Gwyn ap Nudd

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## General details

### Aliases

* Bright One
* The Traitor King
* Lightbringer
* Gwyn of the Stars
* Fallen Star
* The Great Betrayer
* The Dual King
* The Wild King

### Relatives

* Augus Each Uisge (consort)
* Crielle ferch Fnwy (mother, deceased)
* Lludd Llaw Eraint (father, deceased)
* Efnisien ap Wledig (cousin, deceased)
* Rhiamon ferch anFnwy (maternal great-grandmother, deceased)
* Adain ferch Fnwy (maternal grandmother, deceased)
* Calder ap Cenn (maternal grandfather, deceased)
* Penarddun ferch Fnwy (aunt, deceased)
* Euroswydd (uncle, deceased)
* Olphix (ancestor, deceased)
* Davix (ancestor-uncle, deceased)

### Roles or Vocation

* King of the Unseelie
* Unseelie Court Treasurer

## Physical description

### Hair color

Light Blonde

"*I did everything they asked me to . . . They told me to be Seelie, I almost convinced myself that I was. They wanted a soldier, I became one. Lludd told me to stay out of his navy, I never served on a boat or a ship. They needed Mafydd’s body gone, I removed it. They wanted a better General, so okay, that too. Then they wanted a King when I had never ever wanted that, and gave me my tasks, impossible tasks mind you, ones that others didn’t want to touch… I did it. I did everything they asked me to. Everything. I didn’t do it well. I didn’t do it masterfully or gracefully with the flourishes expected of the Seelie, but I did it.*"
―Gwyn ap Nudd[[The Court of Five Thrones, Chapter 40: Intervention]]
**Gwyn ap Nudd** is an Unseelie common and celestial fae, and the last of the Seelie An Fnwy family line, due to Olphix's curse. He was tortured and brainwashed by his family for much of his life, and ordered to hide his true alignment. He served as a Seelie soldier, and was quickly promoted through the ranks, until he became a General. During the battle against Augus Each Uisge, who was then King of the Unseelie, the Oak King promoted Gwyn to Kingship of the Seelie Court, and Gwyn gathered allies to defeat the Nightingale and Augus, and took Augus prisoner. During Augus' captivity, Gwyn and Augus fell in love, and Gwyn released him. When Gwyn's true alignment was revealed, he was demoted and exiled. He took asylum with the Unseelie Court, and hesitantly agreed to become King of the Unseelie, whereon he made Augus his personal Advisor (and Consort). Gwyn led the Court against Albion's Seelie Court when Albion persisted in his war to annihilate the Unseelie, and later led a group to deal with the ice plague, and defeat Olphix. He currently lives in retirement with Augus.

#### Alignment

Unseelie (previously masquerading successfully as Seelie for 3,000 years thanks to the aid of an Old Lore aithwick).

#### Appetite

Regular food and his own dra'ocht. As a psychopomp, his true appetite is meant to be the death of others, before shepherding their souls on to the afterlife. But Gwyn's appetite has been permanently stunted, and he cannot truly feed, so his body practices autophagy on his own dra'ocht.

#### Heartsong

* Unknown

Previously:

* Loyalty (childhood)
* Triumph (*Deeper into the Woods*)
* Wildness (*Deeper into the Woods)*
* Justice (*Game Theory)*
* Surrender (*Game Theory* and *The Court of Five Thrones)*
* Wildness (through part of *The Ice Plague)*
* Sacrifice

#### Status

* King of the Unseelie, nominated King of the Seelie (unofficial)

Previously:

* Outer Court (childhood)
* Court (*Deeper into the Woods*)
* Inner Court (pre-*Game Theory*)
* King of the Seelie (*Game Theory*)
* Underfae (*Game Theory*)
* Inner Court (*Game Theory*)

## Names/Titles/Aliases

* King of the Seelie
* King of the Unseelie
* Gwyn of the Stars (trows)
* The Dual King (sea fae)
* Bright One (Old Pete, others)
* The Traitor King
* The Great Betrayer
* Fallen Star
* Starchild (Crielle ferch Fnwy, briefly)
* The Wild King

## Appearance

#### Pronunciation

GWIN (like win) app NEED or GWIN app NEETH

Gwyn was tall and well-built, with pale blonde (almost white) hair and pale blue eyes. Without shoes, and while Augus is wearing boots, they're nearly of a height. Upon first meeting each other as adults, Augus noted that Gwyn had no 'visible arm hairs, no stubble, only eyebrows, eyelashes, the hair on the top of his head, which was thickly curled and long enough that it would likely form individual, bulky ringlets when wet or drying. He was extremely pale for someone who spent a lot of his time on battle campaigns, no tanned skin, no visible scarring, and his face looked emotionally worn, but otherwise, he looked to be no older than about thirty, maybe thirty five.' Augus noted that Gwyn had a 'long, strongly boned nose, . . . eyes that were a little too big for his face and gave him a sense of constantly being wide-eyed, [and] thick cupid-bow lips.'

His hair length has been variable, but usually falls just below or just above his ears. He is not given to fastidious grooming, so it's often quite shaggy. He flushes easily because of his pale skin. Augus noted that he looks a lot like his father.

After Olphix took his light, Gwyn grew body hair, and at least sometimes sported a golden beard and mustache. 'He kept the golden hairs trimmed. It didn’t grow wildly, but was always neatly shaped, like Gwyn fussed over it every day.' His eyes were also brighter blue, like his mother's.

With his light returned, Gwyn's eyes were ice-blue, and his 'hair was white-pale'.

For much of his life, Gwyn was unusually muscled for fae, who tend to prefer lithe and thin bodies over heavily muscled ones. This was a result of conscientious physical training throughout his life. He had a scar over his ribs on the right side where the aithwick was removed, which looked like a seam. During his escape from the Seelie Court, he was shot with an arrow in his right shoulder, and Gwyn's unskilled removal (without consideration for his underfae status) coupled with Kabiri's healing/increased injury of the shoulder, created a wicked scar there. 'The knotted, folded scar was an angry dark red in appearance, its reach frightening. It curved over the top of his shoulder, sent fingers of scar tissue underneath his arm, down his pectoral, across his shoulder blade.'

When Gwyn uses his light as a physical attack from his palms, it also injures his skin, albeit temporarily at a higher status, creating 'scars that wove their way from Gwyn’s palm to his elbow – those twisted furrows of flesh'. It's possible the scars he gained by using his light attacks while on the run from the Seelie Court only scarred rather than disappeared, as the 'faded wrist and hand scars' were still present after his promotion to Inner Court and consulting with Aleutia the Rat-Maiden.

After Gwyn recovered from dying during the battle with Olphix, he was frail, and limped.

Gwyn prefers casual clothing, and is most often seen wearing 'a creamy linen shirt that laced up at the chest, brushed leather pants, simple soft leather boots that were laced over his ankles and lower calf.' He sometimes goes barefoot, even in the throne room. He doesn't wear underwear. Sometimes he will have a long-sword at his side.

During most military maneuvers, he wears medieval plate armour and no helmet. When he was King of the Seelie Court, the armour was a pale cream metal never seen in the human realm. As Unseelie King, when he first saw his Unseelie armor in the metalsmith's cave, the cave lighting gave the 'metal a ruddy glow, and beneath that it appeared a kind of dark charcoal in colour. Some parts of the metal were still rough to the touch. There were vicious, short spikes on the pauldrons, which meant he could shoulder into people and injure them. . . . They were sharp, despite being squat.' The armour is spelled to appear differently to others: 'Where there had been no helm, the back of one had appeared, hooking over the back of his head, his ears, and then from above his ears antlers branched. They were black metal also, but frosted white at the tips. Gwyn tilted his head one way, then the other, and the antlers moved with him. He lifted his hands and felt only hair and his ears where the helm appeared to curve over the back of his head. He felt only air where the antlers were. But they were broad, strong, yet his face was still open, some of his hair still visible even with the illusion.

His face was smudged with soot in the illusion, blackened in some places as though he’d walked through a fire. It complemented the armour, and together he felt it gave the impression of white armour that had been charred black. He touched the smudges of soot and couldn’t remove them, surprised at how clear and bright his eyes looked with the black unevenly marking his face.

The rest of the armour itself looked far heavier, far more wicked. Now, the gauntlets also appeared frosted in white, and he could see a faint tracery of pale patterning at the edges of some of the plates. . . . [The gauntlets bore] runes of magic, and he’d learned to read some of them. His armour had been enchanted to look like it had additional spells written over it.'

He generally wears no jewellery. He previously carried a charm to receive messages from Augus, but it didn't really suit them. After *The Court of Five Thrones,* he wore Mikkel's red leather cord around his ankle, and a red leather cord with 'a dark grey hagstone tied to it', which was likely one of the two hagstones he made for himself and Augus. It's possible that the hagstone was added to Mikkel's cord. The hagstone was 'a ring of . . . granite . . . too large for a finger'. Gille Dubh gave him sapphire earrings, which he wore, one in each ear: 'teardrops of a faceted blue gemstone captured in gold'. They matched his eyes when he didn't have his light. Mosk noted that with the earrings, Gwyn 'was almost handsome'.

Gwyn only wore the Seelie Crown during his Coronation as King of the Seelie, but it was described as a 'gold-silvery . . . wreath of leaves and twigs.' Albion gave it back to Gwyn when he appointed Gwyn as Seelie King, but Gwyn didn't wear it. Both the Seelie and Unseelie crowns are 'identical in shape . . . The only difference was the colour of the metal. One was a silvery gold, the other was a silvery grey-white. They both looked like they’d been delicately constructed from thin twigs and budding leaves and flowers, and then turned into gilt.' Gwyn has worn the Unseelie crown a number of times, in part because the Zahakhar is seemingly stronger when he wears it.

For the Masque, Augus crafted him a white hart mask. He wore 'a light brown, buttoned, collared shirt to go under a cream waistcoat that was embroidered in brown with a sprawling branch motif. The pants were also light brown, and there were cream leather dress boots that only covered the ankle, polished to such a shine that Gwyn caught his reflection in it and blinked.'

After the Raven Prince destroyed Gwyn's sword, Ondine gifted him another, that had pale blue metal and a white hilt.

After Gwyn's retirement, he and Augus got him a new collar 'made of white gold. There was a chain, delicate in appearance but charmed not to break.'

## Personality

Gwyn was reserved, stoic, and generally noble (especially for an Unseelie fae), though he would do whatever it takes to win a mission or a campaign, making him one of the most effective strategists of his time. He is capable of thinking outside of the box, and cares about old fae etiquette and protocols of respect. He can be uptight, stuffy, and resistant, and he dislikes being seen as weak, vulnerable, or submissive. He has no patience for frippery, courtiers, or class, but, despite this, carries his privilege visibly, commanding others and expecting to be followed and obeyed.

With loved ones, Gwyn will sometimes become more vulnerable, in which case he can be uncertain or given to expressing his uncertainties. Mosk noted that 'Gwyn was very good at lying when it came to implying he was doing fine, but he was terrible at lying when it came to his earnestness and feelings towards others.' He expects people not to like him, and so he constantly attempts to prove himself and his worth through his actions, despite never asking for thanks or acknowledgement. He deeply dislikes being King, and resents Court life and the trappings of Kingship. Augus noted that 'Gwyn had never been a terribly happy person'.

Gwyn can be cold-hearted, especially when angered, and sometimes he struggles to be empathetic. Despite this, he will make incredible sacrifices for the people he cares for, and he can be very soft-hearted, especially around animals and vulnerable fae. He often puts the well-being of others before his own. He also noted that members of his Inner Court were chosen in part because they are more capable of caring and empathy than he is. He has 'a deep-seated need in him to serve others, to make others around him happy.' He is most comfortable in wild places.

Because of his upbringing around Seelie fae and his true alignment, many fae describe him as a 'hybrid' between classes, and some Unseelie fae believe he thinks in far too 'Seelie' a manner to belong with them. Despite this, he has shown Unseelie traits time and again. 'One of the side effects of Gwyn embracing his Unseelie side more freely, was that he had discovered a deep bedrock of letting people know when he was *unhappy* about something. In other words, Augus had to deal with him complaining about everything.'

He enjoyed calligraphy and cartography when he was younger, and enjoyed adventuring to discover 'new cultures, new languages, new foods, new ways of thinking about the world'.

After dying and during recovery, he lost much of his mental fortitude, and had to regain it, as well as his ability to talk and move. He wasn't as stoic as he used to be, and was lonely. He wasn't as protective of his space as he used to be, and relied more on others to help him get through the day, including Autumn's End and the trows. After his death and his body recovered, 'the nerves had grown differently around the wound' he got from being injured by an arrow and being 'healed' by Kabiri, and it pained him less, though the wound remained, among the other aches and pains he had to deal with during recovery, that made it difficult for him to get through daily life, and forced him to spend much of his time resting. He also doesn't lie about his limits anymore, in part because he doesn't know them. 'For all that Gwyn seemed to have accepted his new life with grace, there were flashes of frustration and boredom between his fatigue or his patience.'

