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Rules for dealing with faeries

    THE MOST IMPORTANT RULES:

  • Rule #1:  Don't ever attract their attention.

  • Rule #2:  Don't speak to invisible faeries.

  • Rule #3:  Don't stare at invisible faeries.


    Dealing with faeries:

  • If you know what they are, it's a lot easier to keep safe. When in doubt, go into areas with as much steel as possible. Steel, being based in iron, is dangerous to them. Only the strongest of faeries can withstand it.

  • If you see a faery who can withstand it, review the Most Important Rules. Get away as quickly as you can while doing your best not to attract even the slightest attention from them.

  • If you cannot get away, remember the basics:
    • Don't run.  They like to chase.
    • Don't eat or drink with faeries.  Once you taste their food, nothing else will ever satisfy you.
    • Don't linger to listen to their music.  Months will pass as you wither away, too entranced to leave. (Dancing with them is also a bad idea--as are kissing, embracing, or anything that might follow such activities.  Like the taste of their food or the sound of their songs, their touch can entrap a mortal.)
    • Don't make a vow to a faery.  If, however, a faery offers you a vow, it is as law to them (as are yours to them).  Make sure there are witnesses.
    • Don't make bargains with them. They wouldn't offer unless the bargain is in their favor. Avoid deals. They have the experience; you don't.  No, really, this rarely goes well.
    • Do remember what has happened to mortals who saw them: blinding or worse.
    • Do wear steel & iron on your person.
    • Do remember that they are everywhere.  Speaking openly about them is most unwise.
    • Do read folklore and myths.  They might not all be accurate, but they are our best sources of truth.
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