Deep in the mists of forgotten time, the Fae bargained with Arcadia itself, declaring that they would exist - that they would own the land entire and claim it as a vessel for their Wyrd, dreams, and facets, in exchange for a web of arcane rules so complex no one of them could ever know them all. A changeling desperate enough to escape her Keeper could reach out to its rival who keeps no human prisoners for a hint to its weakness, though she may decide the price isn’t worth paying after all.Ī True Fae is not a person, but a Name wrapped in a tapestry of vows and deals.
Fae explorers prowling the cold, empty wasteland beyond the borders of their Arcadia were the first to discover the Huntsmen in their barrows there, but grew bored with these new playthings until their brethren found a way to put them to better use. They plumb the ragged edges and dusty corners of their realm, seeking new voids to fill with their boundless selves. They wage glorious wars over heart-bound trophies, pitting goblin hordes against one another until blood stains the sky. Most changelings see “Keeper” as synonymous with “Gentry,” but in truth, Faerie is home to countless Others who have no interest in humanity. But the True Fae are those noble, mercurial, unknowable beings that stride, larger than life, across Arcadia and rule its lands with the divine right of conquerors. The Lost use the word “fae” to describe anything that comes from the Hedge or beyond it - hobgoblins, tokens, even themselves. Such false names obscure true ones that no one dares speak, lest careless and impertinent utterance draw Their attention from across the Thorns. These are lies frightened women and men tell, hoping to appease the vanity of capricious gods. Half a hundred aliases describe them: Gentry, Good Cousins, Kindly Ones, Fair Folk, and more. To celebrate, here’s a preview of the True Fae, by Meghan Fitzgerald and Travis Stout!
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