Fey Titans

The fey titans are five creatures of colossal scale and near god-like power, which in their heyday they could use to reshape terrain or alter weather at will. All the creatures in their domain, from the lowliest bug to the primitive elves who had just learned to craft stone, honored them and catered to their will. When Kelland became the first king of Risur, he challenged the five titans and bested them. Rather than slay them, he made a pact that his people would honor them, but in turn the titans would never attack his nation.

Today, the five fey titans slumber, and on the rare occasion they do awaken, lesser fey quickly seek to appease them to prevent whatever devastation their discontent could cause. For this service, these fey are able to draw upon the power of the titans.

Fey titans appoint liasons to help them manage affairs and carry out tasks. These liasons may bestow blessings on behalf of their titan, which work as long as the titan is not angered by the recipient.

Fey titans generally sleep until they are woken up, traditionally to answer prayers or because something woke them up. Somebody very desperate with the cooperation of, say, a liason could wake up a fey titan to anger them into yeeting the target in a given direction - and potentially across planes, such as from the Dreaming to the Waking.

Fey titans are allowed to do as they please on their own territory. If they contest for territory with another fey titan, they cede territory if they lose. At worst, if a fey titan is killed by another fey titan then a new titan of that domain must take the place of the one killed.

## Risuri Fey Titans

The five titans, known to every child in Risur, are:

* She Who Writhes (territory: ocean; liason: Beshela)
* Father of Thunder (territory: plains)
* The Voice of Rot (territory: swamp/decayed areas; liason: Copperhat the Headless)
* Ash Wolf (territory: forest)
* Granny Allswell (territory: mountains; liason: Lavac)

Unknown to the general public, the monarch of Risur (currently King Marcel) is also the fey titan of civilization.

## Rules

Although the fey titans all feel ownership over Risur itself, they are bound by their pact with King Kelland. The fey titans are unable to act against Risur or harm its people as long as the following conditions exist, as per the Rites of Rulership:

* The country of Risur exists
* The titans are bound to Risur via their pact with Kelland
* A Risuri monarch is present on the throne
* The monarch gives tithe as requested
* The monarch proves themselves a capable warrior

The fey titans *are* allowed to contest with the monarch for territory, and take more territory if they best the monarch in combat. The fey titans aren't allowed to attack Risuri towns or cities as they count as civilization, but it is possible to cause incidents that indirectly lead to human casualties (e.g., natural disasters).

Fey titans are not a species in themselves; they are powerful beings given the status of fey titans. The current (active) monarch of Risur becomes a fey titan through the crown's power, and the other five titans were once other beings before Av came into Lanjyr's solar system and the Dreaming developed.