#faesintro

BASICS.

name. lux.

age. 73.

nicknames. lucky.

title. advisor.

loyalty. day court.

family

mother. high fae. born to the dawn court.

father. high fae. born to the day court.

cousin/uncle. high lord of the day court.

POWERS & SKILLS.

light. while not the light of the sun like the high lord can render, lux often emits a rosy sort of halo like a fine afternoon sun. she can use her light for reading, to heat and warm, 

spellcleaving. lux has an uncanny ability to break through wards, curses, and spells with seemingly little effort. however, this is hardly something that she can actively control as she’s hardly noticed that it is something she is capable of.

BIOGRAPHY.

her father was the brother of the high lord of the day court (or previous high lord). he was a brilliant spellweaver. at a young age, it came to light that he would be engaged to the daughter of a high fae from the dawn court in order to strengthen the alliance between the two solar courts. the marriage eventually grew into one of great love and admiration.

the news that they would soon give birth to a child made the couple overjoyed. the babe wanted for nothing. she was doted upon and fiercely loved. however, most of their time was spent away from their infant daughter. they had lives fraught with danger. as a child, the majority of lux’s time was spent in the care of the high lord, who saw to her rearing her while her parents were away. when her parents died, he swore to her that she would always be taken care of, and that her place was with her family.

lux had been a child filled with kindness and compassion from a very young age. from the first days that she could speak and walk, she used her time to help others. she would often find her way down to the kitchen and help to pour drinks or sift flour with the lesser fae. as she grew older, she gave into her curiosity and loved to explore the far reaches of the court as she was allowed. if there were ever a face to look at her in need, the girl did not hesitate to even pull the jewelry from her neck to give away. why should any go without when she had so much?

that being said, lux was an equally wild child. she was often found climbing the trellises and statues about the palace. a healer needed to be called in on multiple occasions because she would fearlessly jump from any height just to see if she could land on both feet. oftentimes she would discover that she could not.

lux is always a strong pacifist. she has no desire to fight and die as her parents had, but she struggles to let others go suffering. she wants to find a way that she could be of use to her loving family and court. the last thing she has ever desired was to be a burden upon them. that’s how lux came to the decision to study as much of the library in her court as possible. she would wake up with the rising sun and spend hours reading through book after book sometimes even well into the night.

HEADCANONS.

books || lux loves to read and uses the endless library of books to sate her ever-eager curiosity, she often finds herself reading several different books at one time. her room, more often than not, is littered with ancient books that are each opened to a different page. there is no rhyme nor reason to which books she reads at what point and how long it takes to finish one.

parents || lux never knew her parents very well. she loves to hear stories about them, but there is some animosity in her heart that they chose to be away from her for the entirety of her childhood and then never came home. Lux always wanted to be like them.

BASICS.

name. nox.

age. 313.

nicknames. n/a.

title. stewardess of hewn city.

loyalty. night court.

family

mother. illyrian. born to the night court.

father. high fae. born to the night court.

half-sibling. illyrian.

half-sibling. high fae.

POWERS & SKILLS.

night. nox has minimum control over the shades of night and can summon it to make a scene when needed. more importantly, she has access to the hidden treasures of the night court when needed.

illyrian. those of illyrian descent have a special sort of battle magic that allows them to summon weapons and shields. nox uses two dark purple siphon stones that she wears as cuffed bracelets on both hands.

BIOGRAPHY.

tw: death, abuse, murder

nox’s parents were a classic example of mates that were not written in the stars. their father was a high fae and previous steward of hewn city whose mating bond snapped suddenly into place when visiting the illyrian steppes. the pair were happy for only a short time before they realized that they were simply incompatible as a couple. the two soon learned to hate one another. still, nox was the result.

their mother kept quiet when she found herself pregnant. she saw no need to tell her mate of the offspring since they’d decided to keep well away from one another. she raised nox in the illyrian war camps, training her in every way to be like any other illyrian child. since her mother had been amongst those whose wings were clipped, nox was taught early to protect her wings.

when their father discovered their existence, he was livid. nox was thirteen years of age at the time. he had his own mate killed, and pulled nox from their home and brought them to live with him in hewn city. that is where nox received a secondary education in how to play the shadowy court games.

nox was made to glamor their wings and hide any facet of their illyrian heritage. the members of the hewn court were not very accepting of a lesser fae among them. they certainly didn’t respect their sudden appearance. nox had to battle tooth and nail to keep their feet beneath them in the ever cutthroat environment. it was the only life the knew for nearly two and a half centuries. it was a lifetime of constantly hiding with only a few stolen moments of peace between.

when nox’s father died under somewhat questionable circumstances, the role of stewardess passed onto them. they were not excited for the position, but prefers to keep a stern hand over the more vicious of the court. a few people, like the high lord, know nox’s true opinion. they hate their job, but they are damn good at it.

HEADCANONS.

wings || nox was forced to glamor their wings away for the majority of their lifetime. it is perhaps the most painful thing to them. they try to sneak away and fly whenever it’s possible, but it is not often possible. as a result, their wings are somewhat weaker than they would want.

secrets || nox’s illyrian descent is a well known, unknown rumor. everyone has heard the stories that they’re an illyrian bastard, but no one truly knows what to believe. nox likes to keep is vague and makes a point to punish anyone brave enough to question them about it.