When Gwyn noted he was not strong enough to go on epic quests anymore, Mosk noted that since Gwyn had 'a few years to recover', Gwyn clearly just didn't 'want to be strong enough to go on journeys like that anymore.’ Gwyn realized he 'was deliberately keeping himself weaker, because if he became as strong as he used to be, they’d all force him to keep doing impossible things. For once he wanted to be a fae with a lover, living in a cabin or in the depths of a lake.'

## Life

### Early Life

Gwyn was born to Crielle ferch Fnwy and Lludd Llaw Eraint, in midwinter. The birth was traumatic, as Gwyn's light activated in childbirth, destroying Crielle's womb and presumably genitals. Crielle realised her son was Unseelie and attempted to strangle him to death. Lludd managed to stop her, but this marked the beginning of Gwyn's life in the An Fnwy estate, where he was hated by his parents for being Unseelie.

To hide his alignment, Gwyn's parents placed an aithwick on Gwyn's rib when Gwyn was three years old. They didn't use anesthetic, and the procedure was mentally and physically traumatic. Lludd had Gwyn swear a blood-oath that he wouldn't reveal his alignment to anyone, despite the fact that blood-oaths are illegal until a fae comes of age at 225. When Gwyn was six years old, he accidentally used his light and damaged the land he was on so badly, creating a wasteland, that his family had to move. Gwyn was since ordered by his parents to never use his light.

Gwyn's parents allowed and/or encouraged his cousin, Efnisien ap Wledig, to torture Gwyn, starting at least from when Gwyn was 12 or 13 years old. Lludd verbally and physically abused Gwyn from a young age, usually beating or kicking him. Crielle avoided him unless she wanted to hurt him. Gwyn blamed himself for his family's abuse. Gwyn was always hungry, even from a young age, as he was never trained how to properly feed his true appetite, was drained by his light, and his grueling training regimens made him even hungrier, on top of Lludd keeping him from the table when guests were over and Crielle poisoning his food. Delphine, their cook, would sometimes sneak him food.

At some point in his youth, he discovered Augus and Ash Glashtyn in Ethallas forest while hunting with his hounds. Gwyn recalled the dogs, and then 'made a passing comment about how it was a good thing that no one had pilfered from the winter orange grove down by the frozen river, as it was hidden so well. He’d claimed that those oranges were wonderful in the dead of the season. He’d turned resolutely, called his hounds to follow him, and Ash had muttered with chattering teeth that the boy was an idiot.' Augus and Ash found the oranges, which saved their lives for another winter.

By age 16, Gwyn had no friends, and Lludd 'kept him away from social events, unless they were supervised family dinners.' He practiced the recurve bow from a young age, and was already quite good with it. Mafydd Brant and his father visited the An Fnwy estate at this time, and Mafydd surprised Gwyn by entering Gwyn's rooms without permission. Gwyn was nonetheless endeared to Mafydd's forthrightness. At the time, 'Gwyn found it hard to hate anyone'. Mafydd initiated their intimate relationship, kissing Gwyn under orange trees. Mafydd introduced Gwyn to submission and things he enjoyed sexually. He also taught Gwyn how to control his light. Mafydd pressured Gwyn to reveal his secret, breaking the blood-oath and alerting Lludd, but not killing Gwyn. Mafydd promised to get Gwyn out and take him to the Unseelie Court and request asylum, to which Gwyn wasn't receptive.

Lludd arrived, knocked Gwyn out, dragged Mafydd away, and tied him to a target. He then ordered Gwyn to kill Mafydd using his recurve bow, which began their pitting wills against each other. Gwyn fought back, attempted to free Mafydd, threatened to run away, and even begged Lludd to kill him instead. But eventually, Gwyn drew an arrow and shot Mafydd through the heart, killing him. Lludd later ordered Gwyn to, 'Clean up your mess', which Gwyn did. 'Mafydd's death [was] explained as a hunting excursion gone wrong amongst two teenagers who didn't know each other'. This prompted Gwyn to spurn what few advances he received over the years, and become 'outwardly cold and heartless'. He later tried 'to leave and get out into campaigns as much as possible (for a while there, he wanted himself dead as much as his father did - going out to battle 'too early' seemed like the perfect answer)' and increased his self-hatred and despair.

### Seelie Military Career

Gwyn was 18 years old in his first battle, and terrified, but he hoped to win, and to die. His side was still successful. He moved out of the An Fnwy estate by the time he was 35.

When Gwyn was 432 years old, he was invited home for a luncheon, where Lludd feigned pride over Gwyn's accomplishments to other courtiers, and said to Gwyn, 'I would like you on one of my tours'. Gwyn knew this was intended as an excuse for Lludd to kill Gwyn during combat and explain it away as an accident in the heat of combat. Gwyn pointed out that Lludd had lost his last campaign (in fact, his last *three*), and replied, 'Perhaps you might like to join one of my tours'.

At some point, while Gwyn was a regular War General and not the Oak King's personal War General, Lludd convinced Gwyn to steal the enchanted sword Creiddylad from Gwythyr ap Greidawl. Lludd lied that it was An Fnwy property. Gwyn defeated Gwythyr, took the sword for his own, and then beat Gwythyr again when Gwythyr returned for revenge. When Nwython, one of Gwythyr's soldiers, taunted Gwyn, Gwyn used Creiddylad to cut open Nwython's chest, rip out his heart, and then fed it to Nwython's son, Cyledr, making Cyledr go mad. Gwyn fled the site to seek Augus' help in destroying his heartsong of triumph, and planned to kill himself if Augus refused or failed. Augus delved into Gwyn's psyche, and was successful in destroying the heartsong. Gwyn's new heartsong was wildness. Augus told Gwyn that Gwyn was unhappy, and any 'heartsong you gain that isn’t triumph will still corrupt if you don’t take steps to nurture whatever… capacity for contentment that you have.' Gwyn then went to live in the forest for a time.

Gwyn was by this point one of the most successful War Generals, and on course to become the Oak King's personal War General. Gwyn also began helming the Wild Hunt alongside Augus.

At some point in Gwyn's military career, he sought out the Glasera to obtain his own set of Glasera-made armor and a sword, which he treasured, and became a symbol to all fae when they saw him wearing it.

When Augus became King of the Unseelie Court and began poisoning land and creating the Blight, the Oak King nominated Gwyn to become King, without Gwyn's knowledge or consent. All but Crielle voted in support, and Gwyn became King of the Seelie Court.

### King of the Seelie

Gwyn appointed Ondine and Albion as his sole Inner Court members. With the help of Terho the Mouse-Lad, Gulvi Dubna Vajat, Ash, and other allies, Gwyn sent the Nightingale back to prison in the underworlds, and defeated Augus. He maneuvered Gulvi and Ash onto the Unseelie throne, to better manipulate the Unseelie Court in some form of stability, for the good of the fae realm generally, and took Augus as his prisoner.

Gwyn tortured Augus, while feeling deep recrimination for his cruelty, not living up to the standards of the Seelie or his parents, as well as his attraction to Augus, and eventually moved Augus from the dungeon to his personal rooms, granting Augus access to a lake, clothing, and more comfortable living conditions. Their relationship continued, with Augus quickly taking a more dominant role in the relationship overall, and learning more about Gwyn's secretive past, primarily about the abuse Gwyn faced at the hands of his parents and cousin, and how isolated Gwyn was. Crielle increased her attempts at destabilizing Gwyn's authority over the Seelie Court. Efnisien's increased presence at the Court, as part of Crielle's plans to replace Gwyn on the throne, only made matters worse.

Efnisien entered Gwyn's personal chambers without Gwyn's knowledge, and told Augus there was an plan to kill Ash, so Augus killed him, which prompted Gwyn to trap Augus, and cover up the murder by teleporting Efnisien's remains to the Caves of Argoth, and explaining to his Court that Efnisien had seemingly died while exploring the area. Crielle believed Gwyn murdered Efnisien, and ramped up her efforts to remove him from power and hurt him.

Gwyn fed Augus liver as punishment for killing Efnisien, which Gwyn shortly regretted, and he promoted Augus to Capital status to save his life. Knowing Augus had killed Efnisien, a Court-status fae, while Augus was underfae, played on Gwyn's mind for some time, and made him scared of what Augus could do to him if he wasn't careful. Nonetheless, their relationship continued, and Augus discovered, by accident, that not only was Gwyn's light not the neutral light Gwyn had often explained it as, but also that Gwyn was Unseelie, and hiding it, in a gambit by his parents, that Gwyn had blood-oathed to hide the truth as a child, and that it was possible to survive breaking a blood-oath (as exemplified by Gwyn's existence).

Gwyn realized he loved Augus and could not bring himself to kill or keep him prisoner forever, and that his hold over the Court was increasingly weakened by Crielle's efforts, so Gwyn hatched a plan to grant Augus his freedom and ensure Augus some measure of safety from attempted assassination. In secret, he went to Tigbalan to obtain invisibility for Augus. Tigbalan demanded that Gwyn let Tigbalan torture him for two weeks, and then granted the invisibility. Augus disapproved, but took the invisibility. Gwyn also worked with Ash in private to obtain a Soulbond in exchange for a life debt from a mage whom they later discovered to be Olphix, which would bond Ash and Augus' lives together, playing on Ash's popularity to deter others from killing Augus, as it would also kill Ash. Ash attacked Gwyn at their final meeting where Gwyn was still Seelie King, and Augus was angry about the Soulbond, but they nonetheless went through with it. Gwyn overheard the brothers talking, and realized he'd fooled himself into letting Augus play him. They completed the ritual, and Ash returned to the Unseelie Court.

Augus expressed his love - which Gwyn didn't believe - and told him that he didn't want to leave Gwyn trapped in the Seelie Court. A short time later, Gwyn released Augus to go to Ash.

During this time, Gwyn had been paying off debts, gathering funds even more in private, and ensuring many other matters were taken care of, in preparation for what he knew would be a disastrous comeuppance from Crielle. Two days after Augus' release, Ash sent him a note saying, 'We have him. He’s safe. You have no claim to him now. He wants nothing to do with you.' A week after Augus' release, Crielle revealed to Albion and the Court that Gwyn was Unseelie. Albion's servants removed the aithwick, revealing Gwyn's true alignment (and badly injuring him, as the removal required using ingrit, and took some of Gwyn's bone in the process), demoted Gwyn publicly, had him interrogated by Mikkel, and then exiled him, but kept Gwyn's Glasera armor as an example and insult.

Gwyn ran from Crielle's soldiers and other fae, using his knowledge of hunting, tracking, and foraging to survive, but avoided the Unseelie Court, as he believed he was unwelcome and that Augus wouldn't want to see him. He even finally explored using his psychopomp powers as an alternative for feeding, as he was constantly hungry and always had too little to eat. He started wearing a gag in his sleep to keep silent, as a protection against those hunting him, and gained a deep wariness and fear due to his newfound weakness as underfae. He was finally shot in the shoulder by an arrow. Unused to his underfae weakness, as he'd never been any lower than Court status, he ripped the arrow out, prompting blood loss, infection, fever, and the risk of death. Knowing he needed to keep warm, he prayed to a fire god to grant him warmth. Kabiri answered the call, granting him fire in exchange for a life debt. He also 'healed' Gwyn's shoulder, which permanently mangled it, and caused him great chronic pain, to the point that fighting with his favorite weapon, the bow, was largely lost to him, even after Gwyn was promoted in status, but kept him alive.

Meanwhile, after Gwyn's demotion and Augus had healed a bit from his time as a prisoner, Augus had been searching everywhere for Gwyn. Augus finally found him camped on the Blighted lake of Annwth, and brought him back to the Unseelie Court. Gulvi promoted Gwyn to Inner Court status, and he experienced the Zahakhar for the first time. Gwyn was also looked over by Aleutia the Rat-Maiden, who confirmed that his shoulder injury was permanent, which also revealed his arrangement with Kabiri to Augus.

Gulvi, Augus, and a very reluctant Ash agreed to perform an Inner Court reversal, believing that Gwyn would be a better King for the Unseelie Court in a time when Albion was hurting the Unseelie Court badly. Gwyn took some convincing, as he hated the Kingship, wanted his freedom, and had terrible associations with Court life because of his time at the Seelie Court and under the control of his family. While his relationship with Augus continued, Ash often visited him in private, tormenting him, which Gwyn hid from Augus out of fear that Augus would take Ash's side. Finally, he agreed to become King, and made Gulvi, Ash, and Augus his Inner Court.

### King of the Unseelie

When Augus went to the An Fnwy estate of his own volition to murder Crielle and all the servants, Gwyn was wroth with him, for Gwyn cared about some of the servants - namely Delphine, who essentially saved his life as a child by ensuring he had food to eat - and was deeply aggrieved by Crielle's death. His grief over her death overshadowed much of *The Court of Five Thrones*, and was reinforced when he was informed that Crielle had disowned him as well, which took away his right to the An Fnwy estate, as well as his very name, making him an orphan thrice over. When Gwyn attempted to fight Crielle's will, he was denied audience with Albion and his Inner Court, but reconnected with Mikkel, who extended an offer of friendship, although Gwyn was deeply suspicious.

