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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bganon" data-source="post: 5221371" data-attributes="member: 60886">My totally fluff-based solution to the fragmented Feywild/Fey Step issue: Once, on my travels, I had the privilege of meeting one of the rare and mysterious eladrin.  Apparently I was even luckier than I'd realized, as I have since found that many eladrin simply attack other races on sight, and few are willing to engage in conversation.  But this one, perhaps because we had shared water together, was amenable for at least an evening. Superficially they resemble elves, but after even a short conversation it became obvious to an experienced traveler such as myself that his odd demeanor arose from a completely different life history than any nomadic desert elf. After regaling him with tales of the unspoiled natural splendor I'd seen in the forests west of the mountains (I must admit, I omitted some details regarding halflings), he seemed to relax slightly and became more talkative. Among other things, I asked if it were true that his kind could travel through the Fey realm virtually at will.  The ensuing explanation was so interesting I have attempted to record it in detail here. "We once freely moved between worlds, yes.  Now it is not so easy - wars thousands of years ago shattered the Feywild and now it is left in fragments." I must admit that at the time I did not realize that due to eladrin longevity he might have many interesting stories about these long-ago wars, which are scarcely mentioned in human records.  Instead, my mind preoccupied with the practical applications of his ability, I wondered out loud if this must mean eladrin could only step between realms in certain specific areas. "Oh no, you misunderstand.  You think of the Feywild as a 'place'.  It is... was... not.  It was a living thing, and as long as my people still live we shall each carry a fragment of it within ourselves." Then with great curiosity I had to ask, "What's it like?  What do you see when you're between worlds?" His face stiffened, and he looked away and was silent.  I was worried I'd offended him somehow and would get no further conversation.  After a very long silence, he quietly said this: "I see nothing, because most of the time I close my eyes." </blockquote>

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