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1. #1Illyrian

   Keys: Illyrians, Illyrian

   The Illyrians are a warrior race of faeries, living in the northern region of Illyria in the Night Court, considered by many to be violent and warmongering people. Illyrians usually form war-camps. While they are unparalleled warriors, with a culture rich in stories and traditions, they are brutal and backward, particularly in regard to how they treat their females, choosing to train only the males. They practice called Clipping, where they cripple the wings of females so they cannot fly, and keep them for breeding. Illyrians do not like outsiders, especially High Fae.

2. #2War-Camp

   Keys: Illyrian Legion, war-camp, war-band

   War-Camps are the social unit structure used by groups of Illyrians. Each was led by a war-lord, addressed as Lord, and contained Illyrian warriors along with their families and other non-combatants. Each war-camp functioned independently of the other, and were known to raid or feud among themselves. During times of war, war-camps would unite under the High Lord of the Night Court into the Illyrian Legion, which was considered the largest standing army in Prythian.

3. #3Clipping

   Keys: clipping, clipped

   Clipping, sometimes called cutting, is a traditional practice performed by some Illyrians as a way of controlling their women. Until Rhysand became High Lord, it was standard in many war-camps for Illyrian women to be clipped once they had their first period. The female was pinned in place and her wings extended. The central tendons were then cut. Just an incision in the right place, left to improperly heal, can cripple an Illyrian forever. Though they retained the ability to move their wings, they are no longer able to fly.

4. #4Mating

   Keys: mating, mated, mating bond, mate

   The mating bond is very rare bond is shared as a link between the minds of the two Fae represented by different structures such as a bridge or string. Members of the Fae species are able to sense their mates, but only if the other side is Fae. If their mate is mortal, then this sense will be dulled. A mating bond can reveal itself at different times depending on the couple. For some, it snaps into place right when the pair meet, but for others, it can be years before the bond is discovered. When the mating bond is accepted it is higher than the bond between a regular married couple and is considered very sacred.

5. #5Frenzy

   Keys: The Frenzy

   Once the mating bond is accepted, the couple falls into a state called "The Frenzy" that can last from a few days to several weeks. If a male fae is not within the immediate vicinity of their mate, or unable to satisfy the sexual urges he feels, they are driven to the brink of insanity from the desire they feel for their mate. They are possessive and obsessive and feel compelled to try to fuck and breed with their mates. This can be resisted, but it is agonizing, and incredibly difficult.

6. #6Blood Duel

   Keys: Blood Duels, Blood Duel

   The Blood Duel is a tradition of the Autumn Court, a battle to death so brutal that is only enacted in rare cases, including a male defending the mating bond.

7. #7Courts

   Keys: Courts of Prythian, Courts

   There are seven Courts that rule Prythian, each with a High Lord ruling over it. They are divided into two, the Seasonal Courts and the Solar Courts. There is also the symbolic eighth Court, called The Middle, which is considered sacred. The seven Courts of Prythian, each ruled by a High Lord, all of them deadly in their own way. All known courts are: Spring Court, Summer Court, Autumn Court, Winter Court, Dawn Court, Day Court and the Night Court.

8. #8Autumn Court

   Keys: Autumn Court, The Forest House

   The Autumn Court is one of the seven courts of Prythian, and a Seasonal Court. It is known to be beautiful, cutthroat, and highly competitive, a court of foxes. The High Lord of Autumn, Beron Vanserra, is gifted with the power of fire and is known to be the oldest and the cruelest of all the High Lords. He rules the Autumn Court with his wife the Lady of the Autumn Court and his living sons. Eris Vanserra, the eldest child of Beron and his wife, hopes to kill his father and take the throne. The woods of the Autumn Court look like a jewelry box, a latticework of red, gold, brown, and green. The colors are so vivid that it's hard not to gawk and gape. Surrounding the forests of the Autumn Court are farmlands and fields, inhabited by the Lesser Faeries who work the land. It is a land of fertile valleys and jade streams that end in steep foothills that leaped into gray, snowcapped mountains mark the start of the shared range with the Winter Court to the north. It limits to the west with the Summer Court, while to the south is the Spring Court. The Forest House is the residence of the High Lord of the Autumn Court. It's located at the center of the Autumn Court is a sprawling complex, and has been built in and around the trees and rocks, with only its uppermost levels visible above the ground. Below, it tunnels a few levels into the stone. Its sprawl generates its size; it is possible to walk from one end of the House to the other, though it would take half the morning. No enemies approached Beron’s home without his knowledge. None left without his permission. Autumn Court's symbol consists of fall leaves, symbolizing the season of autumn.

