The Fey pursue their agendas without regard for political boundaries. Their members operate anywhere deemed necessary.

They employ saboteurs, rumormongers, smugglers, sells swords, spies, ambassadors, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few.

Agents of the Fey can be hired or appointed professionals working for a regent or solo operatives working to further their own visions of what is best for the Fey.

As a prelude to your adventuring career (and in preparation for it), you served as an agent of a powerful Fey creature. You might have operated openly or secretly, depending on the liege or employer and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own.

Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership in your faction (though you can choose to do so), and it might enhance your status in the faction.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

Languages: Two of your choice

Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables for the acolyte background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a faction agent. (For instance, consider the words “faith” and “faction” to be interchangeable.)

Your bond might be associated with other members of your faction, or a location or an object that is important to your faction. The ideal you strive for is probably in keeping with the tenets and principles of your faction, but might be more personal in nature.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a particular hero of the Fey Realms, and constantly refer to that creature’s deeds and example.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see omens in every event and action. Magic tries to speak to us and through us- we just need to listen.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of civilization and respect (or condemn) its effects on nature.
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my own people. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long in the Fey Realms that I have little practical experience dealing with sentient beings from the material plane.

d6	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my organization's hierarchy. (Lawful)
5	Faith. I trust that my benefactor will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my benefactor’s favor by matching my actions with his or hers goals (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would die to protect the Fey realm.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt organization that destroyed a sacred, holy or natural site.
3	I owe my life to the beings who took me in when my parents died.
4	Everything I do is for the common people.
5	I will do anything to protect wild animals and nature from civilization's unchecked expansion.
6	I seek to preserve a sacred site that people would seek to abuse or destroy.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I put too much trust in those who wield power within my faction’s hierarchy.
3	My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.