Archons March On: D50x3(x20x8) Fairy Nobility

Friday, March 8, 2019

Take that, previous second-longest list.

D20	This fairy wears
1	a dress of soft newborns’ skulls pressed delicately into shape
2	nothing but splattered paint from neck to toe
3	a coat of carved, interlinked eggshells
4	a shroud stolen off an unsanctified corpse
5	ceremonial armour stitched from gold coins and baby teeth
6	a unicorn-skin cape, the horn resting upon their brow
7	a gown of moth-scales
8	a suit of live, colourful snails
9	bark carefully curled around them
10	gloves glued together from foxglove petals
11	a skirt made from a butter churn
12	a cuirass cobbled from worn shoe-leather
13	a raiment of owl-down
14	a mantle of swirling will-o’-wisps
15	a frock of fresh leaves
16	a robe of crackling hoarfrost
17	a tunic woven from thistles and ferns
18	an elk-antler corset
19	a veil of cold mist
20	a cloak of moss pinned with an adderstane brooch

D20	, and currently has
1	a toothy grin.
2	tears running down their unblemished cheeks.
3	a tight-lipped smile.
4	a little smirk.
5	a growling snarl.
6	no expression, they’re just staring blankly.
7	one eye shut in a perpetual wink.
8	their brow furrowed in thought.
9	a disgusted grimace.
10	a furious glare.
11	a look of slack-jawed incomprehension.
12	a wistfully distracted look.
13	wild eyes and bared teeth.
14	wide eyes darting about.
15	a puckered mouth.
16	raised eyebrows and a subtle frown.
17	a tightly drawn visage.
18	downcast eyes.
19	a reddened face and set jaw.
20	their face clutched in their hands.

D20	This fairy desires
1	the regalia of a mortal ruler
2	to challenge a romantic rival to a duel
3	to spin a new yarn in their court’s rumour-mill
4	to discover what has happened to one of their favourite spies
5	to chart a trade-route between fairyland and the underworld
6	to acquire a soul for themself
7	to falsify a claim on another noble’s lands
8	to hire someone to slay a great monster and allow the fairy to claim the credit
9	the retrieval of a bottle of legendary vintage from their lost family manor
10	to raid a druid’s sacred grove to get cuttings for their garden
11	that a library documenting key information about them be burned down
12	that their half-human child be placed with fitting foster parents and hidden from their enemies
13	the humiliation of an elf-knight who’s slighted them
14	to trick competent mortals into swearing fealty to them
15	unexpected entertainment to break the spell of boredom
16	that a truce be brokered by a neutral party between them and a neighbouring kingdom of trolls
17	that the weapon destined to kill them be hidden in a distant, deadly dungeon
18	a longer, more impressive title
19	to run away from their duties and live among feral elves
20	that a famous mortal artist of their choosing be brought to them so they can serve as the artist’s muse

D20	, but fears
1	that their goblinish ancestry will be discovered.
2	that one of their peers plots their murder.
3	that their escaped spouse will never be returned.
4	that they have been poisoned, and don’t yet hold the cure.
5	that their fashion will be ridiculed.
6	that they have not met their quota for the teind to hell.
7	breaking the baroque covenants of an oath they swore.
8	that they have no heir that is truly theirs, as they are beset by changelings.
9	that a lowborn fairy has stolen their name and now seeks to usurp their fief.
10	that the wild hunt will choose them as its next prey.
11	that their own reflection has been turned against them.
12	that they might be a changeling made to replace their true self.
13	that mortal assassins have smuggled iron weapons into their holdings.
14	they lack the power to collect the debt owed to them by a wizard they instructed.
15	that something is siphoning off their eternal life through malefic magic.
16	that a gift recently given to them was ruinously hexed.
17	being targeted by accusations of unseelie affiliation.
18	that their faith in a mortal god will be used against them.
19	that their realm is collapsing into rebellion and disarray.
20	that their dependence on a more competent subordinate will be found out.

D20	This fairy can bless you
1	with a token that will grant safe passage under their authority
2	with a fair mien
3	with good (though limited) luck
4	with the return of something once lost to you
5	with true sight to pierce through glamours
6	with a heart that resists unnatural fear and charms
7	with the return of something once lost to you
8	with secrets forgotten by mortals
9	with knowledge of a lullaby that can soothe the mindless dead back to peaceful rest
10	with teachings of strange fey magic
11	with total, lasting contentment
12	with a long and hearty lifespan
13	with an enchanted artifact from their collection
14	by splintering your tongue into a shape that will let you speak with trees
15	with the loyalty of a pixie servant from their retinue
16	by getting a single material to swear to never harm you
17	with a heap of mortal treasure
18	by fraying the string of your fate so that no others can thereafter alter it
19	by tormenting an enemy of your choice
20	by granting a non-specific favour to be called in at a later date

D20	, and they can curse you
1	to be burned by the touch of iron as they are.
2	such that all food and drink turns to dung (of appropriate consistency) in your mouth.
3	so that you will never find your way home again.
4	with the slow loss of your weight and tangibility, until you float away to join the clouds.
5	with the enmity of all wild things.
6	with painful transformation into a harmless animal.
7	with sterility and an inability to heal naturally.
8	with a bout of violent madness.
9	so that you must dance to any music you then hear.
10	with a second mouth that blurts out your guilts and shames.
11	with stinking fungus that grows parasitically in your flesh.
12	by making your eyeballs incredibly appetizing to birds.
13	by beguiling your associates into believing you’ve committed a terrible deed.
14	by sending you into an eternal slumbering nightmare.
15	by pulling strings from your back that let them control you like a puppet.
16	by pulling off your face and replacing it with a hideous mask.
17	by making any knots around you untie themselves.
18	by making no fire warm you or let you see by its light.
19	by setting an unshakable hob-beast from their menagerie after you.
20	by making plague-bearing rats follow in your footsteps.

Friday, March 8, 2019