High Fae differ from the lesser Fae by their human-looking appearances, save for their delicately arched ears and slightly longer limbs. While it is not so all over the world, in Hybern most Fae are High Fae. This are because so many lesser Fae were treated horribly while the last king was a live and before that not many live in Hybern. The High Fae are stronger and more powerful than the average Fae, and they may possess unique abilities that vary with their level of power such as winnowing or a trait received at birth, such as the daemati.
Although High Fae are all born with their abilities, they normally don't start to show them until between 50 and 150 years old. They can come earlier, or later, but it is are to do so (since we are allowing members to buy additional abilities if they wish for their characters, IC those characters that get new abilities while being played are considered an anomaly). They will also have the same abilities as someone in their bloodline around 99% of the time.
High Lords/Ladies are High Fae who are tasked with keeping their Court safe and ward off (or kill) monstrous creatures who are in charge of tormenting others. They are essentially the royalty of their court and have more abilities than any other Fae. Each Court has their own, and in the Weyr the Weyrwoman typically has this same level as power just without having rare abilities.
High Fae female's menstrual cycle doesn't work like human cycles. In fact, High Fae have very painful cycles two times a year. High Fae females also reach sexual maturity later than the average human age (somewhere between 18 and 20). It is very hard for them to get pregnant.
Most High Fae will have one to two abilities on this list (though they can also have none if you'd like). To start with you may only have your character have two abilities. You may buy up to two more from the site store. Typically if they only have one that one is stronger. Each ability should have some kind of weakness or something to balance it out. The more abilities they have the weaker they will all be (this includes bought ones). So if your character has four common abilities they are all going to be much weaker than someone who only has one or two abilities. This of course is not the case for a High Lord/Lady. If you have an idea for an ability that is not on this list run it by staff and if we think it can fit into the site we will add it here.
Winnowing The ability to transport oneself to a different location.
Glamouring Make people see and think things the user wants.
Cursebreaking The ability to seamlessly cut through magical wards and enchantments.
Healing The power to heal.
Air Manipulation The ability to manipulate air.
Water Manipulation The ability to manipulate water.
Fire Manipulation The ability to manipulate fire.
Ice Manipulation The ability to manipulate ice.
Light Generation The ability to manipulate light.
Darkness Manipulation The ability to manipulate darkness.
If your Fae has an ability listed here then that is their only ability. Fae may not have more than one rare ability unless they are the High Lord/High Lady of one of the courts (So if your character already has one rare ability, they may not buy another. They may buy up to two common abilities, but remember this will make all three of their abilities weaker). Dragons and NagaHounds also tend not to bond to people with this abilities.
Seer The ability to predict the future with visions and images.
Daemati The ability to control and infiltrate another person's mind. They are able to read, influence, and even shatter someone's mind, depending on their training and power.
Shapeshifting The power to alter one's form and appearance (can only animal shapeshift and only into a specific animal). They may not shift into NagaHounds or Dragons.