9. #9Spring Court

   Keys: Spring Court, Tamlin's Manor

   The Spring Court is one of the seven Courts of Prythian and one of the four Seasonal Courts. The High Lord of this Court is Tamlin, who's gifted with great strength and shapeshifting magic to change his form into a beast or the appearances of others. The Spring Court is a land of rolling green hills, lush forests, and clear, bottomless lakes. Magic didn’t just abound in the bumps and the hollows, it grew there. To the south, the Court borders the Wall and likewise the Mortal Realm. Its northern borders are the Summer Court and the Autumn Court. While the Spring Court boasts no cities, a large village is located close to the High Lord’s estate, less than five miles away. Most of the village was destroyed due to Amarantha; however, a tavern and a well in the middle of the village had been completely rebuilt. Spring Court's symbol is a blooming rose, symbolizing the season of spring. Tamlin's Manor is located there, a sprawling estate veiled in roses and ivy, with patios and balconies and staircases sprouting from its alabaster sides. Amethyst irises and pale snowdrops and butter-yellow daffodils bloom in the balmy breeze of the Spring Court. A grand marble staircase leads to the giant oak doors of the estate. Inside, there are black-and-white checkered marble floors, countless doors, a sweeping staircase and vases overflowing with fat clusters of hydrangea.

10. #10Summer Court

    Keys: Summer Court

    The Summer Court is one of the seven Courts of Prythian and one of the four Seasonal Courts. Tarquin is the High Lord of the Summer Court and the youngest of all the High Lords. The Summer Court is bordered to south by the Spring Court. Its eastern border is the Autumn Court, and the northern border is the Winter Court. The Summer Court boasts four cities, one of which is the city of Adriata where the High Lord of Summer spends the last weeks of winter and first weeks of spring. A palace is built atop a mountain-island in the heart of a half-moon bay. The city circles the island on three sides and spreads toward the sparkling sea. Summer Court's symbol is an ocean wave, symbolizing the season of summer.

11. #11Winter Court

    Keys: Winter Court

    The Winter Court is one of the seven courts in Prythian and the northernmost of the Seasonal Courts. The Court is made up of towering, exquisite palaces, full of roaring hearths and is bedecked in evergreens. Carved sleighs are the court's preferred method of transport, hauled by velvet-antlered reindeer whose splayed hooves are ideal for ice and snow. The Winter Court's forces are well trained, but they often rely on the great, white bears that stalk the realm for any unwanted visitors. The army includes these white bears, which wore armor during times of war, and used white foxes as couriers, the foxes carrying messages strapped to their embroidered vests. The Winter Court's northern border is the Dawn Court, and its southern border is the Summer Court and Autumn Court. The High Fae of the Winter Court have hair that is snow-white or as dark as the blackest night, skin ranging from moon pale to rich brown. They tend to wear fur-lined clothing. Their court has many species of Lesser Fae. One looks like long-limbed creatures that are shards of ice given form, tall enough they could place banners atop war tents. The Winter Court High Lord's home is the Mountain Home. Winter Court's symbol is an ice shard in the shape of a wolf, symbolizing winter.

12. #12Dawn Court

    Keys: Dawn Court

    The Dawn Court is one of the seven courts in Prythian, and one of the three Solar Courts. The Dawn Court is bordered on the north by the Day Court and to the south by Under the Mountain and the Winter Court. Its sky is cobalt and tinged by the rose remnants of sunrise long into the day, the edges of soft clouds gild with golden light. The air has lingering dewy freshness in the air. It is a lush, eternal countryside rich with the weight of summer upon it. Dawn's territory is set in small cities that specialized in tinkering, clockwork, healing magic, and clever things. The towns were red-roofed villages with sparkling rivers. The Dawn Court Palace is the residence of the High Lord of the Dawn Court. Dawn Court's symbol is the sun rising from between the mountains, symbolizing dawn.

13. #13Day Court

    Keys: Day Court

    The Day Court is one of the seven courts of Prythian, and one of the three solar courts. The Day Court is bordered to the north by the Night Court, and to the south by the Dawn Court. Day Court's symbol is the sun, symbolizing the day and sunlight.

