Crown of the Handmaiden-Queen

The Crown blooms true for the first time. Petals ignite into thunder as you step between the planes — dazzling, radiant, untouchable. For three fleeting heartbeats of battle you are more than mortal, wrapped in blossom and root, a vision of the Queen yet to be. But the Maiden cannot linger. The bloom collapses as quickly as it rose. When the form fades, so too does your strength — you fall as a flower cut at dawn, unconscious, the Court’s toll claimed in your body.
Still, the Grimoire now shows omens in riddles and visions. Your words carry universal weight, and you wield your first Sovereign Rite — a blessing at dawn that quickens the spirits of those who walk beside you.The Court lays its geas upon you, a living law that governs your body, your words, and your soul.

The Geis of the Fey Court

Boons:

• Feymarked Bearing
  Your words ring as root-commands to the wild and the feyborn. You gain proficiency in Persuasion and Intimidation. You also add your Intelligence modifier to all Persuasion and Intimidation checks. You have advantage on Persuasion and Intimidation checks.
• Blooming Pulse (Resonance, 1/LR)
  As an action, release a sovereign pulse of petals. Up to 5 allies of your choice within 45 ft each regain 6d6 + your Intelligence modifier hit points.  Those healed gain resistance to the next attack that hits them before the start of your next turn.
• Rituals of Old
  Once per day, you and up to 5 allies may invoke the deep magics. You may cast Rite of the Intercessor, Rite of Reveals, or Rite of Wards.
• Sovereign Form
  Once per week, you may assume the form of the Handmaiden-Queen.
  
  Banes: 
  • Iron’s Thorn
    Raw iron and unalloyed steel sear your flesh. At the start of each turn you remain in contact, you take 3d6 fire damage (to a minimum of 1 HP). While bound in iron, you cannot teleport, your spell attacks are made with disadvantage, and targets of your spells gain advantage on their saving throws.

  • Oath-Bound (My Truth is My Bond)
    Every word you speak carries weight before the Court. Lies stumble in your throat — all Deception checks are made with disadvantage. To knowingly speak a lie inflicts 3d6 psychic damage as thorns twist through your jaw.
    Any vow, promise, or oath you swear becomes binding. To knowingly break such an oath inflicts 4d6 psychic damage as spectral chains coil around your heart. Fey creatures and those who honor the Old Laws distrust oath-breakers.
    Clauses Introduced
    Hospitality’s Law — To act as host or guest is to swear an oath. Bread, fire, and roof seal the bond. If you betray the role, you suffer the penalty. If the other party violates the oath first (a host poisons, a guest steals, a roof is denied without cause), the bond shatters for you, and the breaker bears the Court’s wrath.
    (Note: not all oaths must be spoken — some are accepted in silence, such as the taking of bread and salt.)
    The Threshold-Pledge  — To cross a threshold with leave is to be under protection; to cross unbidden or to break a sworn ward is to be forsworn. If the master of the threshold invites you falsely (a trap, an ambush, a broken promise of sanctuary), they are forsworn, and the pledge dissolves.
    The Bond of Fealty — Service pledged in word becomes an oath. If you betray sworn service, you are oath-breaker. If the one to whom you swore lies, tricks you into service under false pretenses, or betrays your loyalty, the bond dissolves without penalty to you, and the brand of oath-breaker passes to them.
    

  • Crown’s Curse
    You are counted among the Fey for all spells, effects, and wards. Sanctuaries that bar the Fair Folk bar you, and magics that bind or harm them bind and harm you.

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“It was beautiful. I bloomed, and then I broke.”
“The Maiden always falls, child. Always."
Bloom rises. Bloom withers. The Court takes breath as tithe.

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At 16th level this Feat Evolves into Crown of the Regent of Bloom.