The Seelie

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Ruled by Monarch Tierney
(pronounced TEAR-knee)

The Seelie are the Court of Light, ruling from Beltaine to Samhain - they cherish honour, revel in joy, and treasure beauty above all.

A Seelie Fae who acts with dishonour will find themselves shunned by others of the Court, and in fact, it is impossible for a Seelie Fae to lie. They can dissemble, divert, manipulate and avoid (and they do!) but cannot ever tell a direct lie; this also means Seelie consider asking a direct question to be very rude.

Seelie Fae will never forget a debt, and may go to great lengths to repay such, which has caused misunderstandings and trouble for humans in the past! For example, in return for shelter in a storm a Seelie Lord may gift a poor farmer gold, he suddenly becomes rich and loses all his friends and wife to jealousy.

The Seelie can spend days or even weeks lost in beauty, particularly beauty created by humans, which is why they have so often taken gifted artists to the Fae Realm with them. The pursuit of joy and beauty can make the Seelie self-absorbed, careless, completely unthinking of the lives they touch and may destroy. A Seelie Knight who admires a warrior for her prowess may take her away for what feels like a week, only to leave her back in the Middle Realm a hundred years later with no friends or family alive.

The Seelie are also resistant to change, embracing tradition, rules and order. Most of the Seelie Court is made up of Summer, Spring or non-Seasonally aligned Fae. Fae that are linked to the dead (Sluagh, Banshees etc) cannot be members of the Seelie Court, nor can those of the Winter Court. Seelie tends to wear light and bright colours.

Seelie Code
Act always with honour, for even if your foe is dishonourable it is never worth staining yourself the same way.
 * Find joy in all you do, if there is no joy to be found then create it, nothing is worth doing without joy.
 * Never forget a debt - always repay those who have aided you with generosity, let none think you mean or miserly.
 * Cherish beauty, it is what gives us strength, purpose and sets us apart from the Unseelie and uncouth.
 * Our traditions are what make us and keep us safe, we uphold them and hold them dear.

Seelie advantage:
Once per day if you are presented with a unique gift of beauty from a non-Fae creature you will regain half your spent spells, rounded up

Seelie Disadvantage:
Cannot tell a direct lie, ever

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