14. #14Night Court

    Keys: Night Court

    The Night Court is one of the seven Courts of Prythian and one of the three Solar Courts. Rhysand is the High Lord of the Night Court and Feyre Archeron is the High Lady of the Night Court. It is divided into two sub-Courts, the Court of Nightmares, and the lesser known Court of Dreams. The Night Court is a mountainous court located at the northernmost region of Prythian, and boasts the largest amount of territory out of all the courts. The Night Court is bordered to the south by the Day Court. Though it is called "The Night Court," it follows the cycle of day and night, as every Solar Court does. However, the Night Court's nights are more breathtaking than those of any other Court. Many citizens of the Night Court consider it to be divided into two sub-Courts. The Court of Nightmares is the name given to the Hewn City. It is a violent place with individuals who follow their own morals and those who disagreed with Rhysand's rule. This side of the Night Court is known by the rest of the world. However, the secret side of the Night Court is the Court of Dreams, otherwise known as the city of Velaris, and it is where Rhysand and his Inner Circle dwell. This city was protected and hidden by Rhysand from the rest of Prythian during Amarantha's rule as High Queen. Night Court's symbol is a mountain dotted with three stars, symbolizing the night.

15. #15Court of Nightmares

    Keys: Hewn City, Court of Nightmares

    The Hewn City, also known as the Court of Nightmares, is one of the two main cities of the Night Court of Prythian. It's located under the mountains of the Night Court and is the domain of High Lord Rhysand. Hewn City is a true city within the mountain. There are avenues, separate buildings with spires, homes, and bridges. It is an entire metropolis carved from the dark stone of the mountain itself. Every surface is carved with lovely, hideous artwork: figures dance and fornicate, beg and revel, pillars are carved to look like curling vines of night-blooming flowers. Water runs throughout the city in little streams and rivers tapped from the heart of the mountain itself. The mountain-city is lit with silvery bobbing faelights. The Hewn City is ruled from a castle inside the mountain, which is the official seat of the High Lord of the Night Court. The gates to the castle are carved into great, scaled black beasts coiled together in a nest of claws and fangs. Between them flow vines of jasmine and moonflowers. The throne room within is of polished ebony on every surface. More of the beasts from the gates are carved around the countless columns supporting the onyx ceiling, which is so high the gloom hides its finer details. The castle's council chambers was nearly as large as its throne room. It was carved from the same dark rock, pillars fashioned after those entangled beasts, having a high domed ceiling. It has a mammoth table of black glass that split the room in two, shaped a bit like a lightning bolt. Only High Fae live within, the members dress in finery. Guards are dressed in white and grey, the color of the mountain, so they can blend into it. The residents of the Hewn City are known for their heartlessness and cruelty. The place is known as the "Court of Nightmares" due to the occupants' violent principles, and is believed to be an honest representation of the Night Court by their fellow Prythians.

16. #16Court of Dreams

    Keys: City of Starlight, Court of Dreams, Velaris

    Velaris, also known as the Court of Dreams and the City of Starlight, is a hidden city on the western side of the Night Court of Prythian. Its inhabitants agree that Rhysand be their High Lord despite the fact that he is not fully High Fae being half Illyrian, whom their counterparts the inhabitants of the Court of Nightmares consider Lesser Faeries, it is for this reason that the inhabitants of said Court do not approve of him. The city remained hidden from Amarantha, thanks to Rhysand's fifty year sacrifice Under the Mountain. The walls of Velaris had not been breached in over five thousand years. Velaris is built like a crust atop rolling, steep hills. The hills are flanked by a broad, winding river the color of the deepest sapphire, the Sidra River, that snakes across the landscape into the sea. The Sidra River has ships with sails of varying shapes placed along it permanently, making it navigable. At the northern edge of Velaris, curved to where the river bent toward them and flowed into their shadows, tower, like eternal guardians of the city, a wall of flat-topped mountains of red stone. Their middle and larger peak has holes and windows built in the uppermost part of it, there is where the House of Wind, Rhysand's house for official business, can be found. To the north are different kinds of mountains that surround the city across the river, which are a range of sharp peaks comparable to fish teeth. The city's buildings are crafted out of white marble, warm sandstone, and the same red stone of the flat-topped mountains that can be found on the northern edge of the city. Many quarters of Velaris are full of townhouses with green copper roofs and white chimneys. In Velaris many shops can be found with delicate tables and chairs scattered outside their cheery fronts, restaurants and nightclubs. Velaris has four market squares called Palaces, two on the southern side of the Sidra River and two on the northern side. They are white-stoned squares flanked by Tehran pillars supporting the carved and painted buildings that watch over them, and provide a covered walkway beneath the shops built into the street level. What Velaris is most known for is the artists' quarter, called the Rainbow of Velaris, home of performing artists, like the musicians, the dancers, and the actors. It is a brightly painted pocket of the city, built atop one of the hills that flowed right to the river's edge. In the Rainbow of Velaris there are around a hundred galleries, supply stores, potters' compounds, sculpture gardens, and anything in between.

