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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6177450" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>This is mostly correct.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The fey titans are basically giant supernatural creatures that hold sway over whole vast domains:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>She Who Writhes</strong>, a kraken that slumbers on the ocean floor. There are whole societies of merfey and far more alien aquatic life that tap her power to control the water ways. The archfey Beshela, for instance, ensures Risuri ships can travel safely in exchange for regular gifts of appeasement.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Father of Thunder</strong>, a many-horned gazelle-like herd beast that fell asleep and has been coated in a grassy plain. Farmers make offerings to him for good weather, which are gathered by grigs and other field fey, who then herd the various wild animals that the Great Hunt will chase every 17 days.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>The Voice of Rot</strong>, a white serpent who controls swamps and dead animals. He is roused from his slumber in adventure three. He is not a nice person.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Ash Wolf</strong>, a white-furred hunter who rests in a forest cave with his pack. He's said to awaken during great forest fires, so woodsmen are encouraged to gather brush and burn it before they go hunting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Granny Allswell</strong>, a corpulent gremlin who's snoozing somewhere in the mountains. Her gremlin offspring harass miners because they don't want the noise of digging to wake her. They likewise hate loud machinery and tend to break it if they can.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Each fey titan would be gargantuan at least, possibly larger. When active they possess vast power over their native landscape and the creatures therein. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I use the term archfey to refer to any powerful fey who has his or her own domain. Beshela, for instance, is archfey of the sea (mentioned in adventure 1 as Duchess Ethelyn's buddy). But she's not part of the Unseen Court. The Court are like government officials, whereas non-Court archfey are like wealthy land-owners/corporate presidents/religious figures/etc. They all have power, and they interact, but the Court has power over all of them, in theory at least. It's just like politics in the real, except with more giving men donkey heads and tricking people into falling in love by sniffing poison flowers.</p><p></p><p>One unifying element of the Unseen Court is that they all [spoiler]_________________________________________________[/spoiler].</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't recall 4e's archfey, but I've modeled ours more on the creepy mofos in Guillermo del Toro's brain, like from <em>Pan's Labyrinth</em> or <em>Hellboy II</em>. The ones you mention are not in ZEITGEIST.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Correct.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not true. The Unseen Court is a distinctly Risuri phenomenon. Fey exist elsewhere, but nowhere with the same unified front. And in Elfaivar, the eladrin had long since conquered their corner of the Dreaming before they started marching on human lands. Nowadays there's just lots of ruins there, nothing that spans a long distance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 6177450, member: 63"] This is mostly correct. The fey titans are basically giant supernatural creatures that hold sway over whole vast domains: [list][*][B]She Who Writhes[/B], a kraken that slumbers on the ocean floor. There are whole societies of merfey and far more alien aquatic life that tap her power to control the water ways. The archfey Beshela, for instance, ensures Risuri ships can travel safely in exchange for regular gifts of appeasement. [*][B]Father of Thunder[/B], a many-horned gazelle-like herd beast that fell asleep and has been coated in a grassy plain. Farmers make offerings to him for good weather, which are gathered by grigs and other field fey, who then herd the various wild animals that the Great Hunt will chase every 17 days. [*][B]The Voice of Rot[/B], a white serpent who controls swamps and dead animals. He is roused from his slumber in adventure three. He is not a nice person. [*][B]Ash Wolf[/B], a white-furred hunter who rests in a forest cave with his pack. He's said to awaken during great forest fires, so woodsmen are encouraged to gather brush and burn it before they go hunting. [*][B]Granny Allswell[/B], a corpulent gremlin who's snoozing somewhere in the mountains. Her gremlin offspring harass miners because they don't want the noise of digging to wake her. They likewise hate loud machinery and tend to break it if they can. [/list] Each fey titan would be gargantuan at least, possibly larger. When active they possess vast power over their native landscape and the creatures therein. I use the term archfey to refer to any powerful fey who has his or her own domain. Beshela, for instance, is archfey of the sea (mentioned in adventure 1 as Duchess Ethelyn's buddy). But she's not part of the Unseen Court. The Court are like government officials, whereas non-Court archfey are like wealthy land-owners/corporate presidents/religious figures/etc. They all have power, and they interact, but the Court has power over all of them, in theory at least. It's just like politics in the real, except with more giving men donkey heads and tricking people into falling in love by sniffing poison flowers. One unifying element of the Unseen Court is that they all [spoiler]_________________________________________________[/spoiler]. I don't recall 4e's archfey, but I've modeled ours more on the creepy mofos in Guillermo del Toro's brain, like from [i]Pan's Labyrinth[/i] or [i]Hellboy II[/i]. The ones you mention are not in ZEITGEIST. Correct. Not true. The Unseen Court is a distinctly Risuri phenomenon. Fey exist elsewhere, but nowhere with the same unified front. And in Elfaivar, the eladrin had long since conquered their corner of the Dreaming before they started marching on human lands. Nowadays there's just lots of ruins there, nothing that spans a long distance. Yup. [/QUOTE]
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