Sælie Fae (see-lee)

Hailing from the Courts of Summer within the Ethereal Plane, the Sælie faeries are known for their outwardly joyful demeanor and love for all things bright, sunny, and vibrant.
The Sælie love of parties and enthusiasm for life has deceived many a mortal into thinking that the Sælie are safe, almost human companions to have. While the Sælie Fae are less innately dangerous to mortal life than many of their counterparts from other planes, they are still Fae. Their bargains hold the same weight as the darker fae, as does their wrath.

Court of Summer

The Court of Summer is the home of the Sælie royalty. It is more stable than much of the Wyld due to the imminence of fae royalty, but the realm is known to change dramatically based on the royals' whims and moods.
As with the rest of the Wyld plane, navigation is based not on survival skills or reading terrain, but on the traveler's desires. In the Court of Summer, wandering will take you to the place you most desire, whether that is your immediate want or not. This effect can be overcome with sufficient willpower if the traveler sets their heart on a specific destination.

Summer Royalty

The Court of Summer is ruled by the Three Queens of Summer, who are supported and challenged by the Summer Prince.

Mother Summer

Little is known about Mother Summer. She is a being of immense power, seemingly restricted to her realm, bound by some unknown fate to use her power as that fate demands. She rarely gets directly involved in the political actions of the Sælie court, serving primarily as councelor to the Summer Queen.
Mother Summer is most often known to take the form of a loving, doting grandmother. This form belies the depths of her power. Some legends say that she occasionally takes the form of a great storm or horrible plague, sweeping devastation across the lands. Other legends say that it was Mother Summer who taught Ilgradnis how to spin the threads of fate.
Some scholars believe that Mother Summer was once the Summer Queen. How such a transition might have occurred is a mystery to even the wisest of scholars.

Summer Queen

Ruler of the Courts of Summer, the Summer Queen is weaker but less restricted than Mother Summer. She is called Titania and is said to glow with a radiant beauty that can strike a mortal dead in an instant. Titania's rule sets the status quo for the Courts of Summer. Only a fool risks disobedience within her realm.
The Summer Queen is most commonly known to take the form of an unbelieveably beautiful, ageless woman with brilliant red hair, antler's horns, and a wreath of leaves, nuts, and berries from a myriad of plant life. She is known both for passion and compassion, fierce love and zealous rage. Scholars believe that many storms on the material plane are generated by Titania's eternal conflict with the Winter Queen.
Some scholars believe that the Summer Queen was once the Summer Lady. How such a transition might have occurred is a mystery to even the wisest of scholars.

Summer Lady

Said to be the future Summer Queen, the Summer Lady is weaker and less restricted than the Queen. She is daughter to the Summer Queen, though whether this is merely a metaphor has been a subject of scholarly debate for ages. In faerie politics, the Summer Lady is heavily involved, honing her skills by trying to outmaneuver her mother, the Queen, without disobeying her outright. This leads to somewhat of a rivalry between Queen and Lady, despite their being ostensibly on the same team.
The Summer Lady usually takes the form of an unbelieveably beautiful young woman. Her exact appearance varies from century to century. According to some scholars, this change in appearance is not merely aesthetic. Instead, it represents the Lady being replaced by a different candidate. This may happen because the Lady's youthful vigor puts her in a situation that ends in her untimely demise, or because her rivalry with the Queen gets out of hand, or for any number of other reasons.
Though the Lady is the weakest of Fae royalty, her power should not be underestimated. Her power may be less than the Queen or Mother, but her proximity to Mortality grants her the ability to use her power in a far more direct manner than the other royals.

Summer Prince

Though he dwells technically within the Summer Court, the Summer Prince Oberon has his own domain, seperate from those of the Mother, Queen, and Lady. As with other Princes and Princesses of the fae, the Summer Prince's domain is less broad than his female counterparts'.
The Summer Prince is also often called The Huntsman. He commands a legion of warriors known as the Great Hunt. The Great Hunt draws its stock from among fey, mortal, and monster alike. Any who succumb to the desires of the Great Hunt and are of sufficient power can join.
The Hunt spends most of its time cavorting in their great castle, feasting and telling stories of their trophies. Occasionally, the Prince leads them on a hunt. Hunts are usually random (or at least lacking any pattern that mortal minds can comprehend), but the Summer Queen has been known to call upon the Huntsman to hunt foes from time to time.
When it comes to fae politics, the Summer Prince is usually absent. However, he does occasionally show up to court to act as a sort of contrarian to the Queen's wishes, or a foil to her designs. This resistance is part of the eternal dance of fae politics and is little understood by mortals. However, there are some scholars who suggest that many, if not all, of such appearances are in some way driven by the Summer Lady, whom the Prince is thought to adore from afar.

Summer Knights

Fae royals can, in times of need, invest some of their power into a mortal to gain greater flexibility in the use of their power. The result is what is known as a Fae Knight. The Knights gain significant power from their liege, and in return are beholden (largely) to their liege's whims. They can resist, and Knights capable of such resistance often prove highly valuable to the royal. Such resistance is very difficult and frequently results in the Knight's death. Or worse.
Knights of Summer are beholden to all Summer Royals, regardless of which Royal invested power into them. They are known as Gold Knights.

Alternate Names

Endonym: Ábéodan (lucky ones)
Scholarly: Sælie (gleeful)
Common: Fair Folk

Common Associations

Summer
Glee
Pranks

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Fae

Geographic Distribution

• Aether Plane