17. #17Winnowing

    Keys: Winnowing

    Winnowing is the name given to the ability to transport oneself to a different location. It is magic only the most powerful Fae possess as it requires a great deal of concentration and strength. This power is not tied to any court, like other powers. It is dependent on the user's own reserve of power and training. Certain locations such as the House of Wind are protected against people winnowing directly inside.

18. #18Under The Mountain

    Keys: Under-The-Mountain, Under the Mountain

    Under the Mountain is the name of Amarantha's infernal court and place of rule, from which she ruled all of Prythian. Geographically, Under the Mountain is situated in the Middle, and borders the Winter Court to the south and the Dawn Court to the north. Under the Mountain's entrance is two ancient, enormous stone doors taller than Tamlin's manor, which led into a vast chamber carved from pale rock upheld by carved pillars. The carvings depicted faeries and High Fae and animals in various environments and states of movement - stories of Prythian. Chandeliers of jewels hung between the pillars, staining the red marble floor with color. This led to the throne room. There were many other passageways and rooms within the mountain, including dungeon cells, luxurious bedroom suites, and the Middengard Wyrm's maze. Amarantha fashioned and modeled Under the Mountain after the famed Court of Nightmares, located in the treacherous northern Night Court, ruled by High Lord Rhysand and presided over by the Steward Keir, father of Mor. When under Amarantha's control, there was a dais that had two black stone thrones, one for her and one for Tamlin.

19. #19Ironcrest

    Keys: Ironcrest, Ironcrest Camp

    Ironcrest Camp is one of the many Illyrian camps on the Night Court. This camp is located somewhere in the Illyrian Mountains of the Night Court, a few hours' flight from Windhaven Camp.

20. #20Windhaven

    Keys: Windhaven, Windhaven Camp

    Windhaven Camp is a war-camp located in Illyria. It is ruled by Devlon. Windhaven Camp is located somewhere in the Illyrian Mountains in the Night Court. It's is described as a cold and harsh Illyrian war-camp built near the top of a forested mountain. It is built using bare rock and mud, interrupted only by crude, easy-to-pack tents centered around large fire pits. Near the tree line, a dozen permanent buildings are erected of the gray mountain stone. On the opposite end of the camp, there are sparring and training rings fully stocked with various weapons, weights and training supplies. The camp radiates a lack of warmth and joy.

21. #21Valkyrie

    Keys: Valkyries, mind-stilling, mind stilling, Valkyrie

    The Valkyries are a clan of female warriors from all species. They are better and braver fighters than the Illyrians. Valkyries are fearless and brilliant individual fighters. But their true strength lay in being a highly trained unit. They used their shields as weapons. One Valkyrie technique was "mind-stilling". They used it to calm their minds and emotions. Some of them did it three or four times a day. But basically, it is the act of sitting and quieting the mind. It requires constant practice. It involved deep breathing and becoming aware of one's body and then learning to let go. They trained their minds into a weapon as sharp as any blade. Being able to maintain their composure, to know how to reach that place of calm in the midst of battle, made them imperturbable opponents.

22. #22Faerie

    Keys: fey, fairy, fay, faeries, fairies, Fae, Faes

    Faeries or Fae are immortal magical beings highly feared by mortals. Faeries live north of the Wall, in Prythian, other kingdoms such as the kingdom of Hybern, and in other realms. Fae female's menstrual cycle doesn't work like human cycles. In fact Fae have very painful cycles two times a year, supposedly every 6 months. It is common in Fae realms for the expression "By the Cauldron!" to be used, as if the Cauldron were a divine force. Faeries have many celebrations and rituals like the Calanmai, Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice and more. There are two main types of faeries: High Fae: humanoid Fae who were made specifically to be the rulers of all faeries. Lesser Faeries: faeries that don't look human and serve other purposes. The are also Special Faeries like Shadowsingers, Daemati and Seers.

23. #23Mortal

    Keys: human race, mortals, mundane, mortal, human, humans

    Mortals or Humans are those individuals belonging to the human race. Mortals don't possess magic. Many years before the Great War, mortals lived in the realms of the faeries as slaves. Since then, mortals hate the faeries and the hatred is passed down from generation to generation, as well as the knowledge that is had of this brutal species. There is permanent prejudice among mortals towards faeries, reaching the point of hatred. Faeries who ventured beyond the wall to the south were hunted down and killed and people wore weapons and jewelry made of iron in the belief that it would stop faeries, which was a myth. People who worshiped the Fae, known as the Children of the Blessed, were insulted and attacked by those who even many centuries later held a grudge against the inhabitants north of the wall.

