Síthmaith

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Autumnal Baobhan Sith of the Unseelie Court. Síthmaith is rumoured to have connections to the Unseelie Monarch but neither will speak of it. She styles herself as a film noir Femme Fatale and feeds from those mortals who reach for things they should not. Her name (at least the one she goes by) is pronounced 'SHEE-va' to match the Hindu god of destruction, a comparison which pleases her as much for the connotations as for the confusion traditional spellings of Gaelic names causes among most modern mortals.

Baobhan Sith are vampiric in nature (although one might as well say that vampires are Sith in nature) and there are many tales of their appearing to men who have wished for dance partners or for their sweethearts to keep them warm on a cold night in the forest. Invariably those men find their wish granted but they rarely survive the experience, one of their member might be more restrained and is glad for his sweetheart to be safe and warm at home, or notices something suspicious about the women and flees. As is often the case, these stories hold a kernel of truth however these days Síthmaith is more likely to be found in a crowded night club or walking alone through the more 'colourful' areas of town after dark.

She is best described as the ripest fruit of Autumn. The dark berry with an attractive flower that the wary know to leave alone. Those who wish for what they should not have will find her all too willing to accommodate them, briefly, but she is Goblin Fruit and one stolen taste will lead to a victim withering away for its lack ever after. “We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed

Their hungry thirsty roots?” “Come buy,” call the goblins Hobbling down the glen.

~Christina Rossetti

Player - Sara Emmins