Gwyn used his experience as Seelie War General, as well as the training he'd gained from Crielle and Lludd on sources of wealth, and his collection of knowledge on the parts of fae society, to draw on allies and funds for the bankrupted Court. He created a War General council of assorted fae to help rebuild the Unseelie Court military, though his position as their former enemy, who had spent a millennia murdering many Unseelie, and his appearance as a turncoat, led to deep mistrust. He also used his powers as King to physically transform the Unseelie Court, which was badly transformed during Augus' reign (in contrast to the Raven Prince's Court), into something truly amazing.

Gwyn met with Ondine, and they reconciled their old friendship and betrayals. She advised him to make use of the many life debts he'd gained from Seelie fae during his time serving in the Seelie military and as King of the Seelie Court, to save the Unseelie Court. Gwyn used the strategy to gain funds, allies, equipment, and to undercut the performance of the Seelie military.

When Augus and Ash were nearly killed during one of Augus' attempts at healing the Blight, Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden ordered Gulvi to take Gwyn away, as his energy was hurting Fenwrel and Aleutia's efforts to heal Augus. Gwyn briefly left to kill the fae who had attacked Augus, and returned to Augus' side, asking if he could help again, but was again kicked out. Gulvi took Gwyn to her rooms, and she goaded him into a fight to take their minds off of their dying waterhorses. They were still together when they lost the scars from the blood-oaths they'd obtained from their respective waterhorses, indicating that Ash and Augus were dead.

When the pair teleported back to the sickroom, Fenwrel ejected them from the room. Gulvi had to stop Gwyn from going back and attacking Fenwrel and Aleutia, reminding him that Fenwrel and Aleutia wouldn't do that unless they believed there was hope. The pair held hands while waiting for news. Later, Fenwrel teleported to them and told them both waterhorses were alive.

In the following days, Gulvi took over many duties for Gwyn in the Unseelie Court, as Gwyn needed the relief in the wake of his distress over Augus. Augus' healing was slow and painful, and he was racked with nightmares. Gwyn let Augus scratch his arm for some pain relief, which Augus appreciated. When Augus was healthier, he renewed the blood-oath not to kill or permanently injure Gwyn during their scenes. Eventually, Gwyn renewed his blood-oath to allow Augus to administer aftercare.

Albion visited the Unseelie Court, and formally declared his intent to start a real war. Gwyn had Gulvi begin the Red Path strategy that involved assassinating Seelie elite to weaken the Seelie Court.

Gwyn obtained new armor to replace the Glasera armor he'd lost. He also began making even more use of his psychopomp and light powers, which prompted more modifications to his armor.

Gwyn tracked Augus one day and discovered him feeding what was formerly the Raven Prince. When Augus refused to explain what he'd done to make the Raven Prince how he was, which Gwyn also knew preyed on Augus' psyche, Gwyn ejected him from the Unseelie palace, and demanded a full accounting within a month, or else he would demote Augus to underfae and eject him and Ash from the Unseelie Court. Eventually, Augus explained the whole story: the Nightingale's torture, how Augus stole a memoryeater from the underworlds when the Nightingale released him, Augus' time as the Raven Prince's advisor, how the Raven Prince named Augus as his successor, and how Augus used the memoryeater on the Raven Prince, which sucked away the Raven Prince's memories, and made the Raven Prince collapse, and wake as a mindless raven. Gwyn explained to Augus that it wasn't Augus' fault that their forebears - the Raven Prince and the Oak King - were too cowardly to stand up to the great threats of their time, including a greater plot Gwyn was increasingly aware of by Davix and Olphix, and that both of them had been manipulated and misused by those they succeeded.

Desperate, and inspired by the cooperation of inter-alignment trows, Gwyn traveled to Marika's estate and spoke with her as a representative for the Seelie classless fae, requesting her aid in forming a Coalition of the Classless, or the Coalition of Islands: a group of classless fae 'formed under duress, during a time of great conflict.' The coalition lays 'sanctions, and [is] ready to bring [its] power to bear should those sanctions be unmet'. Gwyn hoped they might be able to help end the war with the Seelie Court. Marika agreed, and Gwyn then traveled to Detroit, Michigan, USA, to ask for the Nain Rouge's help, on behalf of the Unseelie classless fae, in exchange for granting her Capital status once she had assisted to Gwyn's satisfaction.

Meanwhile, Ash, who still hated Gwyn for his treatment of Augus, worked in secret to destabilize trust in Gwyn, and encouraged Ifir to attempt a mutiny. Gwyn survived, with the help of Prince Vane, his loyal generals, and Gwyn's own combat expertise, though he had to kill many of his generals, and imprisoned Ifir. The experience was physically and mentally draining, and he retreated to his private rooms for a brief rest. Augus spoke to Ash, reprimanding him for his behavior, and starting Ash on the path to try and mend his relationship with Gwyn and Augus.

Over the course of the *The Court of Five Thrones*, Gwyn began meeting with Mikkel in secret, and the latter began feeding him information on Albion's Seelie Court. The two formed a friendship, and Gwyn learned more about the plight of Readers, and discussed some of his own past, including the abuses of his family and the death of Mafydd. Gwyn promised Mikkel he would work towards making a refuge for Readers, where they would be free of control by the Court system, and often pushed for Mikkel to ask for asylum with the Unseelie Court, where he would be free of his abuses at the Seelie Court.

Gwyn witnessed Davix destroy the Old Lore in the bridge. Davix taunted him with tidbits of the greater plan they had in place. The Old Lore told him to reach out to Kabiri, granting him the Red Blessing.

Augus successfully rid Gwyn of his heartsong of surrender - nearly dying in the attempt - and Gwyn obtained his old heartsong of wildness.

Gwyn held a Winter Court Masque, where he met Mosk Manytrees for the first time, and they bonded over their mutual use of the bow. He also spoke with Kabiri, who called in one of Gwyn's life debts to promote Ifir back to Court status and release him from prison, and spoke to Ash about Kabiri's warnings, where they learned that Ash owed a life debt to Olphix. When he decided not to visit the shapeshifter disguised as Mafydd, he visited the An Fnwy estate instead, where he read some of Crielle's journals, which only hurt Gwyn further.

One of the worst battles of the war took place, with heavy losses on the Unseelie side, and Gwyn and Albion fought each other directly. With Augus and Fenwrel's help, Gwyn was able to give Albion a terrible injury, before withdrawing and calling a retreat. Afterward, Gwyn started accepting more Seelie asylum seekers at the Unseelie Court.

Gwyn held a Wild Hunt for the first time in quite a while. He promised Mikkel to give a refuge for Readers a shot, though he wasn't sure how to go about it. Unfortunately, Vane, who was secretly an assassin blood-oathed to Crielle, struck, killing Mikkel when the Reader stepped in front of Gwyn. Vane revealed Crielle's ploy with the shapeshifting assassins and mothersbane poison, and how he was a double agent all along. Following this, Gwyn promoted Fenwrel to Inner Court, as his Court Mage, Magistrate, and Court Caretaker. Unfortunately, violence between the alignments on the sacred ground of the Wild Hunt prompted the King of the Forest to end the Wild Hunt permanently.

The Coalition of the Classless met, and ordered Albion to cease hostilities with the Unseelie military for a decade, unless in defense or for land disputes, and to stop harassing inter-alignment communities. The Coalition also ordered Gwyn to stop assassinating Seelie elite and using life debts of Seelie fae unless in dire need, and to avoid engaging the Seelie military for the same decade. Lastly, they placed one member of the classless, of opposite alignment, in each Court, to keep watch over their actions. Old Pete went to the Unseelie Court, to serve as Storykeeper.

Gwyn made good on his promise to Mikkel by seeking out Ondine, and asking her to form a refuge for Readers, without telling him any of the details, so that even he would not be able to abuse their protection. Upon learning that she potentially had something like that for those born with the gift of prophecy, Gwyn's grief over Mikkel culminated in his belief that if only he'd acted sooner, he could have prevented his friend's death, and given him some relief in his life, as the refuge had been possible all along. Ondine tried to comfort him with the knowledge that it was likely Gwyn could not have done anything about it, since Mikkel sought his own death. She agreed to form the refuge, and they spent time together once more as friends. She later sent him a note that the refuge was made, but nothing else on it, as they both agreed.

Ash, trying to make amends, and knowing Gwyn's love of hounds, procured Gwyn's first Court hound, a jaatikokoira, whom Gwyn named Grip, which brought Gwyn great joy.

### *Unwound*

About four to five after the events of *The Court of Five Thrones*, Gwyn struggled with his relationship with Augus due to his own anxieties, and became distant from his Court. He resisted attempts by his Inner Court to help. Finally, Augus intervened, bringing them back together. Gwyn still struggled, and ended up getting advice from Julvia: that Gwyn had given his heart to Augus, and his answers lay with Augus. Gwyn returned to Augus, and they both got to work on repairing things between them. Augus said that he was afraid that Gwyn would remove himself from Augus' life permanently through a sort of suicide, with some misguided belief it was for Augus' own good. During their time together, Augus pretended that Gwyn had already made good on this plan, and noted that Augus thought of following Gwyn's example: 'I will follow [Gwyn], wherever he went. I’m not even sure he’s alive, and I’m not sure that matters anymore.’ Augus always worried when Gwyn disappeared that it was for good, particularly given his time with the Nightingale, where no one went looking for or found *him*. This alarmed Gwyn, as he didn't want Augus to be upset or hurt himself, and Gwyn attempted to reassure Augus, though Augus noted that Gwyn's issue wouldn't be solved with a simple promise, and this would likely happen again, but it was hard for Augus to deal with, when Augus wanted to help. They spent more time together, and Gwyn crafted twin hagstones for them, which they could use to check if the other partner was alive.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire*

Gwyn and his Court monitored the advance of the ice plague, but were unsure how to deal with it, though they offered aid to Sounhaqh in evacuating the city, which was refused. When Eran Iliakambar brought Mosk to the Court, claiming Mosk was responsible for the ice plague, Gwyn and his Inner Court questioned both fae, and Fenwrel revealed that Mosk's heartsong was taken and he'd been tortured and mutilated. Gwyn imprisoned them for more questioning, and had Fenwrel quell Eran's fire, and Augus use a compulsion to keep Eran from hurting Mosk.

Kabiri ordered Gwyn to present Eran to the god, and then called on one of Gwyn's life debts for Gwyn to bind his life to Eran's for the duration of the ice plague problem. During the encounter, Eran learned of Gwyn's injured shoulder.

Gwyn later led a party of himself, Augus, Eran, Mosk, and Grip to investigate the destruction of the Aur Forest. While there, Olphix cut off teleportation and communication abilities, and the group was isolated from returning to or communicating with the Unseelie Court. Gwyn and Augus were then separated by the encroaching ice from Eran and Mosk. Augus and Gwyn escaped, returned Grip to the Unseelie Court, and pursued Eran and Mosk, going by Gwyn's connection to Eran and his tracking abilities. They fought bandits and obtained horses, and eventually met up with Eran and Mosk at Many Meadows Market, and Gwyn reprimanded them for fleeing so far, rather than waiting somewhere nearby. The group traveled to Gille Dubh's loch, where Gwyn conversed with Gille Dubh and Luridan.

They traveled on to King Oengus Og's tower to send a message to the Unseelie Court. They met with Oengus and Oengus' current guest, the Gancanagh, and were granted shelter. During Oengus' attempts to break through Olphix's spells, Olphix tracked and attacked Mosk. Afterward, Mosk revealed that Olphix's geas broke, and Mosk explained how Davix and Olphix tortured him, and how Mosk killed Davix.

Oengus successfully broke through Olphix's spells to communicate with the Unseelie Court. Fenwrel used portals to transport herself, Gulvi, Ash, and Julvia to their location. Julvia used her life debt with Augus to demand to accompany them. When Gwyn threatened to use torture to get Mosk to be clearer about what happened to him, Oengus snapped back that Gwyn was being just like his family, and just like Gwyn had acted towards Cyledr. Fenwrel and Gulvi returned to the Unseelie Court. The ice plague finally arrived at the tower, and Oengus teleported them all away, while remaining behind himself.

Gwyn noted that around the time they stayed at Oengus' tower, he could see what was coming for them, and wanted to flee with Augus.

The group started a difficult journey towards the Seelie Court, as Augus and Ash grew weaker from hunger, as they could not teleport to the human realm to hunt humans. Things came to a head when they were repeatedly attacked by desperate fae, who also had various axes to grind against Gwyn and Augus. Eventually, Olphix stole Gwyn's classless abilities, which created a rift between Gwyn and Augus, who was frustrated with Gwyn's euphoria over the loss. This greatly decreased the constant pain the light caused him, changed his eye color, allowed his hair (particularly his body hair) to grow out and become more golden, and led to his generally being happier without a burden he'd struggled with for his entire life. Augus and the others tried to emphasize that since Olphix now had Gwyn's abilities, as well as the powers of the other classless fae, and Gwyn was weaker as a result of the loss, this was actually a *very bad* thing.

