#the groups

The Hunt

This is a group of fae that dates back to near the beginning of the species.  They were organized as a judgmental body for the fae.  A sort of police for certain crimes.  Until the breaking apart of the fae, the Hunt was largely quiet in their tasks, because not much required their assistance.  The civil war of the fae, however, changed this.

The Hunt was one group that was giving permission to remain unaligned, but they could come and go between both courts without incident.  Fae on fae crime was not allowed, even between courts after the peace treaty that ended the civil war.  The Hunt were the group of fae that inflicted the punishment for breaking those laws.  They also kept an eye out for the unaligned when they could.

The members of the Hunt are not widely known.  They keep their identities secret, and membership often passes through families.  At any time, there are nine active Hunt members, but that is not the entire roster of people trusted to work under the title of the Hunt.  Many of the fae among their ranks hail from ancient bloodlines, or they have proven themselves to be powerful allies in conflict.

The Fae

At one time, the fae were a species that worked together.  They lived under one single rule, focusing on surviving throughout the changes of time.  As a species, the fae are older than human memory.  For the longest time, they strayed from helping humans, but as civilizations expanded, the fae began to help humans that proved themselves worthy.  In most cases, they were still cautious.

Despite the help they did offer to humans and other species, such as the wolves, the fae were always known as a mischievous lot.  They love to be playful, pull pranks, and enjoy life to the fullest.  Sometimes, that enjoyment comes at the price of others, but for the majority of the fae, this price is worth paying.

The majority of fae is a matriarchal society.  Power and family name pass through the females of the family.  Some families go against this, but for the most part, this is the generally accepted practice.  There are things such as arrange marriages, but these are in some of the most powerful families that need to produce heirs to continue on the family name.  Outside of this, the fae are fairly open to any sexuality.  Most fae will roll their eyes at the human’s need to label everything, and especially to judge another over who they love.

Within the fae, there are different “species” in the sense of their powers.  Not every fae has the same set of powers.  There are some powers that are default to the species, such as glamours, immortality, and enhanced senses.  Outside of that, the fae have power sets that vary greatly. This range of powers grew as families began to mix powers through marriage and reproduction.  Some families decided to keep the powers as pure as possible, but time has slowly lead to the breeding out of the “ancient” (most pure) powers.  

The fae remained a singular unit under the rule of the Silverwing family until around the 1600′s.  During this time, a civil war would break out among the fae over the choice to continue helping the humans or not.  The Silverwing family had always been major supporters of continuing a strong relationship with the humans.  During this conflict, a disease began to spread among the fae.  It caused the deaths of a great many.  Between the disease and the battles, the fae were left weaker, and in the end, there was a split among them.  There was now the Seelie and the Unseelie, as well as those that decided to remain unaligned.  One group was off shoot for all of these - the Aos Si.  They fled to America for a clean and fresh start from the conflicts that plagued the fae in Europe.

Seelie were led by the Silverwing family, and it would be the Blackwood and LaCroix families that took the helm of the Unseelie.  The unaligned had no clear ruler for sometime, and it was truly dangerous to be one of those without the protection of a court behind you.  It would be the Wild Hunt that continued to police the fae, crossing any boundary, regardless of their alignments.  This organization was both highly respected and feared by most of the fae.

hello hello!  now it’s time for another preview!  instead of the skin - we’re previewing the groups so that you all can get an idea of where your characters will fall in!  for right now we have seven - more to be added in the future! keep in mind that your character doesn’t have to meet all of the criteria of the group they’re in!

bear

loyal / protective / maternal/paternal / committed / calm / laid back

fox

mischievous / flirty / uninhibited / self-centered / sly / confident

hedgehog

introverted / skittish / shy / fearful / anxious / defensive

owl

introverted / wise / judgmental / planner / organized / mysterious

shark

ambitious / driven / bold / sharp / distant / independent

squid

eccentric / weird / creative / smart / awkward / witty

wolf

The Vampires

The origins of vampires are unknown.  It is believed that they date back older than the fae, but no one knows which of the theories is the truth behind the origins of vampires.  They are a species shrouded in mystery, and by modern times, they are few in number due to the fae hunting them, or using them as weapons in the battle against humans.

Wolves and fae cannot be turned into vampires, only humans can.  To turn someone, they must die with a vampire’s blood in their system.  The process of turning into a vampire is a painful one.  It is not something that they will put people through without preparing them.  

Fae are dangerous to vampires in one key way – their blood can be a drug to vampires.  It is fairly easy for vampires to become addicted to the fae blood, making the vampire even easier to manipulate.  This is one of the main ways that the fae controlled vampires for their own needs.  They would starve them of human blood, only supplying them with fae blood.  After some time, human blood was no where near satisfying enough.

Unlike the fae and wolves, druids can be turned into vampires, since they are essentially humans with magical connections to the Earth.  The problem for druids is that when they go through the change to become a vampire, they must die.  This death severs their connection with nature, stripping them of nearly all of the magic that they had before hand.  Losing this is a fate worse than death for many of them, leaving the once druid in an unpredictable mental state without the balance of their connection to nature.

General Traits:

Superior healing

Superior senses (Smell, Eyesight, Hearing)

Superior htrength

Superior agility

Ability to forego human food (They can eat it, but blood is needed for survival.)

Immortality

Vulnerabilities:

Daylight

Fire