Season of Turning

"*It is an uncertain time; it is the Season of Turning.*"
―Gwyn ap Nudd[[The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague, Chapter 33: Soul Crying]]
The **Season of Turning** is a time period in the fae realm, first proclaimed by the Oak King. It ended sometime after the battle with Olphix, and the fae realm moved into the Season of Dragons.

## Appears in

Major canon:

*Game Theory*

*The Court of Five Thrones*

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

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

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

## Details

Old Pete said, 'When the Oak King proclaimed the new fae era, the ‘Season of Turning,’ we all assumed it would be a time of positive change, of growth. We are, after all, the stuff of fairytales, and we clapped ourselves on the backs for all the hardships we’d endured and looked forward to a better future.' What followed was a period of increasing strife and ruin, including the rise of the Nightingale and Augus Each Uisge felling the Raven Prince, and Augus' use of the Blight to destroy much the fae realm, and displace and kill many fae. Gwyn ap Nudd, new King of the Seelie, and a force of many allies gathered together to take down the Nightingale and Augus, and some peace was returned to the fae realm. After Gwyn became King of the Unseelie, Albion went to war to erase the Unseelie Court from existence, and the war was only ended after much loss. Eventually, Olphix and Davix, through their torture of Mosk Manytrees and Mosk's magical backlash when Davix tried to take his heartsong, brought about the ice plague, and Gwyn gathered a group to combat the ice plague and defeat Olphix once and for all.

Many fae noted that the season indicates that big things would happen during such a time, which can be a comfort and foreboding.

## Quotations

* 'Gwyn knew challenges would come. Felt it in his bones – it was a Season of Turning and the fae realm was being destabilised, repositioned, its marrow of magic shifting and writhing.'
* ''Season of Turning,’ one of the creatures said. ‘Turning into what, though?' the other responded'.
* The Raven Prince to Ash Glashtyn, on Augus letting Ash live/the Each Uisge having a soft heart in his current incarnation: 'Season of Turning, it does like to play tricks.'

## References

1. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/102269367. Chapter 40: A New Season.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 4 September 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10796753. Chapter 59: Epilogue: Futures.
4. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 January 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/30419052. Chapter 12: Empty Whispers.
5. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 June 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/45419827. Chapter 7: Tell Me a Story.