitated by a people they chose to call fomorians.

#### Stories of Silence

During the period following the Long Night (LINK), silence grasped hold over the Morrighans court, her soul pierced and guiltridden by the things she had done, and in her abscence two main factions emerged; the Seelie (LINK) and Unseelie (LINK) faction. The Seelies wished to part from the Morrighan, creating her own court to the east, whereas the Unseelies wished to remain under the rule of the Morrighan. Once the Neamhaí Rebellion of the Seelie Court, lead by a man named Conan of Ildathach began, the Morrighan had to respond, and an all out war emerged on the islands of Tir na Nóg, ended only when Conan and Morrighan decided to hold an audience to draw up country borders and agree on the two-part ruling system that would now be established in the Speír.

#### The Great Geas

During the meeting, The Morrighan is tricked by Conan of Ildthach into agreeing to the following:

*"You must keep every promise you make."*

The following day she held a speech wherein she proclaimed the newfound alliance and promised the following: *1) Not to set foot outside of Tir na Nóg for as long as the unrest in Speír shall last. 2) To send her closest in her place to advocate for peace and unity until it was achieved. 3) That her remote position on Tir na Nóg, made it so that any information she would have, would be useless by the time it got to her. 4) That she would come when called.*

These promises were made as ideas of unrest and seperation ran rampant and at the time were fueled by heavy debate pertaining as to how much power the Morrighan held over the world. As a way of appeasing her people, she made the speech, but has since been bound by it, even after the benefits of her passiveness was widely agreed to have faded. This passiveness led to civil and international wars that would traditionally have been settled by the Morrighan.

#### Stories of Conianian

After the splitting into two courts, the Unseelie court lead by the Morrighan was forced to keep their business mainly on Tir na Nóg, and had effectively lost all power except in name across the world. Only the countries led by her family remains in favour of unification of the countries, and only those acts solely at the benifit of the Unseelie court. The Seelie court, as it is, split out under High King Conan, into several countries with different ruling systems. Ambassadors, spites and other riff-raff often come to Tir na Nóg to discuss business or spy on the Queen, This does not howeever mean that the Morríghan has given up in any way shape or form, and even as she wishes for her family to be close, she might have something even more important to restore to its rightful place in Síoraí Castle (LINK)

### Family and Relationships

#### The Dagda

The Morrighan is often portrayed as a jealous wife as a result of the pair being seperated for millenia, because of her refusal to take other lovers or companions. The seperation of her and her husband, as part of the Great Geas, is one of the most painful things the Morrighan must endure.

#### The Trinity

The Morríghan consists of Morríghan as well as her two beloved sisters; Fódla and Nemain. They are seperated by space and time, but the love they bear for one another is undying and before the Division they ruled the lands together as a council.

#### Enemies and Friends

The Morríghan has many enemies and friends, both in Speír, Talamh as well as the celestial realms; Tech Duínn, Neamhaí and Mag Mell. In Speír the most hated of all is the High King of Glas, Conan of Ildathach, who was, as the name suggests once a citizen of Tir na Nóg as well as an associate of The Morríghan. The Neamhaí Rebellion (LINK) shattered the way of the Old World and left Speír (LINK) in disarray, and with the Great Geas it forced Niamh to be seperated from not only her sisters, but her daughter and husband as well.

### Skills and Professions

The Morríghans skills are many and all riddled and made by magic. Her most known skill is her ability to turn into a raven or crow, but she is also well versed in the art of governing, war as well as knowledgeable in the ways of the world. Because of her entire otherness, she as the ability to converse with entities and people in ways most do not understand, and could be seen as the closest the world has to a priest. She cannot fight with swords or bows, but prefer to use the Bog (LINK) as her link to it is special and seen by many as holy or original.

Her profession is still that of Queen of Speír, but in pratice her rule most extends to the lands of Tir na Nóg (LINK).

### Faith and Nationality

The Morríghan believes in the Old Gods , often refered to by the believers as the system.

Her nationality is Speírin, as she still believes in a unified Speír.