Alethea
Age: 368 years
Species: Healing Fairy
Background: Alethea was born among the commoner fairies, believing she was like them. That changed the day she found a bird on the brink of death. Holding it in her hands, a glow emerged, the blood started reverting back into the creature's body and her own burning from within. Terrified, she kept her gift hidden. But she could no longer stand by and watch hunger and sickness sweeping her village. Once discovered, her gift became a weapon. She was torn from her family and forced into the healer camps, trained to save fae soldiers broken by war. Day after day, she stitched the dying, but each life she failed to save stayed with her. When the war ended, Alethea disappeared, broken, haunted.
She moved into the outer reaches of the realm, far from the eyes of the world, quietly healing the wounded wilds, and the few souls she dares to let in.Personality: positive, bubbly, great-listener
Enjoys: spring, animals, singing
Dislikes: winter, horror stories, war
Brenda
Age: 180 years
Species: Half Fairy / Half Human
Background: Brenda was a curse on the eyes of all fairies and humans. She was born from the love between enemies behind the shadows of an abusing and soulless human man. At the sight of her first fairy features the man she called father, attempted to murder her but her mother stood up and paid with her own life. Since then he used Brenda's fae abilities to survive. When she came of age, tired of seeing her sisters being treated like property and still burning with grief and rage, she killed him and took her sisters to safety. She fled into the Fae Realm to search for her true father. During the war she stood with the fairies and became known as the Half-Breed Assassin: swift and deadly. Despite that she was alone. Only one saw through her armor: Alethea. With every tender word and soft touch, Brenda's soul started to heal.
When the war ended, Brenda followed Alethea to the quiet edges of the realm. Though she still searches for her past, she always returns to the one place that feels like home: Alethea's arms.Personality: brave, loyal, cheeky
Enjoys: girlfriend, food, weapons
Dislikes: idiots, strangers, jewelry
Shayleen
Age: 542 years
Species: Storm Elemental Fairy
Background: Shayleen was born in a cradle of gold. As the only female elementary fairy of the Storm Court, she was shielded by her older brothers. Her role was simple: be polite and look pretty. She was a pawn in the Court's game of alliances, moved to just keep the bloodline strong. When war erupted, she seized her chance to prove her worth. With her power she summoned storms that breached enemies defenses. With her wit she infiltrated, disguised as a human, enemies' quarters learning their every move. And although she earned her place in the Realm's councils, her voice was ignored and her body still seen as a prize.
Every now and then, whenever the weight of expectations grew too heavy, Shayleen would escape to a quiet cottage at the outskirts of the Realm where her title meant nothing and she could enjoys a cup of tea with the ones that saw her beyond her gold: Alethea and Brenda.Personality: cunning, cold, short-fuse
Enjoys: control, rain, competitive games
Dislikes: royal bulls***, cocky people, sweets
Magnheild
Age: You don't ask that to a lady!
Species: Valkyrie
Background: Magnheild served the Gods as a Valkyrie. Her duties were to guide humans believers in war, choose the worthiest warriors and escort them to one of the Seven Heavens, where they would feast, revel, and prepare for the final battle between Gods prophesied to end the world as we know it. At first, she found it exhilarating. The war. The glory. The man. The eternal celebration. But after centuries she started to see human life for what is was: short and meaningless. Humans were simple creatures ruled by hunger, lust, and conflict. On the war against the Fae she met the unexpected. A fairy with the power to see her, laying over a breathless body of a half-breed, ready protect it against fate itself. Magnheild was ordered to take that soul but she didn't. She couldn't.
From that moment the couple swore to always have a spot at their table in. In their quiet home, among tea and laughter, Magnheild tasted something new: friendship.Personality: yapper, cocky, sassy
Enjoys: men, nice clothes, a good challenge
Dislikes: her job, smarta** c*nts, animals
Damien
Age: 27 years
Species: Human
Background: Damien was a simple man. He lived for his family. His mother and little sister were everything. On his deathbed, his father made him swear to protect them, but Damien had already taken that vow in his heart. Suddenly, strange disease lurk swept through the village. People were dropping in the streets, burning in fever, lungs collapsing. Sooner than later, his mother fell ill. Desperate, Damien searched for help and found a mage clamming he would cure every ill person... for a price. Damien would just have to slip into the Fae Realm and bring him the ingredients as he could not himself penetrate through their magical veil. Simple right? But each request drew him deeper into the Realm.
In one of his scavangers, he was struck down by lightning casted by a tall, radiant fairy. He wakes up in a small cottage surrounded by fairies and for what it seems an angel. What was he going to do now?Personality: sweet-heart, loyal, naive
Enjoys: family, cooking, nature
Dislikes: weapons, bugs, gore
Eddie
Age: ??? years
Species: Cute little pup
Background: Actually I don't know where Eddie came from... not even Eddie, I think. Wait, who named him? Checks notes. Oh... of course. Alethea.
In one of her morning walks looking for herbs she felt like something was following her. As she bent to rinse her hands in a waterfall, an heavy weight pushed her into the water. Startled, she looked up... only to see a fluffy blonde puffball floating above her. When she emerged, Alethea was ambushed by a dog with unstoppable soggy kisses.
I don't need to say more. He was sweet, squishy, fluffy and now part of the family.
Look at those puppy eyes! Convincing Brenda would be a piece of cake right? Right?
Author's Note: It was, in fact, a piece of cake. A piece of cake that Eddie aspirated and then threw up on Brenda's boots.Personality: cute, fluffy, brainless
Enjoys: everything
Dislikes: nothing... except veggies
