Seven Questions
Q: Where did the Fae
come from?
A: We were all created by Faerie, the
Mother Earth.
Q: What
do we worship?
A: We all worship the creative mystery. Some do that through intermediaries,
powerful spirits of Faerie, that we name, the gods. In the end, though
it is to this divine mystery that we turn.
Praise-singers, our priests, tell us of the gods' feats, but druids hold the deepest knowledge. They are the keepers of the Truth, the revealers of questions, the speakers of riddle and song.
Q: How do
I know the gods are real?
A: We see their power around us. The ollaves sing their songs and
are rewarded with feats of magic, given from the hands of the gods. In
ancient times the gods lived among us, and some say they still do.
Q: What
happens when I die?
A: You will return to the great cycle of life. If you have pleased
the gods, you may spend time with them in their world feasting and singing
their praises. Some say that the gods have the power to influence the
form that you will be reborn into, if you please them. Powerful druids
are able to reincarnate the dead —proof of the true cycle of life.
Q: Where
do I live?
A: Most of our folk dwell in villages, not in the cramped, dirty cities
of the humans. In this way we can be close to our Mother, the source of
all power. Near your village is a keep held by the noble charged with
your protection. Also, there is a place of power, a grove, or grotto where
the Druids live. Perhaps there is a shrine to a local god, tended by an
ollave. Witches and sorcerers are always among our folk, healing and working
magic.
Q: Who are
the humans?
A: They are strange and warlike creatures. They have honor, of a sort,
but are religious fanatics —zealots that enslave their own kind.
Yet they are also gentle to their old and loyal to their ollaves and nobles.
They breed like rabbits and work like horses — they have built a mighty nation on what was barren land. A confusing and dangerous folk.
Q: Who rules me?
A: You owe loyalty to family, clan, people, king, High King and the
Druids — but no fae truly rules another. We are strong and independent
folk.