The Nain Rouge ambushed Eran, and after Gwyn dragged her off him, Gwyn agreed to grant her asylum in exchange for knowledge about the situation. He also told Eran that the younger fae would likely have to change into his true-form to help them fight. Eran was terrified, as this was his first experience of combat, but acquiesced, for the sake of their survival. Upon seeing Eran's true-form, even Gwyn was shocked. Gwyn also went to Eran's aid when Eran was overwhelmed during the fight at the oceanside. During that fight, Gwyn called out to Ondine for aid, even as Augus made a dome - endangering his life even further - to protect them. Ondine brought the Mantissa to their aid, and granted them shelter as they journeyed towards the Seelie Court.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas*

While on the Mantissa, Gwyn did his best to keep Augus alive, including feeding the waterhose Gwyn's blood. Making the dome, Augus' hunger, and exposure to saltwater were weakening Augus drastically. Gwyn visited him, and they talked through what they'd been arguing about, and tried to mend things. Augus noted that he'd hurt Gwyn by his aversion to the changes Gwyn was going through, and ordered Gwyn to rest with him. Augus also asked for forgiveness, which Gwyn obliged.

This came to a head when the Raven Prince arrived and attacked Augus, nearly killing him. Gwyn disarmed the Raven Prince, took away his Mage's staff, and tied him up. He also demanded answers for everything that was happening that the Raven Prince knew. The Raven Prince learned of the political situation that had unfolded in his absence, and treated Gwyn as his rightful but stolen property, and as an abomination for how warped and injured Gwyn's magic was from disuse, which angered Gwyn further.

Gwyn also chomped at the bit as he was sidelined for Ondine's authority as Captain of the Mantissa during negotiations with other sea fae, particularly during their meeting with the House of Atros. The encounters further emphasized the depth of mistrust and enmity between land and sea fae.

When Gwyn learned that Mosk's magical abilities were returning, and greatly so, during a practice archery session, Gwyn hid the information, but asked for Mosk to demonstrate his magical abilities at a later point.

The Raven Prince later sought out Gwyn on the main deck, in the rain, insisting that Gwyn owed the Raven Prince Gwyn's story. After much coaxing, Gwyn explained why his magic was so atrophied: he'd suppressed it since childhood, out of fear. Gwyn also spoke of the Coalition of the Classless, and the Raven Prince waxed nostalgic about what-ifs of Gwyn being surrendered to the Unseelie Court as a child so that the Raven Prince could train him properly, which only annoyed Gwyn.

Later, the Raven Prince orchestrated an attack by the adar llwich gwin, whereon he nearly murdered Ash, which did Augus no favors, and then the Raven Prince used Mosk to heal Ash, which healed Augus a little by extension, and negated Ash's life debt to Olphix, which removed at least one of Gwyn's worries about their assumed future confrontation with Olphix.

Augus and Gwyn argued about convincing Ondine to take them back to shore. Gwyn worried about starting a war, and Augus pointed out that he wasn't improving while on the sea. When Augus collapsed, Gwyn became terrified. He went to Ondine immediately and convinced her - mostly through his fatigue and despair - to take them away from the Markets. The Raven Prince called them away for his farewell. He granted Gwyn notes on Olphix and Davix, and a book to aid him in his magical education, with the offer of one day training Gwyn in magic himself. He also granted Gwyn gifts for Augus, including a necklace that would better allow Augus to feed on fae, which also brought Gwyn some piece of mind for Augus' potential survival. He also advised Gwyn to go to Taronis, as an ally against Olphix, and the Ratcatcher of Hameln, to obtain food for Augus.

Gwyn felt when Stertes attacked Eran for the last time through their bond, although Gwyn was so used to being tortured that it didn't ping much on his radar of pain. Nonetheless, he arrived - too late - to Eran's rescue, and discovered that Mosk had killed Stertes in Eran's defense. Gwyn asked after Eran's welfare. Mosk stated that Gwyn was useless in protecting them. Gwyn took public credit for Stertes' murder, hiding Mosk's involvement, and prompting an aggressive response from the House of Atros. The Mantissa might not have survived if not for Albion's intervention, when he used sea tornadoes to pull the Mantissa to Seelie Court waters. Gwyn demanded an accounting of Mosk's magic.

Albion took Gwyn - along with a Seelie witness, Eran, and Mosk, who refused to leave Eran's side - to see the ruins of the Seelie Court, due to the machinations of Olphix, who had stolen the Court's power. This was a predictor of Olphix's next step: doing the same to the Unseelie Court. Albion then granted the Seelie crown to Gwyn, making Gwyn the Dual-King, though the Seelie Court's lack of power and lack of votes made it unofficial.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague*

Once the party was back onshore, they debated what to do: Gwyn wanted to travel around to look for allies, as it was unsafe to travel to the Unseelie Court. The necklace from the Raven Prince that would allow Augus to feed on blood still wasn't working, but Gwyn still hoped to get it functional, so that they could avoid visiting the Ratcatcher. After Gwyn, Augus, and Ash prodded at Mosk's training and his connection to Davix, Mosk revealed that Davix told him that Gwyn was descended from Olphix, after one of Gwyn's ancestors pissed the Mage off so badly that he cursed them with what later became known as the An Fnwy curse. After Mosk dissolved the ice in the area, the group remained long enough by the Seelie Court for Gwyn to retrieve his Glasera armor.

In Esgrettio, they visited the Cult of Taronis to learn more about approaching Taronis, and Gwyn made a speech as Dual-King. Mosk used his abilities to create two oak trees: one gold, one silver, for the two Court crowns, that would be an example of Gwyn's power and Gwyn's message of togetherness, along with over fifty fruit trees to feed the hungry Esgrettians. Gwyn pulled Mosk aside afterward to reprimand him for the recklessness, but also ordered Mosk to train with him in the use of his abilities, particularly in combat, as a means to defend their party. They also discussed Stertes' death, and Gwyn noted that he would have killed Stertes if Mosk hadn't done it first, if Gwyn had seen what happened to Eran. Gwyn noted that he felt Eran's suffering through his bond with Eran, but that the pain of the experience wasn't all that much in comparison to the other things Gwyn has gone through.

They later traveled to Gevtivar, which Gwyn liked a lot, after which the party split into two so that Gwyn, Augus, and Ash could travel to the Ratcatcher. The Ratcatcher was known for exacting terrible debts, and was particularly protective of his humans in a world of fae who often ate or hurt humans, so Gwyn split the party up so that the smallest number of them would be forced to be indebted, appointing Mosk as the other group's leader. Nonetheless, Mosk used his magic to spy on Gwyn while his trio met with the Ratcatcher, where Mosk seemingly discovered that Gwyn's heartsong was gone; he was spotted by both the Mage and Gwyn. Gwyn, Augus, and Ash were successful, and reunited with Mosk, Eran, and Julvia after the latter were attacked in Oswal-Tay. Gwyn was clearly surprised that Eran was hale after his injuries with the bone spears, and was further amazed at the advancement of Mosk's healing abilities, and the injuries to his magic.

On their way out of Oswal-Tay, they were attacked by many miskatin, and Gwyn had the party run to escape. Mosk used his magic to attack the miskatin, to buy them some time. When they were later attacked by Blue Annis, Gwyn fought them off, but was overwhelmed. Mosk joined in the fray, and Gwyn was unable to stop Mosk from using his magic to also kill a family of fae nearby.

After Olphix came to collect his life debt from Ash, and Mosk fought the Mage off, Augus superceded Gwyn's authority to demand that they stop at a village or inn for some rest. Gwyn agreed to the stop before they continued to Arkhel. After they found an inn in Lavenna, Gwyn questioned Mosk about his journey with Eran and Julvia, his magic, and Oswal-Tay, until Augus stopped him.

On the way to Arkhel and beyond, Gwyn worked Mosk to exhaustion during training, stubbornly believing they could rest after the battle with Olphix was over. Gwyn met with Estori, Marianette, and other high status military fae in Arkhel to discuss alliances and what they knew of Olphix's movements, and learned that Olphix was seemingly testing Gwyn's light somewhere near Arkhel. When Mosk collapsed from exhaustion during training, Eran berated Gwyn for pushing Mosk too hard 'to satisfy some fear or insecurity in' Gwyn. Although Gwyn initially refused to back down, over the course of Eran's speech, Gwyn appeared somewhat chastened and vulnerable. Later, Gwyn spoke with Mosk and Eran, apologizing for pushing Mosk too hard, and for making Eran confront him about it. He agreed to slow their pace down, so the whole group wouldn't be as exhausted as they were.

The group finally made it to the School of the Staff, and met with Taronis. Gwyn was cordial, and noted that they'd brought gifts. He interceded when Mosk picked a fight with Taronis, whereon Gwyn ended the fight and reprimanded them both for it. He then requested to speak with Taronis, and the pair left to speak in private. Gwyn returned visibly shaken by whatever they'd discussed, but noted that Taronis was 'remarkably helpful', particularly considering their previous meeting. Gwyn acquiesced to taking breaks with Augus.

The group continued their journey, and Gwyn continued trying to learn from the Raven Prince's book, though his progress was slow. Gwyn asked for Mosk's helping in working through the exercises, and ultimately asked why Mosk was so angry at Gwyn about the training. Mosk said that Gwyn was selfish and irresponsible for not training his magic earlier, and that the whole situation they were in with Olphix and the ice plague was Gwyn's fault as a result. Gwyn noted that it was easier to suppress it when he was younger, than to do anything else, since he'd been punished for feeding his true appetite, and that he was so hated, it made sense at the time. Gwyn acknowledged he'd made choices in the past, but still wanted to learn magic *now*, if only to help their quest. He also asked that Mosk help sense his magic, which led to Gwyn seemingly sensing his own magic for the first time, and acknowledging that he'd lost his heartsong of wildness, and replaced it with a heartsong of sacrifice to stop himself from running away. It's implied that particularly after speaking with Taronis, Gwyn believed he was meant to sacrifice himself somehow during the battle with Olphix. He also stated that he would sacrifice anything for Augus, and to ensure there was a world for Augus to live in. Gwyn also revealed more of how scared he was about everything, and that he was putting the well-being of others in their party before his own, particularly since the others were more vulnerable.

After spending a brief time in Catle on the way to Dharnam, some trows invited Gwyn and his party to Trowna, which excited Gwyn. Gwyn reprimanded Mosk and Eran for seemingly not treating the invitation with enough respect, and told the group more about trow culture. Augus noted the invitation was probably because of Gwyn, given the size of the group was larger than was typical for such an invitation.

Gwyn was greatly awed and impressed by Trowna. He enjoyed exploring it and speaking with the trows there. He was also very excited to be invited to a henk and the Trow Market. During the henk, Gwyn invited Augus to dance, but Augus was too tired to do so. Gwyn later joined Eran in the market, where Gwyn bartered for items that they could use on their journey. Gwyn said that he would have done anything for Augus and Ash, and sacrificed even more of himself and his abilities to get them healthy. Gwyn was also supportive of Eran when Eran doubted himself, and suggested Eran get the golden cuffs for himself and Mosk. Gwyn explained that the cuffs were, 'a bond upon you as well, Eran. It can be a promise if you want it to be. More than just a way to keep him with you.'

After they left Trowna and entered a forested area, they ran into some gulai, and Gwyn became annoyed when the group didn't tell him they were tired, so they made camp a short distance away to rest. They later traveled to Cleat, and Gwyn went to the tavern to gather 'intelligence on strange happenings'.

When Augus' inner waterhorse took over and attempted to eat Mosk's arm, Gwyn and Ash arrived to take Augus off of Mosk. Gwyn reminded Augus he couldn't eat fae, and begged Augus to stop, threatening to send him back to the Unseelie Court if he didn't. Gwyn helped treat Mosk's injuries, and after Mosk woke up, Gwyn updated him on the situation and then headed out to check on Augus.

The group left Cleat and headed towards Dharnam, but stopped in Dharva-in-the-Forest along the way. Gwyn spoke with the local fae, and they obtained lodging at a local guesthouse. Gwyn insisted that Mosk and Eran stay in a small hut to themselves, to protect them from Augus and Ash. Gwyn noted, 'Augus doesn’t seem as interested in targeting Julvia, but I can tell he’s still interested in Mosk. If he… If he needs to hunt tonight, I’d prefer he find a stranger.’ Eran noted later that Gwyn 'looked *done.* Like someone who would go back to the Unseelie Court right now and wait for everything to end, if he thought it was an option.'

While Mosk tested his ability to bring Davix out of and back to the icy realm, Gwyn took notice and asked Mosk what he was up to. On the second attempt, Davix looked at Gwyn and was seemingly delighted by Gwyn's appearance as the 'devastation of the An Fnwy line' finally before him in the flesh, and found Gwyn's '[m]arred and monstrous' magic '*wonderful'* and noted that Gwyn could 'develop it whenever he wishes'.