24. #24Blood Rite

    Keys: Blood Rites, Blood Rite

    The Blood Rite is an Illyrian ceremony that is completed when a novice-warrior wants to progress to the status of a true warrior. The Blood Rite happens each year in early spring with hundreds entering the area of conifer forests and ravines around Ramiel in the Illyrian Mountains. The novice-warriors have their wings bound and lack weapons, magic, or Siphons. The only supplies they have are the clothes on their back. Novice-warriors from the same camp are split up when they start. They have one week to reach Ramiel, scale its side by hand, and touch the onyx monolith at the top to pass. Where the warriors are when it ends sorts them into one of the three echelons of warrior, named after their holy stars: Arktosian, the ones who don't make it to the mountain but survive; Oristian, the ones who make it to the mountain but don't reach the top; and Carynthian, the ones who scale the summit and are considered elite warriors.

25. #25Enalius

    Keys: Illyrian warrior-god, Enalius, The first Illyrian

    Enalius is a warrior-god and the first Illyrian who died defending Ramiel from the ancient enemies.

26. #26Ramiel

    Keys: Illyrian sacred mountain, Illyrian's sacred mountain, Ramiel

    Ramiel is the Night Court and Illyrian's sacred mountain. It appears on the Night Court's insignia, and it is where the Illyrian Blood Rite takes place. Ramiel is located in the center of the Illyria region in the Night Court, and is regarded as the holy mountain of the court.

27. #27Illyria

    Keys: Illyria

    Illyria is the northern region of the Night Court. The region of Illyria includes steppes and mountains where there are multiple War-Camps where Illyrians live and train. A race of faeries different from the High Fae live in Illyria, a warrior race called Illyrian who differ from the High Fae more than anything by the lack of pointed ears, and for possessing wings that allow them to fly, reason why the High Fae consider them Lesser Faeries. Women are treated as inferior and it is customary to clip their wings.

28. #28Illyrian Mountains

    Keys: Illyrian Mountains

    The Ilyrian Mountains are a mountain range of Illyria located north in the Night Court. These mountains are where the Illyrian Blood Rite takes place.

29. #29Faebane

    Keys: Bloodbane, Faebane

    Faebane, also known as Bloodbane, is a chemical compound that was used in poisoned arrows by soldiers of Hybern. It neutralizes and suppresses High Fae powers. It is not unlike ash. It's a blue stone generally used in the form of handcuffs to capture Fae or as a fine powder created by grinding the stone.

30. #30Truth-Teller

    Keys: Truth-Teller, Truth Teller, Azriel's favorite magical knife

    Truth-Teller is the name of Azriel's favorite magical knife that can help him discern the truth. Truth-Teller is an obsidian-hilted hunting knife with a dark scabbard embossed with the name in silver Illyrian runes. Truth-Teller is the twin to Gwydion, both forged from the iridium mined from the same meteorite. When the knife is near its twin Gwydion, it glows with dark light in response to Gwydion's white light. It has the power to Unmake things

31. #31Cauldron

    Keys: The Cauldron, By the Cauldron

    The Cauldron is a powerful magical, sentient artifact that created and creates life. It is said that it holds everyone's fates. When picturing the Cauldron, it is described as a vast bowl of darkest iron, so large multiple people could have used it as bathtub. It has a physical shape, yet there had been no bottom. Just a chasm of freezing water that had soon become utter darkness. According to the Fae, the Cauldron was where the world was created. All life originated from within it, and it has unimaginable power. It was taken by malevolent beings who used its power for horrible deeds, including forging wicked things within it. It was eventually stolen back and, because it couldn't be destroyed, was hidden and forgotten. The Cauldron's only weakness is the Book of Breathings. The Book contains spells to negate the Cauldron's power or control it. The book can only be used by that which was reforged or Made. The Cauldron can do the following: Raise the dead, Turn Mortals into Fae, Shatter powerful magic spells and wards, Burn living creatures into ash within seconds with an attack that contains the same heat and light as the sun, Create wicked creatures and objects.

32. #32Mother

    Keys: The Mother

    The Mother is one of the divine entities of the faeries, and has a dark counterpart called the Dark Mother.

33. #33Dark Mother

    Keys: the Dark Mother

    The Dark Mother is a deity that the naga believe in. She is the evil counterpart of the Mother.

34. #34Naga

    Keys: Naga, Nah-gah, Nah-gahs, Nagas

    The Naga are a species of faeries that enjoy torturing and eating mortals. Many of the dark legends about faeries that mortals have are inspired by the naga. The naga are faeries with a male humanoid body, and serpentine features. They are covered completely in dark scales, and have powerful arms with polished, black talons. It's huge, almond-shaped eyes are amber in color. Their teeth are razor-sharp and their tongue is silver and forked.

