Yallery Brown

**Yallery Brown** is a classless Unseelie goblin, and a member of the Coalition of the Classless.

## Personality

Gwyn ap Nudd describes Yallery Brown as 'one of the most vicious Unseelie goblins known to fae and humans alike.' Gwyn notes that no one trusts him.

## Life

It's unknown if Yallery Brown was alive before Olphix and Davix created the classless as batteries, in order to gather power over time that the Mages would later take for themselves at their leisure.

Gwyn and Gulvi Dubna Vajat consider Yallery Brown as a noble Court fae to help rebuild the Unseelie Court, though Gulvi has her doubts, as Yallery Brown is, 'engaged in questionable conduct. They will try and fleece the Court and the other families, it’s in their nature.' Gwyn notes that is obvious. Since Yallery Brown is considered as one of the Noble Court families, and is not a member of Gwyn's Inner Court, it's possible Yallery Brown is Court status.

Since Gwyn requests the Nain Rouge's help to ask for representatives from the Unseelie classless fae as part of the Coalition of the Classless, it's likely the Nain Rouge reaches out to Yallery Brown as an attendee. Yallery Brown later appears at the Coalition as one of the Unseelie representatives. The Coalition imposes sanctions on both Courts to end Albion's war with the Unseelie Court, stopping them from sending their militaries against each other, outside of territorial disputes, for a decade. Albion is to stop bothering inter-alignment communities, and Gwyn is to stop assassinating Seelie Courtiers and calling in his life debts to disrupt Seelie politics. The Coalition also assigns two members of the Coalition to serve as observers at the opposing alignment's Court, to make sure they are following through with the sanctions, though the Spider Queen serves as the Unseelie representative to the Seelie Court.

When Olphix steals the powers of the Classless during the ice plague, it's implied that Olphix takes some or all of Yallery Brown's powers, as well, though Yallery Brown's fate is unknown.

## Folklore/Mythology

'Yallery Brown is a mischievous fairy-like nature spirit in an old Lincolnshire folk tale from England, which itself is usually named after the creature.' The Yallery Brown story 'was first cited by M C Balfour in 1891 within a set of stories collected in the Ancholme Valley of North Lincolnshire, and published in the Folklore Society journal Folklore under the title *Legends of the Lincolnshire Carrs.'* In the Joseph Jacobs version of the tale, a young man named Tom finds a creature trapped under a stone. When Tom frees the creature, Yallery Brown gives his name and promises to reward Tom by granting a wish, but warns Tom to never thank him. Tom wishes for help with chores, which Yallery Brown grants. But when Tom's household items began working seemingly of their own accord (e.g., a broom sweeping the room itself), the townsfolk suspect him of being a witch or warlock. Tom calls for Yallery Brown and thanks him for the work, but says his help is no longer needed. In return for being thanked, Yallery Brown curses Tom with bad luck.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 not\_poignant. “Game Theory.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 March 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/915296/chapters/2732377. Chapter 45: Coronation.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Yallery Brown". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yallery\_Brown. Accessed 25 May 2021.