When Mosk later tested making Davix visible to the others, and then Mosk froze in terror as Davix approahced him, Gwyn rushed towards Davix, but when Augus collapsed after trying to use his waterweed on Davix, Gwyn went to his side. Ash acknowledged that they had to keep traveling, and rejected Gwyn's offer to carry Augus, since Gwyn was one of only two of their party who could fight. Ash hesitantly suggested he change into the Glashtyn, to be able to carry Augus, though Gwyn was shocked and worried about Ash's ability to do so, and said they'd 'give it a day. If [Augus] doesn’t wake, [they'd] revisit the situation then.’ Gwyn gave Julvia funds to purchase a horse, but when she returned with one, he refused to go near Augus, and Gwyn noted, '[Augus] smells too much like death'. Gwyn looked extra exhausted at this point.

When Ash returned after transforming into the Glashtyn, he was patronizing to Gwyn. Gwyn reminded the Glashtyn that he needed them all to feed, because he was cut off from the human realm, and that Augus was necessary for that venture. When the Glashtyn bit Augus' shoulder, Gwyn and Mosk attacked him, making him shy away. Gwyn reminded him of the Soulbond with Augus, and that the Glashtyn's health depended on Augus'. The Glashtyn promised to carry Augus until the Glashtyn could feed. When the Glashtyn mocked how injuring Augus made things harder for the party, Gwyn punched him. After Gwyn ordered him to be quiet, Gwyn picked Augus up and carried him to the Glashtyn. The Glashtyn shied away, but after talking, Gwyn got him to stay still, and Gwyn placed Augus gently on his back, and ordered the Glashtyn to stick Augus to his pelt.

As Augus' condition worsened, 'Gwyn had taken to bleeding Mosk of blood and painting it onto Augus’ tongue every evening, after the Glashtyn shuddered heavily and let Augus slide off him.' Gwyn also stood as a barrier to the Glashtyn. 'Though [the Glashtyn] mocked Gwyn frequently, and though Gwyn didn’t have his light, he was wary of him.' After the Glashtyn used his dra'ocht to cause the others to be aroused, Gwyn drew his sword and fought the Glashtyn 'until the edge of his sword was against the Glashtyn’s neck, and a line of blood appeared.' Gwyn ordered him to stop using his dra'ocht against the group. The Glashtyn then mocked Gwyn by talking about Crielle, and used his dra'ocht to lull the group into sleepy complacence. Only Gwyn was seemingly unaffected, and pressed his sword into the Glashtyn's neck. The Glashtyn became warier of him.

The next day, 'Gwyn and Eran went off hunting together . . . Later, Eran and Gwyn returned with two hares, already gutted, and cleaned. They were spitted and placed over a fire. Eran and Gwyn were talking about hunting techniques and they both seemed in moderately good spirits.'

The group was welcomed to Dharnam, and Gwyn met with important fae at their borrowed residence. He also trained with Eran, and discussed strategy with Mosk. Mosk checked in on him, and tried to be supportive, encouraging him to imagine life after the battle with Olphix, then hugged him. Eran later trained with Gwyn, and noticed that he needed to not be so hard on himself.

Gwyn went with Julvia, Eran, and Mosk to Barna's family home in Dharnam for dinner, and was an amiable guest. He spoke with Lalik in private about the Falseheart Wilds, where Gwyn believed Olphix resided. In parting, Gwyn gifted Harai with a bracelet he'd bought in Trowna, as thanks for the evening, Lalik gave him a hare tail, for luck.

As the group returned to their own dwellings, Julvia commented that Gwyn, Eran, and Mosk were part of her family, and Mosk insisted that yes, Gwyn was part of their family, and he didn't have a choice in the matter.

Gwyn was deeply shocked and amazed by Mosk growing the fleshfruit tree. He gave the fruit to Augus and the Glashtyn, but made sure that only himself, Mosk, Eran, and the two waterhorses knew about the tree. After Mosk woke up, Gwyn spent some time with him, caring for him, applauding his creativity and how much Mosk was doing for others. He also discouraged Mosk from pushing himself too hard before the battle with Olphix.

When Gille Dubh and Luridan arrived in Dharnam, Gwyn offered them extra rooms in his group's building, and later, Gille Dubh gave him a pair of sapphire earrings. After some convincing, Gwyn allowed Gille Dubh to pierce his ears, and wore the earrings.

Gwyn spent much of his time with Augus, particularly after Augus woke up. Mosk noted that Gwyn 'seemed the best he’d seemed since the Mantissa.' When Mosk brought out Davix, Gwyn joined Augus in interrogating Davix for Olphix's weaknesses. Gwyn learned that Olphix could not properly control Gwyn's light, and that Olphix's grief was likely genuine, and therefore Olphix would likely be stupid in his grief, and do something like use Gwyn's light to destroy the world. Gwyn was angry because even if his group won against Olphix, many fae would die, because they needed a great number of fae as a distraction. He explained that they were gathering so many fae and armies specifically for that purpose.

Gwyn later went to Mosk to talk strategy, and Mosk asked if he could practice blending his magic with Gwyn, in part so that Gwyn could see the Raven Prince. Gwyn agreed, and they got to work on making a charm 'that helps the fleshfruit grow fruit more easily'. After the Raven Prince appeared from Mosk's amulet, explained he had no more to teach Mosk, and left, Mosk continued to work with Gwyn, and theorized, ‘I think the reason the Raven Prince is so upset with what you did to your magic . . . is that your magic is actually very beautiful. Magic doesn’t have to be beautiful. A lot of the time, magic is functional. But your magic is so much more than that. Maybe if you learn how to work with it more, you’ll be less of a function, and you’ll learn what kind of person you were always meant to be.’ Gwyn was amazed, and told Mosk he was grateful Mosk was in his life.

While discussing strategy with Mosk and Eran, and that they would leave Dharnam in a few weeks to attack Olphix, Zudanna and Marika arrived, along with news of the reinforcements they'd brought with them. Mosk and Eran left the three alone to talk over drinks. Gwyn got rather drunk, then visited Julvia and offered to promote her to Inner Court for stronger protection, which she accepted. He then visited Mosk and Eran in their room, and made the same offer to them, which they accepted. When Eran pointed out that Gwyn now had a Seelie fae on his Inner Court, Gwyn noted that he'd been Unseelie when he had Albion and Ondine on his Inner Court, and he believed a monarch should have members of both alignments in their Inner Court, anyway. He emphasized how important they both were to him.

At the mourning bonfire during Evale, Gwyn wore the Unseelie crown and gave a speech the celebrants, thanking the city for its hospitality, and wishing for many things: ‘I wish for the plague of ice to vanish entirely, so that those who survive may rebuild, especially in the fraught deserts. I wish that no matter what comes, death and injury is at its minimum, frightened to touch us, for we are so determined to vanquish this dark time. I wish for balance between our Kingdoms, between our alignments, and understanding. . . . I wish for those who have become my family to live and live prosperously, to give their all to what is coming, but not if that means their lives. . . . Most of all . . . I wish for a world less martial. . . . Yet staying here, meeting so many of you, I see that this is a city that is ready for war but wishes for peace. I am not someone who regularly practices wishful thinking, but I have met Baba Yaga, and out of respect to her, and during the festival of Evale, I wish for a quieter Season, one where our realm flourishes in peacetime.’ After Eran lit the bonfire and sang, the celebrants called on Gwyn to sing, and he led them all in song.

Gwyn led the party out of Dharnam and into Zhitovar, and grew more tense and hardened as they journeyed deeper into the forest. When the Nain Rouge rejoined them, Gwyn was alarmed, but ultimately accepted her back into the party. As they traveled along, Mosk pulled Gwyn aside to talk privately, so Gwyn could explain what was wrong, though Gwyn was recalcitrant. Gwyn finally explained that he wasn't sure if he could go through with the promise he'd made to the Nain Rouge, and that it weighed on him, but he had to do it. Gwyn also noted that although he knew he was a pawn, and 'intended to die', he liked his life with Augus, and didn't want to die anymore. To encourage him, Mosk repeated the speech Gwyn made at his debut, that the Unseelie 'are the shadows and darknesses upon the land', and 'grow *stronger* when the light fades', and that Gwyn would endure whatever came, and that Mosk would be there fighting along with him, along with the others in their group.

Gwyn was amazed when the School of the Staff, led by Taronis, arrived to pledge temporary alliance to Gwyn and the Unseelie Court. Fenwrel and Gulvi also arrived to lend aid.

The Nain Rouge revealed that she'd blood-oathed to Gwyn to take Gwyn's light back from Olphix and give it to Gwyn, and Mosk worried it would kill Gwyn. Gwyn spent some time while preparing to fight Olphix raising more fae statuses, to the point that Fenwrel told him he had to stop because he was over-expending himself. He later gave a speech on the day they were to fight Olphix, riling up everyone for battle.

Gwyn led his forces against Olphix while Mosk snuck towards Olphix separately and invisible. Gwyn wasn't on the frontlines, waiting instead for something to happen. Much of his forces were killed quickly by Olphix, and a retreat was sounded when Olphix set off a bomb, though Mosk used his magic to absorb much of it. Eventually Gwyn stepped forward, unleashing the Nain Rouge on Olphix. When Olphix saw them, he used Gwyn's light for an enormous attack. As Gwyn rushed forward, even though it was too early, as he didn't have the power yet, Augus tried to stop him, refusing to watch him die. When Gwyn asked for Eran's help, Ash freed Gwyn, and fought with Augus to keep him back. Gwyn took the Nain Rouge's hand, and the light attack went to Gwyn instead, killing him. Ash later said that Gwyn might still come back, as he was still King.

Fenwrel and Gulvi took Gwyn's bones away from the battlefield. His restoration was a slow and grisly process, and likely incredibly painful to Gwyn, with little to no help to make the process less painful. Around two years after Olphix's defeat, Gwyn's body was restored, but he was comatose. Four years after Olphix's defeat, Gwyn was walking again, and came to visit Eran in the Aur forest. Gwyn didn't know where Augus was, and was waiting out his anger. Gwyn gave Eran the Seelie Crown, to look after, and said Eran might be a good King someday, and the choice was his. Gwyn otherwise focused on some Court administration and recovering, leaving most of the work of ruling the fae realm to Gulvi and Fenwrel. He noted he 'can lose months to fatigue and fog', and was still in pain from bearing his light.

He relied heavily on Autumn's End, who served as his caretaker. He typically did smaller jobs, including paperwork and balancing treasury books, because they were easier than other things, but he wasn't able to do them for as long. He discussed the thrones of the Seelie and Unseelie courts with Gulvi, and they realized it was Gulvi's time to be Queen (if unofficially), especially because fae had come to accept that Gwyn wouldn't be around for them as he used to, as he had in the years since his death.

Augus went to see Gwyn at the Court, and Gwyn apologized to him many times, only to discover that he was vulnerable to Augus' compulsions once again. Augus castigated him several times, told Gwyn Augus hated him and that Gwyn was ugly, and ultimately left Gwyn in tears.

He continued to slowly recover, and eventually moved back to his cabin to be closer to Augus, and sought out Augus to ask to be Augus' client. When Augus accidentally broke his arm, they talked more about their relationship and acknowledged that things needed to change between them. Augus later visited Gwyn at his cabin, and they discussed Augus' conditions for their relationship to continue: Gwyn would no longer be King in any meaningful capacity, and although there were caveats, should Gwyn be required to fight in wars or go on another epic quest, they were done; Gwyn would no longer permanently reside at the Unseelie Court, and would either live in his cabin or with Augus, and they would go traveling together for a time; and lastly, Gwyn was to change his heartsong, and Augus would no longer help him with that process. Gwyn noted that his heartsong was already gone, and although he had not formed a new one, he would respect Augus' wishes and not include him in the process, and that in other ways he was already partially meeting Augus' conditions, and otherwise willing to learn a new way of living if Augus would show him how.

Gwyn and Augus began spending time together again, and Augus learned more of Gwyn's new limitations. Gwyn continued his recovery. They also traveled a little.

Gwyn announced his retirement in Erna, and was well-met. He and Augus discussed it, and when Gwyn said suggested he might find a new vocation, Augus compelled him to say whether or not he actually wanted to, to which Gwyn admitted he didn't want a new vocation. Gwyn threw a piece of bread at Augus for the compulsion, which was seemingly part of their new arrangement when Augus used compulsions.

By the fifth year after the battle with Olphix, Gwyn still spent little time in the Unseelie Court, and was working as treasurer.

After visiting Eran, Gwyn admitted to Augus that he expected Augus to punish him, because he blamed himself for his sacrifice against Olphix ever since making the promise with the Nain Rouge. Augus told him it was a gift, and Augus couldn't think of other ways to defeat Olphix.

Ash visited Gwyn, and they talked about their time since the battle, the Gancanagh, Augus, and their friendship.

At some point the Raven Prince visited Gwyn, and said he didn't want Gwyn as an apprentice yet, but seemed at least glad that Gwyn was still working on his magic.