35. #35Suriel

    Keys: Suriels, Suriel

    Suriel are a species of malevolent faeries who are bound to answer truthfully any questions asked of them by those who catch them. They cannot lie and are not members of any Court. They cannot cross running water. The Suriel are said to be older than Prythian, and even older than "the bones of this world." The Cauldron, however, is older than the Suriel. The Suriel that Feyre encounters is described as tall and thin, veiled in dark, tattered robes so thin that the hard knobs of its spine can be seen. It is said to have a hunched back, spindly, scabby gray arms, and yellowed, cracked fingernails. Its head is bald and its teeth are gray and horrifically large. Its feet are described as bare and gnarled. Its voice is described as at once one and many, old and young, and beautiful and grotesque. It claims to be able to smell when Feyre is lying to it.

36. #36Daglan

    Keys: Daglan, Daglans

    The Daglan are a species that were near-gods and monsters. The Daglan ruled for millennia, enslaving the faeries and the humans. They were petty and cruel and drank the magic of the land like wine. They delighted in terrorizing the faeries and humans under their control. They created the Wild Hunt as a way to keep the faeries and humans in line. They'd gather a host of their fiercest, most merciless warriors and grant them free rein to kill as they pleased. They possessed mighty, monstrous beasts—hounds, that they used to run prey to ground before they tortured and killed them. The Daglans were overthrown by Fionn using the great sword Gwydion.

37. #37Prythian

    Keys: Prythian

    Prythian is one of the Faerie realms in existence in the world. It is divided into seven courts, each ruled by a High Lord. Prythian is composed of seven separately ruled lands called "courts" consisting of four seasonal courts: the Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring Courts, and three solar courts: the Night, the Day, and Dawn Courts. It also borders the Mortal Lands to the south, with the only separation between them being the Wall, and lies east of the Kingdom of Hybern. The Spring Court is the southernmost court, and the only court to border the wall that separates the Mortal Lands from Prythian. North of the Spring Court lies the Summer and Autumn Courts, Summer to the west, and Autumn to the east. The fourth and final seasonal court is the Winter Court, which lies north of the Summer and Autumn Courts. North of the seasonal courts resides the three solar courts. The Dawn Court resides north of the Winter Court and is known for its mountain palace in the clouds. Continuing North of the Dawn Court is the Day Court, the court said to contain much of Prythian's history within its abundance of libraries. Occupying the land to the far north is the Night Court, the largest and most feared of all of the courts.

38. #38Hybern

    Keys: Hybern, Hyberns

    Hybern is a faerie kingdom island located west of Prythian. Hybern has mountain ranges and clusters. Closer to the King of Hybern's castle, there are tall bone-white cliffs high above the waves. Their tops were flat and grassy, leading to a terrain of sloping, barren hills. The faeries that do live there include High Fae and various Lesser Fae species. Many of its High Fae inhabitants are described as having pale or ruddy skin, as well as black eyes. Their eyes appear soulless and cold from centuries of indulging in cruelty, even those of the nameless courtiers who reside at the King of Hybern's castle. No humans reside in Hybern, as it is fully north of the Wall. The political power was focused on one King. The king had a number of Commanders. Hybern soldiers wore grey jackets with bone white thread. The jackets had Hybern's coat of arms on their upper right shoulder. Hybern have many deposits of faebane, which Hybern regularly used. Their army made great use of faebane in battle, spreading it as a fine mist like chemical gas, tipping their arrows with faebane stones so they could pierce magical shields, and even shackling enemies with faebane to contain them. Hybern's army consisted of both a High Fae ground force and an aerial legion of faerie from the same species as the Attor.

39. #39Book of Breathings

    Keys: Book of Breathing, Book of Breathings

    The Book of Breathings is a powerful magical item created by a race of faeries who feared the power of the Cauldron, and its purpose is to be able to nullify the Cauldron's magic. The Book was said to have been created using the last of the molten ore used to forge the Cauldron, formed of dark metal plates bound on three rings of gold, silver, and bronze. The Book is written in the Leshon Hakodesh, it contains spells to negate the Cauldron's power or to control it wholly. The book only can be used by made faeries otherwise they would be overwhelmed by its power.

