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Species Maa-alused
Order Faerie
Classification Vaettir
Court None
Sphere Contradiction
Origin All faeries are born Nameless and must be given a True Name; maa-alused have contradictory Names
Lifespan 2,000 years
Habitat Just under the surface
Food Small amounts of mortal fare
Description Maa-alused appear to be elf-like figures (tall, pointy-eared), but everything about them is reversed.
Procreation  
Esoterica Maa-alused are beings of paradox, poioumenon, dream energy, and uafas. Like all faeries, they are users of The Tradition, a form of poioumenonic lore empowered by dream energies. They also use
The Tradition

Maa-alused have the following faerie powers:

  • Maa-alused can vanish and become insubstantial by speaking their True Name backward into a mirror.
  • A circle of salt will protect a maa-alused from supernatural powers for as long as it goes undisturbed.
  • Any maa-alused being may summon a faeriesteed or cheval mallet by whistling three special notes.
Glamour Most faeries can glamour themselves using certain ancient rhymes, but never to unreverse their features.
Weaknesses If they do not speak their True Name forwards into that same mirror in half a minute, maa-alused lose their True Names. They have a fortnight to recover it or they become targets of the Wild Hunt, corrupted into another kind of fey, or turn into a hag or boggin. Iron or steel will bind a maa-alused into powerlessness. An iron horseshoe nailed over a door will bar a maa-alused from entering a house. The Law binds and harms maa-alused.
National Culture  
Court Culture  
Other Courts  
Mortal Interactions  
Notables Desula-aam, Maa-Alused Manifest, the Backward;
Special Classes  
Sample Stats PRO
ATH
STR
AWA
WIL
ROG

Other Powers
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