In the ninth year after the battle with Olphix, Augus and Gwyn came to visit Eran and Mosk for a time, to talk about more news in the world, and just to see them. Mosk invited Gwyn to visit the Aur forest sometimes to work on magic, which Gwyn seemed pleased by. While touring the house, Gwyn offered to hire someone to set up plumbing. Mosk also offered to let both Augus and Gwyn stay at the treehouse sometimes, and Gwyn was happy about the idea of visiting often, since he'd missed Mosk.

Gwyn finally talked to Augus about his trauma with being injured regularly, due in large part to Augus feeding on him during their quest to deal with the ice plague and Olphix, though Gwyn was reluctant/in denial about it being trauma, which Augus pushed back against, noting that it *was* traumatic. They talked more about their relationship, and reinforced what they were looking forward to and wanted, and Augus reassured Gwyn that Augus' heart belonged to him.

## Special Abilities

### Fae Ability

**Light:** Gwyn's destructive light is celestial in origin. The light is one of the few abilities considered 'too powerful to be allowed.' Anything touched by it is damaged near-permanently. Anyone injured by the light cannot heal the damage from it. When Gwyn uses it destructively, he creates burn damage on his own skin similar to that of lightning strikes. Gwyn noted that the light could be used to destroy the world 'several times over.'

The light is pale, cold, and such a difficult force for Gwyn to carry that he cannot grow any body hair save for the pale hair on the top of his head and his eyebrows/eyelashes. It causes him chronic pain. In *The Ice Plague,* when his light was removed from him, Gwyn's natural hair colour was shown to be a rich golden blonde, and that his eyes were meant to be a deep, vivid blue. He also gained the ability to grow body hair.

Gwyn's light is possibly why he can hear the stars, though it seems he also lost that ability once Olphix took his power.

**Animal Calling:** Gwyn can call animals to himself. He can call many different kinds of animals, including mammals, fowl, and fish, and many at a time. It's unclear whether this is part of his classless status or innate ability, since he didn't lose the ability to do this after Olphix took his classless abilities. Mosk noted that it isn't magic, but *feels* magical.

**Dra'ocht:** Augus described Gwyn's dra'ocht as 'odd – rough and prickly, the kind that would aggravate and rally people into war.'

### Magical Propensity

Gwyn's magic is largely unexplored, but he will make charms on occasion. Notably, he made a communication charm of two hagstones so that he and Augus could communicate with each other, and a charm he used to communicate with Ash during the fight with Augus. He's started training under the Raven Prince's instruction, with Mosk's help. Mosk noted that 'Gwyn talked about his magic like it was a stranger to him, but he talked about charms with an easy competence that seemed completely at odds with the rest of his attitude towards magic.'

Gwyn noted he sees/experiences his magic like listening to music.

Gwyn noted that his 'magic was suppressed, and it would likely never recover, even with the Raven Prince’s assistance.'

#### Classless Status

Possibly as part of his classless status, Gwyn is so powerful that he was able to teleport as underfae.

### Skills

**Tracking:** A noted tracker with unusually refined ability to find anything and anyone he is looking for.

**Multilingual:** It isn't known how many languages Gwyn knows, but it is the most of any fae character we've met so far. He picks up languages quickly and easily. After his death, although he still recalled the languages, he struggled to vocalize them.

**Combat:** Gwyn was raised as a soldier, and is skilled with many weapons. In the *Fae Tales Verse* he is shown to be efficient in weaponless combat, as well as with long-swords, short-swords, recurve bows, and longbows. It is strongly indicated that he has proficiency in other weapons.

'Gwyn had a whole lot of physical techniques he used to keep his emotions and vulnerable thoughts at bay. He was mastered at controlling his breathing. He had exceptional physical strength. He could handle a great deal of pain.'

After Gwyn came back to life, 'he’d lost almost all of his reflexes . . . , and while he remembered the moves and forms he used to do, his body didn’t.' He also has immense difficulty handling most kinds of physical pain and has to pace himself to not overexert his faculties.

**Tactics:** Gwyn is a master strategist.

**Calligraphy:** He is skilled at calligraphy and has very fine day-to-day penmanship. He makes many of his own inks by hand.

**Cartography:** He apprenticed under Ethwynn to learn how to make maps. He also sells them. One of the reasons he says he enjoys adventuring is because it gives him the opportunity to create maps for places no one has ever mapped before.

**Diplomacy and Negotiation:** Although Gwyn has served as a war general for most of his life, he has strong skills in diplomacy and mediation. He's also very good at haggling and bartering.

**Hunting:** Gwyn is considered a very competent, sure hunter.

**Reading/General World Knowledge:** Gwyn has spent a large portion of life being trained in many subjects, has a habit of researching old myths about imprisoned beings, and has at least some knowledge about flora and fauna, such as the names of certain plants.

**Singing:** Gwyn can sing, whether it's rousing war songs, or sweeter, gentle music (but only in private).

**War Drums:** Gwyn noted that he can play war drums.

**Dancing:** Gwyn is a skilled dancer, and enjoyed and requested more lessons on dancing when he was younger.

## Quotations

* To Augus: ‘I need it gone . . . I swear.’ He opened his eyes, looked up, face tortured. ‘I swear to you. I *need* it gone. I know I’m stubborn, I know it, I can’t seem to *stop* myself, but there is nothing else for me if you can’t rid me of it.'
* To Augus: ‘I am not…a good person'.
* ‘Oh, Gwyn,’ Augus said. ‘You hate war?’ ‘I love it,’ Gwyn mumbled. ‘I’m good at it.’ ‘You love some parts of it,’ Augus whispered. ‘You hate the rest.’
* 'It wasn’t that he wanted to disappoint his father, he still craved and ached for his approval. It was only that he knew he would never get it now, and he knew that he never would be anything other than a disappointment. The gravest slight he’d made to his family was simply that he’d survived them, and it turned out he had a knack for surviving battle too. Ever since then, his very existence was an insult to them.'
* 'Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t hate you, once you’re through with them?’ Augus said.'
* 'You always cry so easily,’ Augus said, with a rueful smile. ‘Am I the only one who knows that? You wear your heart on your sleeve.'
* To Augus: 'You’ll always be angry, and I will always have done something wrong,’ Gwyn said into his fingers. ‘I have lived in this world long enough to know that this is how it goes.'
* On Gwyn: 'I care for him,’ Augus said, taking a slow breath, looking up. ‘Not because he was my captor, but because he is complex and worthy of care.'
* On the Seelie Court's demotion: 'Sweetness,’ Augus whispered. ‘You know they did the wrong thing, don’t you? That they treated you unfairly?'
* 'I liked it,’ Gwyn said, quietly. ‘Learning to dance. It was like sword drills, but without the promise of violence.'
* To Gwyn: ‘I think waiting for you to actually start speaking to me in your own time is, as it turns out, utterly useless,’ Augus drawled, ‘because every now and then you do this remarkable impression of a boulder. Immoveable and voiceless. So you’re going to not talk for a while, I’ve decided. And I’m going to treat you as something like a client today. Best not teleport, you know that will just make it harder later on.’
* 'He felt like he was giving in, losing the fight. It abraded him from the inside. He was Gwyn ap Nudd, and he did not *lose.'*
* To Gwyn: ‘I’m not pretending,’ Augus said. ‘I like your company. Something you seem to have forgotten of late.’
* ‘It changes you,’ Gwyn said, looking away. ‘Giving of yourself, for a Court. It doesn’t matter what it is. Gulvi sacrificing a part of her chaotic nature to have things run in an orderly manner. Augus just having to be in this place, regardless of how it’s been changed. And I . . . I was raised to it . . . I had nothing to sacrifice.’
* To Ash, about Augus: ‘I love him so much . . . I would do anything to make him happier. Even if it was…leave.’
* Augus, to Gwyn: ‘Of the two of us, you’re the one who keeps seeking it. Eventually you will find the quarry you hunt, Gwyn. And even if you don’t – how will I know? I tell myself when you vanish that you are just hunting, and that works for a week. Or two weeks. Then, I start to think- I start to think all sorts of things. I’m…biased, you see. I know what it’s like to have no one look for you, to not be found.’
* To Augus: 'I owe you for everything'
* 'Honestly, Eran, it surprises me as much as it does you, sometimes, what corners mercy can come from.'
* King Oengus Og: 'Gwyn ap Nudd, you say it is irresponsible to not wield a weapon in a time of war, but it is just as irresponsible to wield a weapon inexpertly. You yourself are as much a weapon as your sword. Do not simply cut a boy down because you can. He is not Cyledr.'
* 'Your staff is gone. I’m sure you can take my language. I dare you. I *dare* you. Do it, do it and watch me tear you apart even without the ability to *speak.'*
* 'Being the most successful War General of any Seelie lineage, destroying the bulk of the Unseelie land ownings long before Augus destroyed the rest of the Court – even you couldn’t stop my hand in that, could you? – and then rescuing the Unseelie Court when it fell into my hands – I think it stacks the odds in my favour. Mages always think they’re invincible, I think it’s fun when they realise they’re not.'
* 'You’re so used to getting what you want,’ Gwyn said. ‘Not with you,’ the Raven Prince said. ‘I could compel it. I could force it. I could charm it. See the respect I am awarding you – against my better judgement – and reward that, if you please. Think about what it should have been, you as my apprentice, me as your master and protector. Even if you loathe the idea of it, you know you were meant to have loved me if your parents hadn’t meddled.'
* 'You, the great War General of Quercus, who then became the King of War, a martial King – for they have all talked about it when I’ve asked them to tell me – this is what you brought into the world. Peace.'
* To Mosk: 'Do you think I know the first thing about love or relationships?'
* To Mosk and Eran: 'Perhaps the truth of it is that I’m in a rush to get this over and done with, to know one way or another how it will end. I’ve forgotten that journeys matter.'
* ‘Mosk, I cannot turn back time,’ Gwyn said. ‘I can’t go back and do all the things I was meant to do the right way to put us in the best position now. For I should have fled my family and declared myself to the Unseelie Court. The Raven Prince would have trained me as a Mage then, taken me on as an apprentice, and unpicked the worst of what I’d done to my magic before the damage was permanent. But that world doesn’t exist. I said that to the Raven Prince once, and it’s still true now. You grieve for the present, knowing that it could have been different. So do I. But it gets us nowhere. . . . I can carry your anger. I can carry the wrath that all of you throw at me if need be. I sometimes think one of my gifts is being able to hold the rage of an entire Kingdom, if necessary. But I’d still like to learn what little I can, because no one will be expecting it. Because I’m still capable of doing what I can now, even if I can’t change the past. That’s what it is to possess power, that’s what it is to take responsibility, even if it’s not enough.’
* To Mosk: 'Honestly, I can’t believe that you went into my *mind* while we were visiting the Ratcatcher. Easy to blame your heartsong, but given what I know of you, I think it’s possible you would have done it anyway.'
* About Augus: ‘Well, he doesn’t need to forgive me,’ Gwyn said, understanding who Mosk was speaking of. ‘But he must live, and more importantly, I must save the Kingdoms in whatever way I can.’
* Mosk: ‘Are you mad that I yelled at you?’ ‘No,’ Gwyn said. ‘For I wish I could do the same. But I don’t have anyone I can lose my temper at, because everyone on this journey is far more vulnerable than I.’
* To Mosk: ‘The wild, feral me, he will always choose Augus over the Kingdom. And I never want to hurt him, or make him sad, and with my wild heartsong it became more and more tempting to flee what was before us and do exactly what Eran threatened to do with you – walk away, enjoy what was left to us. That was what wildness gave to me, a true appreciation of my priorities. But this journey isn’t about me. It’s about all of us. . . . I hate everything about this journey,’ Gwyn said, his voice shaking. ‘So I must find what is left of my wildness in moments, and never lose sight of what the true goal is. Because there is no world for Augus to live in if we do not save it.’
* ‘I’m having sad thoughts,’ [Gulvi] muttered, and then blinked once, slowly, when she felt a large, heavy hand touch the side of her face. It wasn’t clumsy at all. And, startled, she thought: *Soft.* ‘Give them to me,’ Gwyn said, his voice slurred. ‘I can carry all of your sad thoughts. And then you’ll only have good dreams.’
* 'Eran wished he understood Gwyn better, and wondered if anyone truly understood him, aside from Augus.'
* ‘Do you feel like dancing?’ Gwyn said quietly to Augus. ‘You may,’ Augus said. ‘I don’t like to do it without you,’ Gwyn said, sitting cross-legged next to Augus and placing a careful hand on Augus’ thigh.
* To Eran: 'My life has always felt . . . Never quite my own in the first place,’ Gwyn finished, his expression sober now. ‘Nothing about my existence has ever truly seemed to belong to me, except for the time I stole with Augus. This journey, being related to Olphix, having my light taken, being classless, being King again, then again, and then of two alignments… You might call it fate, but I can feel the puppet strings, and I cannot *stand* them. I plan on cutting them for good during this journey, at least, as best as I can.’
* To Eran: 'We should have acted against Olphix and Davix sooner. And monarchs before us should have acted sooner. And the School of the Staff should have acted sooner. There are far older, wiser, cowardly fae who bear this burden in a way you never could.’
* 'Eran stared at Gwyn in wonder, a spill of affection for the fae swelling within. So this, probably, was the kind of thing that Augus had fallen in love with. Or the kind of thing Mosk liked about him. Because Gwyn made it seem so easy, being this generous. After all his hardness, and sometimes his coldness, he was the King of the Unseelie, and for now, the Seelie, and he was standing there like he wanted nothing more than to make this happen for Eran.'
* 'Eran thought of how Gwyn was so right in the role of King, even if he didn’t seem to like it. He thought of how Gwyn was also at home among the trows, offering services like translation and negotiation to Eran easily and with pleasure.'
* To Mosk, Ash, and Augus: ‘You’re meant to *tell* me when you’re tired. What is wrong with all of you? You’ll ask me about the gulai, but you won’t tell me when the terrain is too difficult?’
* To Augus: ‘You cannot feed upon him anyway! He’s not human!’ Gwyn roared. ‘Augus, please. Please, don’t do this. I will send you back to the Unseelie Court. You know I will.’
* 'Gwyn resolutely set up all the tents and had a hard, brittle look in his eyes. Mosk wondered what it looked like when Gwyn broke. He wondered if they were going to see it on this journey.'
* ‘How delightful,’ Davix said, looking at Gwyn. ‘The devastation of the An Fnwy line, right here. Goodness… look at the gradient in those *eyes.* He really is one of ours. How many generations did it skip then? All of it ending up in him?’ ‘All of what?’ Mosk said, frowning. ‘Magic.’ ‘It’s stunted.’ ‘Marred and monstrous,’ Davix said in agreement, taking a few steps towards Gwyn. But he didn’t reach out and touch him, and he seemed to be aware that Mosk was only seconds away from dragging him back into the ice realm and sucking the life out of him to make sure he stayed there. ‘Mangled and muted. But magnificent all the same. That’s what makes it so maudlin. But still, it’s his, he may develop it whenever he wishes, it’s *wonderful.’*
* Mosk to Gwyn: 'You act like you’re so much older and wiser and put together than us, and like – okay – three thousand years seems like forever to me, but it’s not really. Not compared to the Raven Prince, and Albion, and the Nain Rouge. You need… more. You need to be seen too.’
* '‘You’re my King,’ Mosk said, trying to be brave, because he hated thinking about an ideal life, or something to hope for. But he’d do it if it meant Gwyn learned to do it too. ‘You’re my friend. I’m very bad at helping people, but I’ll keep seeing you, until long after this is over, until you get your ideal life. I’ll wait until you’re no longer King, and then you can come visit me in the new forest I decide to live in. It won’t be the Aur forest, but it will be a forest. And you’ll come visit me, and hunt with Eran, and bring Augus with you, and Ash. Or maybe you’ll come on your own sometimes and make friends with the animals.’ ‘I’d… I’d like that very much,’ Gwyn said, sounding small and shaken.'
* Mosk: 'But even though Gwyn loved Augus fiercely enough that he’d change his heartsong to sacrifice in case he needed to give up his life to save him, Mosk knew he was still lonely. There was something about him that was set apart from everyone else. Mosk hated that he related to it. He hated that his whole life had been lonely. Almost like he was destined to be a Master Mage.'
* ‘It’s not fair,’ Eran said, taking a step closer to Gwyn. ‘It’s not fair that this journey has taken him from you like this.’
* Eran: 'But he’s the King.’ Mosk: ‘What does that mean though? Just…a lot more work for someone who wasn’t really born to it, right? He hasn’t actually been doing it for that long compared to other monarchs, and he definitely doesn’t *want* to do it. And you know, imagine if you had to be a soldier all the time, and that’s all anyone expected of you, and that’s all anyone ever thought you were good for, and it was the thing you wanted to do *least.’*
* ‘You’re part of our family,’ Mosk said to Gwyn. ‘You belong to us. There’s nothing you can do about it because it’s not your choice. You probably wouldn’t really choose us as family anyway. It doesn’t matter because you have us. And you probably wouldn’t want to be like a father to us, and that’s fine, because we don’t want that either. We’re family. We’re going to look after *you*. . . . I mean it . . . Because this is something we get to choose, don’t we? All of us are orphans, Gwyn. You get to be our family. You wouldn’t say no to three orphans, would you?’
* ‘-Why do you think I’ll forget about you?’ Gwyn said, looking faintly hurt. ‘Why would I do that?’ ‘Well…’ Mosk stared at him. ‘Because… Won’t you?’ ‘You?’ Gwyn said, in amazement, ‘who has kept me company while training? Who has shared his blood with Augus gracefully, over and over again? Who will listen to me on matters of strategy, who discourses with Davix as though that were normal? Do you have any concept of who you are?’
* 'I’m like you, Mosk. The only people I really want to care for are the ones that are close to me. But sometimes…the world demands more.’
* Mosk: 'Gwyn seemed like such an isolated person, but Mosk thought he could see it now, the way Augus was all the way through him. And he looked over at Augus and wondered if it was the same in turn; if he’d even know what to look for.'
* To Mosk: ‘The version of me that feeds a heartsong of triumph, is a version who will sacrifice anyone else to get that win,’ he said. ‘I did not want to see any of you killed. So I chose a different heartsong.’
* 'three *thousand* years and I have also been a function. Soldier. War General. King. Pawn. My family wanted me to die on the battlefield, and that’s the only reason they forced me out into wars as a child. And then the Oak King wanted me to win all of his battles for me, so I had to spend the rest of my life killing fellow Unseelie. And then the fae realm needed the Nightingale – and Augus – defeated. Some of us are our functions first, Mosk.’
* Mosk: 'he realised then that Gwyn’s magic in its true form was meant to be stunning, and his chest hurt at the thought of the gloppy mess that it was in Gwyn’s body.'
* 'Gwyn would purchase everything the vendor sold if he thought Eran and Mosk wanted it.'
* To Eran and Mosk: '‘I’m not drunk,’ Gwyn said, with the assurance of someone who was certainly drunk.'
* To Mosk, about Augus: 'He’s been there for me for over a decade, and…well, I’m sure he suspects, but he is my everything'.
* To Eran: '‘I came…as soon as I could,’ Gwyn said, sounding a little breathless.'
* ‘I’m so wroth with you,’ Augus said, the words bursting from him. ‘I worry that I could torture you for decades and still not be done.’ [Gwyn]: ‘I worry that I would let you if it let me be with you.’
* To Augus: ‘I don’t mind,’ Gwyn whispered. ‘But I’m scared. Scared you’ll start hurting me, and I won’t be ready, and I’ll have to endure it because of all that I put you through. Scared that you’ll find me wanting and leave anyway.’
* ‘Seelie King,’ the bartender said, ‘then Unseelie King. Defeated the Nightingale, and then that one beside you, and then Olphix and Davix. You’ve done more in centuries than most fae will do in their entire lives, most Kings and Queens even. No one here’s going to speak up against you retiring, Your Majesty.’
* To Augus: ‘I don’t want a new vocation,’ Gwyn said softly, feeling ashamed of himself as the words sprang free. He’d defined himself by his productivity and his work all his life. Now, he did nothing. ‘There are other fae who are allowed to just…be. No one expects Gille Dubh to work, or Luridan, or even the Gancanagh. They all get by, alongside other fae who are driven to work. But why can’t I try being like them for a time?’
* To Gwyn: ‘We’re friends, still,’ Mosk said. ‘You’re my family. I missed you. Not as much as Eran. But I still missed you. So we’ll have to see each other once a week, or every two weeks. You’ve been through a lot. You were defeated. . . . I’m glad you don’t have that heartsong anymore. You made your sacrifice. It sucks, doesn’t it?’