40. #40Children of the Blessed

    Keys: Children of the Blessed

    The Children of the Blessed are a group of fanatical mortals that worship faeries, especially the High Fae. The Children of the Blessed worship the High Fae as gods. They believe faeries are kind and good, choosing to ignore the cruelty the Fae wrought upon humans when they ruled over them. Even with all of their worshiping towards the High Fae, the High Fae themselves see the Children of the Blessed as no more than naive and only used for entertainment. The group occasionally sends one of their members to cross the border into Prythian. They believe that if the member doesn't return, they have been accepted by the High Fae and are now living in luxury. In reality, the member is killed by the dangerous faeries living in Prythian. Those who do not believe in the goodness of High Fae and remember their cruelty, treat the Children of the Blessed with disdain and disgust. They frequently call them various insulting names and mock them. They are tolerated by the leaders of villages, who give them hours or days to operate throughout the village and preach their beliefs. They are seen as an annoyance. The acolytes wear silver bracelets and jewelry which they believe attracts the High Fae.

41. #41High Priestess

    Keys: Priestesses, Priestess, High Priestesses, High Priestess

    A High Priestess is a High Fae who dedicates herself to being the link between the faeries and the deities. They also oversee religious ceremonies and rituals. There are twelve High Priestesses in total who govern all the priestesses across Prythian, many of whom reside in the Dawn Court, Day Court, and Winter Court. The High Priestesses reign from their altars. They oversaw the ceremonies and rituals of the fae, recorded histories and legends, and served as advisors and confidants for their High lords and ladies on matters great and trivial. The priestesses get their magic from their ceremonies, and can be utterly lethal should they choose to be. The priestesses wear a shining silver circlet set with perfectly oval limpid blue Invoking Stone. Their robes, like those of other priests were billowing, artfully twisted and layered robes that are pale blue-gray in color. The robes are far from matronly hugging the curves of their body. There is also a panel of cloth atop their hood normally folded under their circlet that can be pulled over the brow and eyes for when they prayed, beseeched the Cauldron or even needed to think. It was typically worn folded back. Priestesses are allowed to dally, marry, and bear children as it would dishonor the Cauldron's gift of fertility to lock up their instincts. They have great power in the hierarchy within Prythian, and their children are typically powerful and as well-respected as any lord's child. They often choose to control males such as the High Lords through seduction and sex. When they pursue males, they are highly-ranked and possess sufficient power. High Priestess are entrenched so thoroughly that their spies are everywhere and their followers are near-fanatic with devotion.

42. #42Priestess
43. #43Ash Wood

    Keys: ash arrow, ash arrows, Ash wood, Ash woods

    The ash wood is a kind of wood from the mountain ash tree that is the only material that can prevent a faerie from healing. Ash wood can be carved into Ash arrows to kill Faes.

44. #44Dread Trove

    Keys: Troves, Dread Trove, Trove

    The Dread Trove is a collection of magical Fae items with immense power. Their original maker was the Cauldron. Some of them were created hundreds to thousands of years ago, and were used by various Fae rulers to secure their rule. Only three ancient Trove, the Crown, the Mask, and the Harp, have survived, with many being lost to time or misplacement. The Crown: a large crown made out of golden spikes. Has the ability to control the minds of others to do the wearer's bidding. Was in the possession of Queen Briallyn. The Harp: a small, golden harp. Capable of opening portals to different locations and realities, as well as altering one environment, such as trapping Fae into stone to form the Prison. The Mask: a golden mask carved with ancient patterns. Is able to call upon the dead and control them. The Horn: seen by Nesta in Lanthys' vision. Before the vision shifted she saw it laying on an altar veiled in shadows but she couldn't make out more than a gleam of age-worn bone.

45. #45Theia

    Keys: Starborn Queen, Theia, World-Walker

    Theia was a Starborn Fae and the only High Queen of Prythian. She is originally from Prythian but has moved from this world and into Midgard, where the Crescent City is located. Theia was said to be golden-haired. She looked like a High Fae female. Her face was as cold as her Daglan mistress's. She was hard-faced and beautiful. Theia was power hungry, ambitious, and ruthless, as seen when she killed her husband for the throne. She was driven by a desire to constantly have more power and rule more land. Theia acquired the Dusk Court's powers - she has starlight powers as well as shadows. Being Starborn she can wield the Dread Trove while resisting its deadly pull. Theia had the ability to wield Starfire, an extremely powerful laser of white-hot condensed starlight. Theia had the ability to wield starlight. A light of a pure star. She can wield Gwydion and the Truth-Teller because she, alongside someone else, was present when Fionn dipped the blades in the Cauldron and Made them. Theia could speak to others mind-to-mind, also known as mind-speaking. However, she couldn't actually read other's thoughts. Theia had a slowed and expanded lifespan and was able to survive injuries that not even her accelerated healing would be able to regenerate from. Fionn was Theia's first love. They ruled as High King and High Queen of Prythian for centuries, watching the land flourish under their care. In that time, no wars were fought and the Fae became strong once again. They had two daughters, Helena and Silene. Fionn wanted their eldest daughter, Helena, to take the crown but Theia wanted it for herself so she betrayed Fionn and killed him with the help of her General, Pelias. Theia first meets Aidas when she summons him to help her defeat the Daglan. They quickly became lovers and, even in the midst of war, Silene says to never have seen Theia so at peace. They were mates, which was why the portal opened to him when she first contacted Hel. When the war ended, Theia planned to move to Hel to live with Aidas, where she would live and atone for her mistakes. Even thousands of years after her death, Aidas admits to Bryce to never stop loving Theia.

