#(there are quite a few ways Kilan is good. defending Merit's honor from the more elitist lords is one way)

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verbjectives replied to your post “2, 8, 14, 17, and 26 for merit/kian 👀👀?”

tbh idk a lot about my game's version of the faewilds all i really created was the concept of the Spires (each of which correlate to a cleric domain) and that something fucky happened that made them lose contact with each other. as far as seelie and unseelie politics tho i have absolutely no idea what's going on there (nothing good tho). his friendship with an unseelie prince was entirely my dm's doing, tho i'm sure it's an unusual friendship, if not frowned upon.

i'm sure i'll get the full political drama/context when i actually start playing as him (or at least as much as he would know)...but ahhhhh merit is so soft ;w; ...and kian honestly, wouldn't mind one bit that merit is half human because...like...at least he knows his ancestry...whereas kian does not....

Ahh, this is true. Kian’s the followup to Valko more or less, yes? So a fair bit of the world is established prior even if the current campaign hasn’t dealt in faerie too much (not to the extent having Kian will, at least probably) So it’s not the worst idea to not touch on the Details of fae politics until you need to, if your DM has a few things in there as it is (which it sounds like there is if the Prince is their doing ooo) The Spires are a good touch though. 

Meanwhile I built up a lot around the Wilds bc I wanted something to do in the months before we started, and Delta let me, which like... Merit’s Wilds are almost entirely still just Nature, there’s not really cities or buildings save for ones nearly blended/built into things so well it’s hard to tell, and there’s probably neutral places for makers of things to trade, but it is Not navigable by any means unless you have the Willpower (and even then, sometimes you won’t be Allowed places, like for example you need an Invite to the Summer Palace or else you’ll never find it) There are Gods in the form of the Queen and her Family, which can be patrons of psuedo-cleric/paladinhood, I guess? And Summer and Winter are constantly at battle, and with vicious hatred to one another. There hasn’t been a Big Declared War in many years, but there’s always skirmishes for land between courtiers (there are, however, smaller Courts who are more moderate, but when a War is called, they Must pick a side) 

HHHHH, I JUST LOVE FAE AND IT’S A LOT, BUT ANYWAYS,,, Merit is v soft by default, though he keeps it locked away or lets it show depending on who he’s with, and Kian being so upright and shy requires careful kindness (not that Merit would complain, it’s rare he can feel safe enough around fellow fae to permit it-- it feels like a Weakness to be exploited to him under the wrong gaze) but also Kiiiiaaan ;; it also Gets at me that they both feel like they gotta prove themselves to the Court bc their heritage (or lack thereof), where are the courtier bastards who made them both feel this way,,,