Selkie and Phoenix AU Plotting
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unbreakable_kingBecause, you know, we apparently need this.
-Rhy is a phoenix. Phoenix fae are ancient, tend to only have two children if they have any, and do have the whole rebirth through fire thing.
-Some small degree of fire spells and air spells but he's not very good at them because the powers are strongest in phoenix form and towards the end of a lifecycle.
-Rhy's family used to be rulers somewhere, and is still treated as nobility by some fae
-Phoenixes are slightly like Selkie in that they have a cloak of their feathers that they use to transform (out of phoenix form they are mostly human but can summon their cloaks)
-Keeps his feathers/wings on display in a glass case in his library
-God help him, he can't help but have an art motif of phoenixes that are actually paintings he poses for to fae artists
-Has had many different human lovers, but when he leaves as a 'life cycle' passes and he can no longer rely on glamours, he stops relationships
-Walks both in mortal and fae circles
-Actually can only eat fruit in his phoenix form, which he has to spend some hours in that form every week
-Is estranged from his part-fae, part sorcerer brother
-His parents were killed by fae hunters when he was very young, more than a millenium ago
-Phoenixes can absolutely be killed if their ashes are consumed rather than letting them incubate the egg they are reborn from (this imparts a few more decades of life to the consumer)
-Grows back to their 'mature' form within weeks, so lots of staged deaths or possibly just being 'sick' for a while.
-Rhy is a phoenix. Phoenix fae are ancient, tend to only have two children if they have any, and do have the whole rebirth through fire thing.
-Some small degree of fire spells and air spells but he's not very good at them because the powers are strongest in phoenix form and towards the end of a lifecycle.
-Rhy's family used to be rulers somewhere, and is still treated as nobility by some fae
-Phoenixes are slightly like Selkie in that they have a cloak of their feathers that they use to transform (out of phoenix form they are mostly human but can summon their cloaks)
-Keeps his feathers/wings on display in a glass case in his library
-God help him, he can't help but have an art motif of phoenixes that are actually paintings he poses for to fae artists
-Has had many different human lovers, but when he leaves as a 'life cycle' passes and he can no longer rely on glamours, he stops relationships
-Walks both in mortal and fae circles
-Actually can only eat fruit in his phoenix form, which he has to spend some hours in that form every week
-Is estranged from his part-fae, part sorcerer brother
-His parents were killed by fae hunters when he was very young, more than a millenium ago
-Phoenixes can absolutely be killed if their ashes are consumed rather than letting them incubate the egg they are reborn from (this imparts a few more decades of life to the consumer)
-Grows back to their 'mature' form within weeks, so lots of staged deaths or possibly just being 'sick' for a while.
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Date: 2020-04-06 03:46 pm (UTC)-Mansion has an expansive green house meant to recreate more of Rhy's native environment. Has a secret area with a large heated sand pit for him to sand bathe in.
-Phoenixes are most closely related to corvids, very smart, loves shinies
-When ill or emotionally less than good, his feathers get very drab
-Kel does NOT approve of Rhy's new infatuation
-Holding a piece of Rhy allows one through his wards: he gave Llewellyn some of his down
-Has multiple pools on his estate, both fresh and salt water, to make the Seelie of his courts more comfortable.
-There are hidden areas of Rhy's estate, only accessible by magic, that allow him and other fae to hide
-Rhy is jealous of Llewellyn's freedom as a skin changer. Rhy can only fly safely in his greenhouse. For a king and a bird his freedom is HIGHLY reduced.
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Date: 2020-04-06 04:06 pm (UTC)-When choosing their final 'true' mate, phoenixes create a song for them. Singing it is like a marriage ceremony for a phoenix.
-Phoenixes typically only mate to other phoenixes, but there are less than fifty of them left in the world and Rhy has not interacted with another phoenix in centuries. They also have a preference for other bird-fae, though skinchangers are welcome because they are similar.
-Many skinchangers are not viewed well among other fae because most skinchangers are seen as only having powers because of their pelts. This is not accurate.
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Date: 2020-04-07 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-08 06:45 pm (UTC)