46. #46Vesperus

    Keys: Vesperus

    Vesperus was the Daglan that ruled the Dusk Court during the Daglan rule. She was Theia's mistress. The Fae were forced to make the Tithe once a year, offering their powers to the ruling Daglan. Vesperus, likely, got her powers from Theia and the other members of the Dusk Court. Theia served Vesperus for a century before overthrowing her. Theia sealed her in her coffin, leaving her locked for over fifteen thousand years. Vesperus is a female Daglan with a slender body. Her skin is pale and glows like a full moon and her long, dark hair is described as being too dark since it doesn't reflect any light at all. She has vibrant red lips and blue eyes that glow. She has a cold, merciless voice. Vesperus is described as being cruel, cunning, and loyal to her people. Vesperus, like the other Daglan, got her powers from the Tithe the Fae were forced to make every year. Vesperus calls herself the blacksmith of the Dread Trove.

47. #47Fionn

    Keys: Fionn

    Fionn was the first and only High King of Prythian. Fionn was said to be a broad-shouldered, golden-haired High Fae male. Although we still don't know anything about what kind of powers Fionn had, we know he was the one to dip Gwydion into the Cauldron and supposedly did the same thing to Truth-Teller. Fionn kept his relationship with Theia a secret from the Daglan in fear that they would break them apart for sport. They eventually managed to overthrow their masters and became High King and High Queen of Prythian. Centuries after the Daglan's reign came to an end, they had two daughters, Helena and Silene, within a span of five years. Fionn wanted their eldest daughter to get his crown and Theia, still ripe with power and enraged that the crown would go to their daughter instead of her, joined forces with her general, Pelias, to betray and kill Fionn.

48. #48Old Gods

    Keys: the Bone Carver, Stryga, Old Gods, Koschei

    The Old Gods are deities who ruled, before Prythian was seen as a kingdom. They originated from a different dimension and 'fell' into the world. The magic of the Old Gods shifted to the High Fae, the Mother, and the Cauldron. These gods were soon forgotten after Prythian's formation, though a few individuals still worshipped them. Koschei, Stryga, and the Bone Carver were three of the Old Gods. These creatures were death-gods, and were worshipped by ancient Fae. Stryga and Koschei loved the attention, though the Bone Carver liked the attention less. The Bone Carver feared his siblings, and allowed an ancient female Fae to lock Koschei in a lake on the Continent. While, Strya was confined to the Middle and the Bone Carver was locked in the Prison.

49. #49Stryga

    Keys: The Weaver, Stryga, Weaver of the Wood

    Stryga, also known as the Weaver or Weaver of the Wood, is a chthonic immortal being of immense power from another dimension who lives in the very heart of Prythian in a cottage made from the bones, fat, and hair of those who dare to enter her domain and are discovered. She is the twin sister of the Bone Carver and has an older brother named Koschei and due to her powers they are known as the Old Gods by the Prythian Fae. Because her powers allow her to feed on life itself she is considered a Death-god. The Weaver has extremely white skin and long, inky-black hair. Her skin is parched and withered and she is blind, which makes her other senses very acute. Like her brother, the Bone Carver, Stryga appears to have the power of divination, but only for events that will happen in the immediate future. She also has an innate power to "see" or "hear on the wind" magically what is happening in the world at all times in the present. This gives her a vast amount of knowledge, which others seek to possess. However, her knowledge does them no good, as the price for obtaining it is their lives. Stryga's death-goddess abilities are magical in nature, and they allow her to literally harvest the life force of other entities, taking it into her own body, and use it to make herself stronger, younger, and more powerful. She literally eats life to subsist. Stryga also seems to have a telekinetic magic that can perform. Stryga maintains a treasure hoard within her cottage in the Middle.

50. #50The Wall

    Keys: The Wall

    The Wall is a magical barrier that separates the Mortal Lands from Prythian. It is invisible, but faeries can feel its presence. Before the signing of the Treaty between mortals and faeries, both species lived together in the world but mortals were slaves. Then the War broke out and ended with humanity winning. A Treaty was signed between Human and Faes and the Wall was established.

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