¶ FEY-TOUCHED
Fey-Touched are creatures that can trace back in their ancestry and find a fey or other inhabitant from the First World. They can be any alignment but tend toward chaos. As with Aasimar and Tiefling, their heritage may have lain dormant for generations. Fae are creatures with connections to nature or some specific force or place. Fey-Touched are born to two mortal parents who may have no knowledge of their own ancestry. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO FAE PLAYER CHARACTERS IN MAELSTROM, THERE ARE ONLY FEY-TOUCHED, which means that somewhere in your ancestry someone mated with a fae and some of those traits are now showing up in you, just as with the plane-touched. Every few hundred years one or more fae will use their powerful magic to travel from their own realm and into the realm of mortals, where more often than not, they reproduce with a mortal. If male, they leave immediately after they impregnate a female, and the females, once impregnated, remain long enough to birth the child and they immediately return to their realm, leaving their child behind. Fey-touched have no knowledge or information about the First World, or that one even exists. Fey-touched were left as infants with their mortal parent, to be raised and never contacted again by their fae parent. For many fey-touched, the fae influence is dormant for generations and appear suddenly in the offspring of two mortals, usually humans but sometimes elves. It is also possible to be a fey-touched if one of your parents is a fey-touched. They do not have access to or knowledge of anything of the First World or the lives and societies of the fae other than what is commonly known in the world lore. Both Nymph and Satyrkin stand between 143 to 193 cm tall while Qilinkin vary between 70 and 210 cm in height.
Nymphs are the professions mod name for female fey-touched, this does not mean that you are only nymph blooded, you can have any kind of fae bloodline that is available in the lore, it is just called Nymph. The same is true for Satyrs.
Language Spoken: Regional
Qilinkin (Fey-Touched, Any Gender)
Appearance:
- Similar to humans, halflings and elves with the following possible exceptions (fey-touched may have all, none, or a combination of the following):
- Hair that is indicative of their natural affinity.
- Eyes that are indicative of their natural affinity.
- Lustrous skin color (generally also indicative of their natural affinity)
- Flawless skin
- Short
- Pointed ears
- Hooves (satyr)
- Horns (satyr)
Age:
- Fey-Touched reach maturity at age 20. 100 is middle aged, 165 is venerable and 200 is their maximum lifespan.
Demeanor:
- Tricksters, pranksters, generally very relaxed and easy going.
- Chaotic, can be unpredictable
- Personable once they trust you
- Elitists and Ethnocentric
- Fey tend to hold grudges, which, due to their long lifespan, means if you anger a fey you will most likely die before ever squaring that dispute.
- Most fey have little or no time for mortals, given their short lifespan and lack of innate magic. “What care I for human hearts? Soft and spiritless as porridge! A faerie’s heart beats fierce and free!”
- Although Seelie fey tend toward good, they view most mortals with disdain and as beneath them. The Unseelie, though tending toward evil, are more likely to accept a non-fey, with some even taking mortals as pets. Don’t let this fool you, the moment your novelty wears off, the Unseelie will leave you lost in the fairy realm of deep forests to die.
Society:
- Fey-touched gather in much the same manner as all other races, although many feel a pull toward their preferred environment.
Favored Profession:
- Entertainers, fecunds, and faith casters, although some can be found as crafters. Those crafts tend to be works of art.
Enemies:
- Most have a dislike of half-orcs, hobgoblins and goblins, but fey-touched do not have any natural enemies.