The Peddlers Court

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Peddlers Court
The Peddlers court is the court that the fae of London have created to make themselves feel more at home amongst the iron city of London. The court consists of only outcasts of the court, though they do make exceptions in the case of those fleeing the wrath of the kings/queens of the UnSeelie and Seelie court, because of this they have earned some amonosity amongst their kin back home, but the courts do not dare invade London and attempt to take care of the outcasts due to the disadvantage of not being as used to the iron as their banished members. It is due to this that the Peddler’s court survives and one might even say thrives in its location next to fleet street. One might ask why Fleet Street? It’s simple, this is the single largest gathering of humans on a day to day basis, this is the place where the ancient former god draws a little magic from each person to keep their small home safe and secure from the humans. It is in all manners an artificially created Sithen where the outcasts can live and lead a semblance to a normal life. There are no kings and queens in the Peddlers Court, there is a dozen or more elders who advise and help the day to day running of small sithen.

There are but a few laws in the Peddlers Court and they are as follows

1. No Fae shall ever bring a human into the Peddlers Court without express permission from the gate keeper
2. All Fae will conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to their species (goblins can leer, Sidhe may flirt etc)
3. No Fae is worth more than any other, any fae found attempting to subvert or control another fae (unless their goblin as is part of their life style of dominant and submissive) will be banished from the Peddlers Court.
4. No fae is greater than the Court, any Fae who attempts to undermine and bring about the fall or weakening of the court will be slain by iron.
5. Any fae caught breaking “human law” will be punished accordingly (if you’re smart enough not to get caught! There will be no repercussions, as long as no attention is turned to the Peddlers Court.)

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The Elders
There are exactly thirteen elders, why this number no one knows, but there are at all times thirteen elders and they are chosen not by the elders, but by the ancient magics which keep their small sithen alive, a wild magic which see’s into the true character of each fae and decides if they are best suited for their position. The Elders jobs are many and vary, but amongst the elders there are four positions which have yet to be ever empty as their original members are still there to this day. They are as follows (keep in mind, these four are always npcs)

1. The Book Keeper: The keeper of the chronicles of the Peddlers court, they write down the name of every fae born, arrived or through any other means has ever come to the court. This book is a living record and tells the health, mood and location of the people in it. The book keeper is a old fae, so old no one really is certain what species of fae he came from, all they know is he is most likely the last of his kind.
2. The Gate Keeper: Guardian of the gate, he is a large cross breed, half sidhe, half jack in irons, he commands very little magical power other than the sithen seems to take very heavily his opinion on who should enter and who shouldn’t, he once sported two great tusks, both which were broken off and have never healed for some unknown reason.
3. Oath Breaker: For some unknown reason, one of the fae banished from the courts for oath breaking is known as the oath breaker, he is the Sithen’s chosen to be the intermediate between the fae and the humans, perhaps because his word has been worth so little, he see’s the value in truth and a little white lie now and again. The Oath Breaker is a pure blooded Sidhe with Purple, Grey and white eyes.
4. The Champion: The Sithen primary defender or policing force is the champion, a Sidhe/Red Cap half breed from around the middle of the goblin wars, he has a deep blue set of eyes and his cap flows with blood, though he is Sidhe sized and struck with there beauty and body, his greater strength, his eyes and his bleeding cap set him apart.