## Trivia

* Some of Gwyn's favourite foods include raw sugar, lollies and extremely fatty and sugary foods. Because he's often burning through his energy reserves so quickly, he looks to fats, sugar, and proteins in their purest form. As a result, he enjoys the food Ash brings back from the human realm.
* Gwyn has a habit of hiding things beneath pillows in his room(s). In *Game Theory* this was often armour oil (used as lubricant), quills, little ornaments, buttons, and much more. He also tends to hoard things in his rooms and in his pockets.
* Gwyn enjoys spending time with all animals, and there hasn't been an animal he hasn't liked in any of the canon stories. He appears to have an affinity in particular for dogs.
* Gwyn and Augus are both left-handed.
* Not-Poignant has frequently described Gwyn as a 'Disney princess' on Tumblr, and there has even been fanart depicting him as one.
* Gwyn is highly susceptible to the effects of marijuana, despite finding it nearly impossible to get drunk without consuming large amounts of alcohol. He's also 'unusually sensitive to some drugs.'
* Gwyn sneezes when his eyelashes are touched by someone else.
* When Gwyn was younger, he had a mare named Greyness.
* 'Nudd was an old name [Lludd] sometimes went by'. Gwyn was originally supposed to be called 'Gwyn ap Lludd', but calling him 'Gwyn ap Nudd' was another way his family found to alienate him.
* Gwyn's favorite word is possibly 'Augus'. (Augus would argue it's 'No').
* Although Gwyn knows many languages, 'Welsh was different. His parents had always steered him away from it, despite the name he bore, the land he was raised on – as though they didn’t want him to have any part of it.' Thus, his mastery of it is clumsier than the other languages he knows.
* When Gwyn was 35, he had shoulder-length hair.
* During their travels to deal with the ice plague and face Olphix, Gwyn went to great lengths to keep Augus alive, sacrificing bits of his body for Augus to eat, and thus often traveling gravely injured, without letting the others in their party know.

## Folklore/Mythology

Gwyn ap Nudd is a powerful psychopomp in Welsh mythology. He has been considered a deity, king of the fairies, leader of the Wild Hunt, and has been compared to figures like Herne and Cernunnos. In mythology, he is often shown to have soot on his face, and is often in the company of the cwn annwn - hunting hounds of the Wild Hunt. He is considered an archetypal hero, warrior, hunter, and king.

