Seelie Noble

The politics of the Fey are as arcane and quick to sudden upheaval as... well, everything else in the Feywild, really. Most outsiders who find themselves in the Feywild take great pains to avoid getting within a day's march of the local movers and shakers. Failing that, they tend to put their heads between their knees and wait for the moving and shaking to stop for a moment, before leaving. Even most Fey generally tend to give the realm's political sphere a wide berth. But not you.

You were born into great power in the Feywild. At least, insofar as any being can be said to have power over such a place. That plane's nature flows in your blood, and its people bow in your presence. Depending on your rank in the mysterious hierarchy of Fey ladies, lords, and so on, and on your previous exploits, you may be a figure of respect and some fear among the more common Fey, and a character of myth and legend to natives of the Prime Material

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Deception

 

Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument

Languages: One of your choice

 

Equipment: A musical instrument (one of your choice), a set of fine clothes, a signet ring,  three trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a purse containing 25 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Mercurial and hard to comprehend for the average mortal, your disposition could be sunny and warm as the spring afternoon, cold and cruel as a winter midnight, calm and collected as a fall morning, or frenzied and energetic as a summer day. Your emotions are strong. If you are aligned as a Seelie or Unseelie, you may feel a certain set of emotions, such as happiness and anger for the Seelie, or sorrow and jealousy as an Unseelie, more strongly than others, and you may default to a certain emotion despite having no other reason for it.

Magic and nature are an integral part of you and your understanding of the world. Fey nobility tends to range towards more magical occupations, but they are plenty capable of deadly grace in melee combat. Indeed, war and bloodshed is a part of your blood, as the Courts have waged friendly competition and outright bloody war for thousands of years--and that's not counting the layers of hushed whispers and intrigue that underlie every interaction with a fey noble. Both Seelie and Unseelie are capable of great bloodshed and intrigue, but their opinions sharply divide on material realm races, or "mortals." You may believe them to be occasionally useful and/or entertaining, but otherwise low-bred creatures, as the Seelie do, or you may belive them to be deeply interesting and useful creatures who are worthy of their own merit, albeit perhaps not as much as another fey, as the Unseelie might. (Both Courts certainly use and manipulate them as toys.)

Below are suggestions for your personality and history.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I am only really familiar with the customs and habits of the Feywild, so I seem strange and unusual.
2	I never quite seem to fit in, no matter where I go.
3	I grew up around such strange beauty that I find myself somewhat blase about the world.
4	I was treated harshly as a child of my cruel fey family, and am somewhat fearful and submissive.
5	I was a favored child of the fey and have a spoiled and entitled attitude.
6	I am bizarrely joyful and prone to jokes, songs, or dance.

d6	Ideal
1	Stringency: I hold myself and everyone I make deals with to the exact letter of their word, as the fey do. (Lawful)
2	Cruelty: My family treated each other, including myself, coldly and cruelly, and I will do the same if I can to others. (Evil)
3	Freedom: The Feywild has none of the strict rules of material plane society, so I am seen as "free-spirited" compared to most, and I encourage others to embrace this, too. (Chaotic)
4	Unpredictability: Things in my home were often strange, and I always expect the unexpected. (Chaotic)
5	Wonder: Things in the Feywild are so amazing, I wish to share that beauty with the world! (Good)
6	Curiosity: The Material Plane is so different from the Feywild, it's exciting to see what it has to offer. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	I am on the run from my wicked family.
2	Someone in my family, or elsewhere in the Feywild, owes me a favor that one day I'd like to collect if I see them again.
3	I was betrothed to one of the fey before I left.
4	I won something valuable in a game with another noble fey--and the loser isn't happy.
5	I bargained away something irreplaceable, like my memories or my power, for something or someone else.
6	I have friends in the Feywild I dearly love and want to see again.

d6	Flaw
1	I am the child of a lord or lady of the Feywild. Mere mortals are beneath me.
2	I hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin my family forever.
3	I was... punished for something I did, and not in a nondescript way. People stare.
4	I can be seen as unreliable or too whimsical for some because of my nature.
5	Years of navigating the hostile social environment of the Feywild has embittered me.
6	I've learned all too well to fear what magic, used in anger, can do.