Post by Jinx on Jan 29, 2012 23:27:51 GMT -5
Here is a bit of a complicated subject, the Changelings.
For reasons that range from complex to non-existant, it has been recorded through time that the Fae switch one of their children for a human child. It could be for a political reason, such as the parents of the human child aggravated them so they were left with a fae child that would possibly harm them accidently or would eventually return to the courts anyway. Sometimes they would be switched for no reason at all, other than a fun trick. Often the fae child would be a Half-Fae, who was of no use to the Courts or the Fae parent anyway, so it was no loss and they would gain a human child who would love them and possibly be an ideal servant. If the Fae baby was a full Fae, the Courts would eventually go back for it, thus gaining both childdren.
The term Changeling applies both for the Human child who would grow up around the Fae, and the Fae child who would grow up with the human family.
The Fae Changeling would be given a thick glamor by the monarch of the court he or she came from. They also would most likely not know what they were until they were told by a Fae, and probably just think themselves to be crazy...because they would be able to see the Fae, but not come from a Sighted family line. The only way to remove a Monarch's Glamor is to have it removed by the monarch, or to roll in a patch of four leaved clovers.
The Human Changeling would grow up in the Court, and it would depend on the court as to what their experience would be. Often they would be taken in by a certain fae, and loved as the Fae adore children because they are so rare with the Fae. Because of the way that time works in Faerie, they would probably appear to be about half the age they should have been had they grown up on Earth, and probabl wouldn't even realize that they weren't supposed to be in the Courts. It is often a Seelie Court thing to create these Changelings.
For reasons that range from complex to non-existant, it has been recorded through time that the Fae switch one of their children for a human child. It could be for a political reason, such as the parents of the human child aggravated them so they were left with a fae child that would possibly harm them accidently or would eventually return to the courts anyway. Sometimes they would be switched for no reason at all, other than a fun trick. Often the fae child would be a Half-Fae, who was of no use to the Courts or the Fae parent anyway, so it was no loss and they would gain a human child who would love them and possibly be an ideal servant. If the Fae baby was a full Fae, the Courts would eventually go back for it, thus gaining both childdren.
The term Changeling applies both for the Human child who would grow up around the Fae, and the Fae child who would grow up with the human family.
The Fae Changeling would be given a thick glamor by the monarch of the court he or she came from. They also would most likely not know what they were until they were told by a Fae, and probably just think themselves to be crazy...because they would be able to see the Fae, but not come from a Sighted family line. The only way to remove a Monarch's Glamor is to have it removed by the monarch, or to roll in a patch of four leaved clovers.
The Human Changeling would grow up in the Court, and it would depend on the court as to what their experience would be. Often they would be taken in by a certain fae, and loved as the Fae adore children because they are so rare with the Fae. Because of the way that time works in Faerie, they would probably appear to be about half the age they should have been had they grown up on Earth, and probabl wouldn't even realize that they weren't supposed to be in the Courts. It is often a Seelie Court thing to create these Changelings.