## Image Gallery

Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by plintoon https://plintoon.tumblr.com/post/116722711497/its-been-a-while-gwyn-ive-been-seeing-theAugus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd holding each other by plintoon https://plintoon-reblogs.tumblr.com/post/81072286203/damn-it-in-promised-myself-the-next-game-theoryFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by plintoon https://plintoon-reblogs.tumblr.com/post/68360893650/a-gwyn-for-pia-im-sorry-he-started-kinda-broodyFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by plintoon https://plintoon-reblogs.tumblr.com/post/63910085568/i-should-be-working-but-since-ive-been-studyingFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by Inkyrobotsparks https://inkysparks.tumblr.com/post/182759248866/i-had-to-draw-those-darlings-and-finally-afterFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by Sumeria https://www.deviantart.com/sumeria/art/Augus-and-Gwyn-492031570Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Ondine by southwesterndjinn https://southwesterndjinn.tumblr.com/post/126691618387/this-is-a-quick-sketch-of-a-scene-inFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by SulaMoon https://sulamoon.tumblr.com/post/70839667235/gwyn-ap-nudd-for-piaFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Nina https://fanartdrawer.tumblr.com/post/50124000638/because-of-reasons-augus-and-gwyn-from-shadowsFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by ciorane https://ciorane.tumblr.com/post/658411655261306880/commission-for-lickkaballs-333-tytyFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by suis0u https://suis0u.tumblr.com/post/645765418160685056/the-future-king-young-gwyn-ap-nudd-aFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by sic-sempervirens https://sic-sempervirens.tumblr.com/post/649028249448497154/my-quest-to-find-the-biggest-hot-messes-in-theFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by deepseabed https://fanartdrawer.tumblr.com/post/50124000638/because-of-reasons-augus-and-gwyn-from-shadowsFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by deepseabed https://deepseabed.tumblr.com/post/189591950462/procreate-5-has-been-released-so-i-tested-itFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by fluister 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https://deepseabed.tumblr.com/post/176957718407/its-been-ages-since-i-drew-anything-and-itsFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by demonsgold https://demonsgold.tumblr.com/post/152698320431Fanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by deepseabed https://deepseabed.tumblr.com/post/155249219867/i-wanted-to-do-something-creative-for-new-yearsFanart of the Unseelie Court (from left to right): Ash Glashtyn, Augus Each Uisge, Gwyn ap Nudd, Gulvi Dubna Vajat, and Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden by MorbidLizard https://morbidlizard.tumblr.com/post/648930519130767361/i-guess-i-realized-i-never-really-uploaded-theFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by erionmakuo https://erionmakuo.tumblr.com/post/173884982151Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by tangrim https://tangrim.tumblr.com/post/109340436841/gwyn-ap-nudd-augus-each-uisge-cause-i-amwas-soFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by MorbidLizard https://morbidlizard.tumblr.com/post/125682723502/tried-my-hand-again-at-su-style-this-timeFanart of Gwyn Ap Nudd by overlordpoe-art https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/160480413653/im-still-alive-3-for-not-poignant-because-herFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by artistjacksonford https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/169034413323Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd with the Old Lore by plintoon https://plintoon-reblogs.tumblr.com/post/69787079074/gwyn-stared-at-the-parchment-again-for-so-longFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by roncheg https://roncheg.tumblr.com/post/622659268475256832/ive-been-reading-the-fae-tales-verse-byFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by deepseabed https://deepseabed.tumblr.com/image/615574123669848064Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by therem-harth's friend https://therem-harth.tumblr.com/post/189589057214/so-my-friend-who-did-the-banner-for-faedom-weekStatue of Gwyn ap Nudd by therem-harth https://therem-harth.tumblr.com/post/188590408964/faedom-week-day-6-technical-challengeFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Mafydd Brant by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/187084407249/i-dont-know-where-these-gwyn-feelings-came-fromFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by MorbidLizard https://morbidlizard.tumblr.com/post/117210412012/decided-to-slap-some-sepia-tones-on-a-doodle-iFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd with kittens by MorbidLizard https://morbidlizard.tumblr.com/post/94072605872/experimenting-with-new-watercolour-brushes-on-saiFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by Art-Cake https://artcake.tumblr.com/post/170136734224Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Chi-Arts https://chi-arts.tumblr.com/post/180356778590/more-of-not-poignants-fae-boys-augus-and-gwynFanart of Augus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by Imias from "The Court of Five Thrones", Chapter 47: Redirection https://imyasart.tumblr.com/post/164371175834/since-ive-read-about-augus-and-gwyn-dancing-inFanart of 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https://raven-nemore.tumblr.com/post/130926171386/inktober-day-8-gwyn-by-raesalander-oh-lookFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd in armor by Em / Papayaparty https://samelliotsmustache.tumblr.com/post/70445348629/after-much-debating-and-agony-i-did-a-gwyn-apFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd sitting on his throne in armor by rosariabec https://thelemonthief.tumblr.com/post/78508543724/a-serious-gwyn-doodle-for-not-poignant-3Art of Gwyn ap Nudd by Pia Foxhall https://capillata.tumblr.com/post/115357583743/i-have-committed-art-a-young-gwyn-ap-nudd-iFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by rosariabec https://thelemonthief.tumblr.com/post/78276624561/gwyn-and-augus-from-game-theory-i-love-drawingFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd eating cupcakes by MorbidLizard https://morbidlizard.tumblr.com/post/126752243247/5-gwyn-eating-cupcakes-eeFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by angelblaze2012 from "Game Theory", Chapter 7: Wait https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/94210734308/a-little-baby-gwyn-sketchFanart of Gwynn ap Nudd by n2y88 https://neir-2-you.tumblr.com/post/67382828917/woops-look-at-the-time-this-baby-needs-moreFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by SulaMoon from "Game Theory", Chapter 44: Consultation https://sulamoon.tumblr.com/post/79107685673/this-weeks-focus-on-painting-drama-2-is-lostFanart cover art for "The Court of Five Thrones" by kazechama https://kazechama.tumblr.com/post/133732263753/this-was-supposed-to-be-done-for-inktober-andFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Imias https://imyasart.tumblr.com/post/158713148899/not-poignant-as-promised-gwyn-with-slightlyFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Imias https://imyasart.tumblr.com/post/158713148899/not-poignant-as-promised-gwyn-with-slightlyFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Chi-Arts https://dabbinghawks.tumblr.com/post/92070397836/sooo-i-wanted-to-draw-a-young-gwyn-and-there-heFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by Chi-Arts https://www.deviantart.com/wolflideluxe/art/Augwyn-fluff-3-609771786Fanart of Gwyn ap Nudd by Chi-Arts https://dabbinghawks.tumblr.com/post/108757824771/one-day-gwyn-one-day-ill-manage-to-do-your-hairAn enamel pin of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge in their true-forms by the-fluff-overlord https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/167371313568/fae-tales-merch-enamel-pinArt of Gwyn ap Nudd by Pia Foxhall https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/683039437211549696/gwyn-ap-nudd-from-the-fae-tales-universeFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge by bowantarrow https://bowantarrow.tumblr.com/post/691781594847100928/had-to-do-a-quick-little-drawing-of-my-two-allGwyn ap Nudd armored by Fluister https://fluister.tumblr.com/post/694752657268686848/gwyn-in-the-court-of-five-thrones-for-day-4-ofAugus Each Uisge and Gwyn ap Nudd by KoiKalico https://mythoughtfulwindow.tumblr.com/post/705923124979433472/ive-been-reading-the-fae-tales-verse-by
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47. ↑ not\_poignant. "Tumblr Prompts - Fae Tales." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 29 November 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5309705/chapters/12258998. Chapter 7: Hauntings.
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49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 not\_poignant. "Deeper into the Woods." *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 April 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3652500/chapters/8263456. Chapter 4: IV - The War General.
50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 18 June 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/4283271. Chapter 4: Suspicions.
51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 27 October 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2030837. Chapter 23: Truth.
52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 25 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/103460823. Chapter 3.
53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 53.5 53.6 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 7 September 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/104225631. Chapter 5.
54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9397818. Chapter 48: Exploration.
55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.5 55.6 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2059069. Chapter 25: Soldier.
56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 not\_poignant. "The Drawn Bead.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 10 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1035694/chapters/2074327. Chapter 4: Secrets.
57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own*, 30 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7101860. Chapter 28: Solidarity.
58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 not\_poignant. "The Drawn Bead.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 7 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1035694/chapters/2065138. Chapter 1: Bold.
59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 October 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5297393. Chapter 12: Drown.
60. ↑ not\_poignant. "The Drawn Bead.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 8 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1035694/chapters/2067809. Chapter 2: Taste.
61. ↑ not\_poignant. "Glass Bubble Dreams.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 2 November 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2553461.
62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 62.3 62.4 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 December 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2234438. Chapter 34: Brother.
63. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 August 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/1809886. Chapter 4: Clean.
64. ↑ not\_poignant. "Deeper into the Woods." *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 April 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3652500/chapters/8404240. Chapter 6: VI - The War General.
65. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” T*he Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 24 January 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/13378381. Chapter 1: Prologue.
66. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 September 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/1877188. Chapter 9: Hunt.
67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 18 January 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2310680. Chapter 37: Recovery.
68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 September 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/1904254. Chapter 12: Liver.
69. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 December 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2150699. Chapter 30: Trade.
70. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 22 December 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2204791. Chapter 33: Invisible.
71. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 June 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/3737456. Chapter 1: Massacre.
72. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 June 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/3901096. Chapter 2: Orphan.
73. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 4 July 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/4088631. Chapter 3: Disintegration.
74. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 October 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5474447. Chapter 14: Pearl.
75. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 31 October 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5651081. Chapter 16: Death.
76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 11 November 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5741654. Chapter 17: Life.
77. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 November 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/5830019. Chapter 18: Blood.
78. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 February 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7302011. Chapter 30: Gravity.
79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 79.2 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 February 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7438151. Chapter 31: Rupture.
80. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 March 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7625663. Chapter 33: Confession.
81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 81.2 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 August 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10409742. Chapter 56: Islands.
82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 27 March 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/8003448. Chapter 37: Explosion.
83. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 April 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/8119866. Chapter 38: Realisations.
84. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 8 May 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/8723191. Chapter 42: Heartsong.
85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9291202. Chapter 47: Redirection.
86. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 26 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9517437. Chapter 49: Battle.
87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 24 July 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10022663. Chapter 53: Arrow.
88. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 31 July 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10152347. Chapter 54: Fraught.
89. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 August 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10279800. Chapter 55: Refuge.
90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 23 July 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17202655. Chapter 1: I.
91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 29 July 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17338447. Chapter 3: III.
92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 92.2 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 31 July 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17386390. Chapter 4: IV.
93. ↑ not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 5 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/17503057. Chapter 5: V.
94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 14 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17712133. Chapter 8: VIII.
95. ↑ 95.0 95.1 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 21 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17870569. Chapter 10: X.
96. ↑ 96.0 96.1 96.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 March 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/32210853. Chapter 17: So It Is.
97. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 18 November 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/29092809. Chapter 8: Hand of God.
98. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 9 December 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/29615421. Chapter 10: The World Forest.
99. ↑ 99.0 99.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 December 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/29983488. Chapter 11: Imbalance.
100. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 March 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/32604021. Chapter 18: Sparks of Revelation.
101. ↑ 101.0 101.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 13 April 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/33001740. Chapter 19: Stronger Than Love.
102. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 27 April 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/33382401. Chapter 20: Night Terrors.
103. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 15 June 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/34608941. Chapter 22: Twisting and Turning.
104. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 26 July 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/35842707. Chapter 25: Circling Back Around.
105. ↑ not\_poignant. "The Gwyn and Augus Ice Plague Interludes.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 23 August 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/20362345/chapters/48286306. Chapter 1: At Loggerheads.
106. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 24 August 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/36709188. Chapter 27: A Bad Turn.
107. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 September 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/37093806. Chapter 28: Like Batteries.
108. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 October 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/38239544. Chapter 31: The Sky is Falling.
109. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 October 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/38607599. Chapter 32: Somewhere Safe.
110. ↑ 110.0 110.1 110.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 March 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/55596259. Chapter 28: Farewell.
111. ↑ not\_poignant. "The Gwyn and Augus Ice Plague Interludes.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 2 October 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/20362345/chapters/49572251. Chapter 2: Lost Without You.
112. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 10 May 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/44564854. Chapter 5: Unexpected Guests.
113. ↑ 113.0 113.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 May 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/44756770. Chapter 6: The Raven Prince.
114. ↑ 114.0 114.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 2 August 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/47541529. Chapter 11: Lessons.
115. ↑ 115.0 115.1 115.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 27 September 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/49401356. Chapter 15: Own Yourself.
116. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 February 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/53990812. Chapter 25: Reversals.
117. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 April 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/56856169. Chapter 30: Helpless.
118. ↑ 118.0 118.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 April 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/57536779. Chapter 31: Whatever It Takes.
119. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 10 September 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/64279591. Chapter 2: The Deserted City.
120. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 8 October 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/65621236. Chapter 4: Esgrettio.
121. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 November 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/67599242. Chapter 7: Bad Habits.
122. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 December 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/68206945. Chapter 8: The Ratcatcher of Hameln.
123. ↑ 123.0 123.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 1 January 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/69779910. Chapter 10: Innocence and Accidents.
124. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 15 January 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/70548654. Chapter 11: Debts Unclaimed.
125. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 August 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/82025380. Chapter 12: Come Back To Me.
126. ↑ 126.0 126.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 2 September 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/83586277. Chapter 14: The King and the Hybrid.
127. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 September 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/85040659. Chapter 16: Trowna.
128. ↑ 128.0 128.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 October 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/85843123. Chapter 17: Singing Silver.
129. ↑ 129.0 129.1 129.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 25 November 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/88041001. Chapter 20: A Magical World.
130. ↑ 130.0 130.1 130.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 9 December 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/88760557. Chapter 21: Hungers.
131. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 December 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/89500210. Chapter 22: Just For Us.
132. ↑ 132.0 132.1 132.2 132.3 132.4 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 January 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/90349834. Chapter 23: Collapse.
133. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 January 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/91136179. Chapter 24: Glashtyn.
134. ↑ 134.0 134.1 134.2 134.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/91940740. Chapter 25: Monsters Within Monsters.
135. ↑ 135.0 135.1 135.2 135.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/92776732. Chapter 26: It's Love.
136. ↑ 136.0 136.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 31 March 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/95108674. Chapter 29: Invention.
137. ↑ 137.0 137.1 137.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 May 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/97400118. Chapter 32: Our Better Natures.
138. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 26 May 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/98170593. Chapter 33: Soul Crying.
139. ↑ 139.0 139.1 139.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 July 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/100527858. Chapter 36: The Light Fades.
140. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 21 July 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/101357655. Chapter 37: This Is My Power.
141. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 1 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/102025632. Chapter 38: Olphix, Alone.
142. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/102149304. Chapter 39: Impossible Things.
143. ↑ 143.0 143.1 143.2 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 11 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/102635832. Chapter 1.
144. ↑ 144.0 144.1 144.2 144.3 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 3 September 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/103975305. Chapter 4.
145. ↑ 145.0 145.1 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 December 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2184505. Chapter 32: Forest.
146. ↑ 146.0 146.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 March 2015 https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7890363. Chapter 36: Burden.
147. ↑ 147.0 147.1 not\_poignant. "Deeper into the Woods." *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 April 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3652500/chapters/8188004. Chapter 3: III - The Waterhorse.
148. ↑ not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 8 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17574652. Chapter 6: VI.
149. ↑ 149.0 149.1 149.2 not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 12 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/17667262. Chapter 7: VII.
150. ↑ not\_poignant. "Under the Influence." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 24 October 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/21153683.
151. ↑ not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 December 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2171754. Chapter 31: Aftermath.
152. ↑ not\_poignant. "The Drawn Bead.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 9 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1035694/chapters/2067809. Chapter 3: Full.
153. ↑ not\_poignant. “Unwound.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 28 August 2016. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7562599/chapters/18035983. Chapter 11: XI.