Feywilds

# THE FEY

Folks in rural towns whisper of a place, just past the horizon, found in the misty quiet of a forest at dawn. A place where trees grow so large you can't see the forest roof from the floor, where strange folk and beasts roam. People with wings, magic, and devilishly sweet smiles rule that place. Changelings live there. Missing people wind up there. Time works differently. Where a teapot's big enough for a house, where a queen rules all. Where the seasons never change, where cakes are eaten for every meal.

Folks fear this place, for good reason. Make a wrong step with the wrong person and you might just be stolen away, they say. Most folks don't know how right they are.

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When discussing the power structure of the Feywilds, there are two main factors to consider. The **Courts** and the **Queen**.The power hierarchy of fey goes as follows; The Queen, the Season Lords, the Cardinals of Direction, Archfeys, Apprentice Lords, then the rest of the fey in a very long and jumbled list.

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The Queen rules all. She has been around since the 'beginning of the realm' and she will be around until the end. All fey bow to her, and she is (for the most part) kind. The Season Lords are sort of like high priests - they conduct rituals, maintain the change of the season, take on apprentices and train/raise them to fulfil their roles when they pass. Season lords are not immortal, as no fey (except the queen are), but they do live impossibly long like the other high ranking fey.

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The Cardinals of Direction, despite being direct subordinates of the Season Lords, are much like them in that they take on apprentice lords and complete rituals to keep the world in check. Where there is one lord for each season and one apprentice (should there need to be one), there are often quite a few lords for each of the four cardinal directions, and have no set standing on where they are in the courts. Each cardinal is very different. Additionally, the Cardinals teach young fey magic sort of like very big important lecturers. Very few fey have not met a cardinal by the time they are an adult.

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# The Kirk De Faerie

A festival is held every year here - travellers flock to the music and the dancing, the lights and the displays of magic that bring joy to all. Those that stay speak of happiness and eternal laughter, and encourage the travellers to settle in their little villagers. A high priest watches all, smile not reaching his eyes. He is the eighth son of an eighth son, and he will make sure the Kirk De Faerie flourishes and worships, just as his ancestors have done for hundreds of years.

## Beliefs

#### General Beliefs

The Kirk de Faerie is a human organisation devoted to the worship of the fey. They themselves are not fey, and the Fey seem to take minimal interest in their behaviours. As a whole, the two are all but separate, with a tread or two connecting them.

#### Ascension

The Kirk de Faerie works on the principle of power being everything. Those gifted with the ability to see fey in any capacity are said to have descended from fey themselves. These people are put in higher positions in the church, with anyone who possesses ‘true feysight’ being deemed the child of a fey. These people with ‘true feysight’ are regarded as prophets and are treated as holy patrons  themselves. They are showered with luxuries and worshipped. Tealeaf has labelled it akin to being in a ‘gilded songbird’s cage’. There is pressure to be perfect, kind, all knowing and with absolutely no autonomy.

> Sometimes, through exposure to the fey, people can develop a better knack for spotting them. This development of abilities is called ‘ascension’ in the Kirk de Faerie, and is the goal of all followers.
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#### The Mistletoe Tree

A few years ago, the head priest of the Kirk de Faerie struck a deal with the Lord of Spring. You can have Tealeaf in exchange for granting us magic. The Lord agreed, needing to secure a successor for his job when he eventually passed on.

In a ritual, the lord of spring drove a mistletoe offshoot into Tealeaf’s stomach, and it grew into a tree. Mistletoe do not normally have tree forms, instead preferring to sit like bushes trying their best to be a parrot on another tree’s shoulder. The Lord planted the tree in the main courtyard and declared that as long as Tealeaf lived, the tree would continue to grow and thrive. Berries from the tree heal wounds, and any wand carved from the tree’s wood would function as a very magically potent wand.

> Despite not seeing the tree for years, sometimes Tealeaf finds mistletoe sprouts growing out of the old scar on his stomach.
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#### General Operation

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### The Crusade against the Accursed

The Kirk De Faerie, upon seeing the rise of the nether church, decided that it was a crime against the order that the fey created. They declared a crusade against the 'accursed'. They accrued guards and a militia,

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