The Winter Court

The Court of Winter is one of the two dominate factions in the Feywild. Their holdings within the Feywild tend to be dark, cold, and icily beautiful, and very dangerous. The Court of Winter is a little more reserved, and doesn't hold the same sort of fascination with mortals as the Summer Court. Their relationship with the Mortal Court of Hibern is more strained. The Fey of the Winter Court tend to be beautiful, cold, and calculating, although whether they're actually more dangerous than the Summer Court remains to be seen. The courts have kept an uneasy peace for thousands of years.

## Greater Fey

### The Queen of Air & Darkness

The Queen of the Winter court, sister to Titania, has kept her name secret for so long it's practically been forgotten. The Queen of Air & Darkness is said to be cruel, calculating, and unforgiving. Quick to anger and long to forgive. The face she wears is not her true one. She has great power, coming from her connection to the Feywild lands. Her marriage to the Erlking is said to be a political one, maybe because no one can imagine her in passionate love with anyone.

### The Erlking

The Erlking and Leader of the Wild Hunt is supposedly as cold and cruel as his wife, who he is eminently loyal to, although whether out of love or fear is unknown. His appearance is displeasing, but it's said that this is not his true appearance, but one he wears at the behest of the Queen of Air & Darkness. His connection to the lands of the Feywild is weaker than his wife's.

### Ailsa the Witch

Ailsa rules over a swampy area of the Feywild and seldom leaves it, except at the behest of The Queen of Air & Darkness whom she is fiercely loyal to. Her magical prowess is said to be unmatched, even among the fey. It is said that one may come to Ailsa when in need of a favor, as she turns none away if their request is in her power, but it's also said one should never make a deal with the Witch.

### Neidarl of Asunder

Neidarl rules a broken territory at the edge of the Feywild. It was gifted to him thousands of years ago by The Queen of Air & Darkness. He is rarely in his domain however, preferring to be constantly moving. Of the Archfey, he spends the most time in the Material Plane. He is haughty and manipulative and appears to look down on Tempest adventurers, whom he has interacted with twice, once when he hired them to steal an artifact from The Museum of Hibern, and again when he hired them to locate his daughter, the Living Gift Melody.

## Lesser Fey

### Sul-Kir

Beautiful and elegant, the Leanensidhe Sul-Kir has considerable power, so much that every few dozen years rumors spread that she will soon ascend to an Archfey position. She never has though.

## Living Gifts

Both courts, and even unaligned fey, have trouble conceiving children, and so they tend to collect lost, abandoned, or injured children or souls in order to raise them as their own. This Living Gifts are much loved, and neither side would ever purposefully harm the other's Living Gifts, lest there be war.

Gifts are often trained in magic if they are suited to it, or with guns if they are not. Living Gifts have an easier time being out in the world, and so they are often sent to do the bidding of their Patriarch or Matriarch.

### Melody, Daughter of Neidarl

Melody has been trained as both a Bard and a Gunslinger. She's a bright and bubbly person and is currently a member of Tempest. She seems very excited to learn about the material plane.