Some call her Titania, others Gloriana, others Lurline, and others still Belphoebe or Amoret, Mab or Oona. She has been called Morgan or Morgana, and she has been called Tanaquil and Clarion and Caelia. She has been called Nicneven and Gay-Carling, and she has even been called Hecate. Some called her Meave or Maeve, and others still called her L'annawnshee or Uonaidh. On Shem, most know her as "Esaria," and that will do for those who know her well. Mostly, people call her "The Queen" and hope she doesn't notice them.
Esaria has ruled the faerie realms for longer than Shem has existed. Some think her the daughter of the Dreamer God, but others are not so sure. All know her to be one of the most ancient and powerful figures the world has ever known. When the Pantheons go to war, the Velour Mantle turns to her as its Marshall. She has few limitations outside the Arbiter's Law, and even many gods fear her. It is pointless to ask what she is capable of, for the list is unending.
She has but one goal: to defeat the Teind, the King of the Unseelie, and the dark oath she swore so long ago that costs her 7 of the finest of her people every year (or her closest mortal lover). Twice has the Master of the Wild Hunt died, and each time, a new one has arisen. Her goal is to see that it never happens again, and to wipe out those that currently run the Hunt--the Erlking, the Teind, and the Queen of the Unseelie.
Prowess 57
Athleticism 59
Strength 54
Awareness 60
Will power 60
Rogue 60
Tradition:
- Eldest of all fey.
- She has a mirror that can reveal one profound truth per century.
- She has a quill that can write the story of one mortal per century.
- She has a mantle that can turn her physically into a deer once per century.
- She can know everything about a fey by looking at them for ten seconds.
- She has 9 True Names.
- She can command any fey being with one of 9 rhymes.
- She can summon miros into the Waking Realm with a snap of her fingers.
- She can can wield dream energy through raw will.
- She has 9 special objects that she can use on herself to create certain properties: a comb that makes her beautiful, a needle that makes her regenerate, a soothing stone that makes her awake, a perfume that makes her likable, a circlet that makes her intimidating, a brooch that allows her to be in three places at once, a ring that poisons those who kiss it, a ring that enslaves those who kiss it, and a ring that strengthens those who kiss it.
- She can capture miros with any net.
- She has a bridle made for the Unicorn.
- If she burns incense, the smoke allows her to see emotions.
- If she drinks from a cup, anyone who drinks after her will be happy for a year.
- If she spends a coin, the person who takes it will earn for the next year and lose little.
- If she is wrapped in 9 blankets for 9 nights, she will awaken on the last day with beautiful butterfly wings, which will last a year and function as wings should.
- If she eats raspberries, her next child will be a pooka.
- When she crosses a bridge, the water running beneath it carries away 9 dreams to the sea, where they become 9 fish that bring those dreams to 9 inhabitants of the seas.
- If she picks a rose, its petals will not fade for a year and a day.
- On the first day of spring, she can enter the Promised Land, but she may not return if she does. She never has.
- She can count all the stars in the sky as she sleeps.
- Under a triple full moon, she can call down the moons and commune with the cosmos for 9 hours by bathing in her moonblood.
- She can create water by rubbing the edges of a bowl lined in salt.
- All trees bow to her when she rides past on the first day of summer.
- On midsummer, she will sleep with the first male she sees, no matter what.
- If she ever eats a sapphire, she will have her heartbroken for the last time.
- She will grow a fox's tail if she sits on a fox.
- On the first day of the year, she can remember everything that she has ever experienced. On any other day, she has a remarkable memory, but not perfect.
- On the last day of the year, she can reverse a suicide by painting the shroud of the fallen with acorn butter.
- She knows 9 songs that can create 9 different wards: ward against fire, ward against lightning, ward against cold, ward against hunger, ward against fear, ward against deception, ward against being lost, ward against broken bones, and ward against poisons.
- She has a throne made from wood from the World Tree that allows her to sense everything that happens within her kingdom while she is sitting upon it.
- She has a small statue of herself that she can hide herself inside of for 9 hours if she kisses its hand.
- She can look at a map and instantly know the best strategic position for any battle taking place within its bounds.
- She can instill bravery in her personal guards by speaking their common names.
- Her milk can give longevity to mortals.
- The hearth of her palace cannot be broken while she lives.
- If she pricks her thumb with a thorn, the blood spilled will burn like acid.
- She has powers of any seelie or mixed court fey that she is in the presence of for more than 9 minutes.