The Fey/Court of Stars

## The Court of Stars

Predominantly, the Fey as a species are divided into a highly structured political-judiciary system known as the Court of Stars, which is presided over and hosted by the Queen of Light Tiandra, the mightiest of the Archfey, and the closest thing to an ally of humanity within the Court. As manifestations and embodiment of the Anima of the universe, the structure of the Court of Stars is vast and ever changing, with innumerable distinctions and divisions present within it's composition representing the potentially infinite forms that the Anima is capable of taking As a result the full complexity of the Court of Stars can only be completely understood by a member of the Fey, as only they possess the knowledge required to understand and navigate the constantly shifting political landscape that is the Court of Stars in its grandest state.

### Structure

#### Houses

However, among and above these divisions are the High Houses of the Court of Stars, the primordial Houses from which all other subdivisions of the Court are born. Typically, it is not at all uncommon for Archfey claim multiple of these High Houses as their heritage. As the Court of Stars reflects the distribution of Anima throughout the world/universe, the High Houses of the Court of Stars echo the major distinct domains and concepts that the Anima has shaped most predominantly. These High Houses are as follows:

* **​​​​​​​The House of Arcana:** The House of Arcana is perhaps the most mysterious and most elusive of all of the High Houses of the Court of Stars, and govern the more esoteric and mystical manifestations of the Anima. Possessing the smallest population of the High Houses, these Fey are exceptionally magically gifted, and are some of the rare Fey to possess actual mystical talent. However, for the most part this House also has the smallest number of Wyldfae that claim this house as their heritage, and as such, Wyldfae are predominantly categorized as Danger Beasts. Despite the attempts of the House of Arcana to limit the number of Anima wielding spell-casters in the mortal world, over time, there has been a very slow but steady increase in the number of these individuals for reasons the Court tracks to an anomaly associated with the split of the world into the Valiant Sphere and Purgatory. These Fey research the mystical world and observe the developments of the mortal races, and are the spokespeople on the potential impact of specific magics on the Earth. These Fey have been said to appear once to the Delacroix, purely out of curiosity, never to be witnessed again.
* **The House of Dreams:** The living embodiment of chance and chaos, tricksters, artists and all across the spectrum. Constantly evolving they don't even try to hold on to any form of permanence, thriving in change and newness. The members of The High House of Dreams are each extremely unique as to the point where non-Fey would never guess they were ever of the same House. Although they embody chaos and change, they uphold it in all its productive ways, evolution and progression; not in its detrimental forms of mindless destruction and regression. Even when at war they think of it as putting an end to one stunted tree to allow a new one to grow. Out with the old, in with the new.
* **The House of Hunt:** Representing the concept responsible for predation's existence in the natural world, the Fey of the High House of the Hunt govern and represent to the Court of Stars the currently established *Circle of Life*, bringing forth and discussing with the Court of Stars any matter that may threaten the current balance. The more intellectual of the House of Hunt work alongside the House of Stars and the House of Seasons typically to look over the food webs and food chains that exist in the natural world. The House of Hunt is largely composed of Fey associated with the Gloaming Faction, and hold a pack like system based on the individual power each member wields.
* **The House of Seasons:**
	+ **​​​​​​​The Summer Court:** The House of Summer is like the younger more "natural" brother to The High House of War. The members of The House of Summer embody Vitality, Aggression and Confidence. Dressed in golds, reds and yellows and blacks mimicking the warning colors of nature. Always looking for a challenge and ways to assert their dominance members of The House of Summer can typically be found challenging each other in physical contest or sparring.
	+ **The Winter Court:** The sombre House of Winter embodies the Cold, Emotionless, Eternal and Undying nature of Winter. Dressed in whites, grays, blacks and blues the members of The House of Winter externally seem to experience no emotion but disdain for all but the most stoic and difficult of achievements. The House of Winter of all the seasonal Houses most embodies the "survival of the fittest" motto. Putting a high value on their individual ability, the smaller the tribe or congregation as well as the more dangerous the location it is the more respectable it is.
	+ **The Fall Court:** The House of Fall embodies the Courageous walk to death, the Contest of the Hunt, and the acceptance of Death. Dressed in dark oranges, yellows, greens and browns. Although not as sombre and taciturn as the members of The House of Winter, members of The House of Fall seem to experience emotion in a much more muted sense. Some have found that members of The House of Fall are the most akin to the thought processes and emotional spectrums as mortals.
	+ **The Spring Court:** The members of The House of Spring embody Growth, Renewal, and Hope. Dressed in vibrant colors they are a happy and exciting bunch to spend time with. Like all Fey the members of The House of Spring feel all emotions strongly but they try to bring humor and joy to every moment. Even in the midst of war, find joy in the little things, like the glint of blood or your own prowess.
* **The House of War:** The Fey of War are hot blooded, adrenaline fueled masters of the art of killing. Taking each other up in bets and challenges to push each other to better heights of combat skill. For training those of The House of War travel through the High Houses making formal declarations of War (which may be declined as is polite) to continuously hone their abilities and to test the abilities of their brethren Fey. The members of The House typically bear incredible curses or weighted unwieldy less effective weapons to strengthen themselves, but also to handicap themselves. The House of War has been known to be commanded to curse mortals when the Court considers their intervention necessary, or on behalf of the Archfey.
* **The House of Dusk:**
* **The House of Stars:** The House of Stars represent and embody the tendency towards innovation, invention, and thus science that exists within the world brought forth by the Anima. The Fey of this House studies the world, creating mathematical equations governing the Anima and it's nature in the world, being the researchers. They are considered to be fundamentally linked to the faction that can be but is not currently in existence, the Iron House, responsible for the development of technology capable of strong artificial intelligence. The scientific understanding of the House of Stars is unparalleled, and it is said that they are responsible for every Greenheart developing a penchant for philosophy that grows as they do. They observe and report the developments of mortal races back to the Court.

#### Factions

The Factions reflect the combinations of each of the concepts represented by the inner houses that give rise to the main forms of life present on Earth. The three major factions of the Fey are as listed below:

* **The Green Fey:**
* **The Sea Lords:** Highly correlated with the Winter Court. The Winter Court is in a sense a subset of the Sea Lord faction.
* **The Gloaming Fey:**

#### Hierarchy

* **Archfey:** Archfey were fey beings who gained or inherently possessed nearly god-like powers over the Anima and established a position of preeminence among fey-kind. Each archfey had a unique appearance and set of abilities, most controlled a portion of Avalon. These are the rarest among the rarely seen Fey.
* **Fey Lords:**
* **Fey Nobles:**
* **Common Fey and Sylvan Creatures:**

### Disposition

* **Seelie:**
* **Unseelie:**

## Trivia

Guiding Tips to Help Understand the Court of Stars

* Fey courts are serious about keeping their identities and traditions
* The rivalry of all of the different multifaceted subdivisions of the Court of Stars stem from creation itself, with the most prominently understood by humans being the division into Seelie and Unseelie.
* Neutrality is an illusion for the weak, all must choose a side eventually. The Court does not favour a career fencesitter.
* Greater fey may fall into line with a court, often by their nature or choices
* Treat it like a gang war, opposing sides do not like the other and are traditionally very biased about themselves and the other side. Now consider that there are almost infinitely many "sides" in this court, and you arrive at a level of political intrigue and machinations incapable of being understood by mortal minds.