#c.etarlam

[isleofmisfitmuses]

@bcbliophile wanted a random muse.

“You are trespassing,” it was rare to find any place in the Faerie that truly belonged to anyone beyond one of the courts but the hill under which the Riders resided when they were not doing business was certainly such a place. Most fae even went so far as to actively prevent wandering mortals from stumbling onto it.

[isleofmisfitmuses]

If you manage to befriend/gain the trust any of the Riders of Mannan, it’s a rare occurrence and the last time it was done was when they entered into their agreement with the unseelie rulers, you get all of them.

[isleofmisfitmuses]

“Things aren't always what they seem,” that much was something anyone who knew of the Faerie should know, yet most seemed to forget it once they were surrounded by the beauty of the place.

[isleofmisfitmuses]

“My siblings and I,” Etarlam started, for how else could he start? The Riders were each their own beings with personalities of their own but they were never really separate from one another. Perhaps there had been a chance for it after their father left but they had never split up. “Are not the easiest to persuade. The last one to do such a thing was the first Unseelie King and I don’t think Fal is quite as interested in you as he was that man so I doubt you’ll get our help the way he did.”

[isleofmisfitmuses]

The Riders, a brief summery.

They were created by Mannan from the very wild magic that created the Faerie in the first place with the intention that they would slay the monsters that made life too harsh for the mortals. Faeries were, after all, the first attempt to make a people who would look after those mortals caught in the middle of the war and on a planet with creatures that wanted to kill them. The riders are unlike normal faeries in a number of ways, firstly they share in the Hunt’s immunity to the normal weaknesses of the fey, secondly they are immortal rather than simply having a long lifetime, and finally they can lie.

They were made, for the most part, in twos with one being created with one of their father’s hands. Ethna & Eochaid were created first and thus are the leaders of the group and probably the most protective of them, Delan & Etarlam followed quickly after them, then Karn & Airmed, and finally Fal was made last and was the only one without a pair. 

Eventually their father was no longer in the world, he didn’t die in some grand battle or anything like that he was just no longer there. It was then that the siblings just started to hunt things for their own enjoyment and slowly as the world started to change they realized their old place as hunters of monsters was no longer so necessary. They had been alive since shortly after time began and their work was paying off. So they retreated to under a hill and spent their days there, resting together until someone came to seek their aid.

The fey who would become the first ruler of the Unseelie court sought them out, wishing to have the aid of Mannan’s children for the rebellion against the Seelie ruler. It was Fal they won over first, with tales of injustice and the suffering of those who were less angelic, and soon the rest of the Riders were won over by their brother and they agreed to help. Since then they have worked for the rulers of the Unseelie, as once they worked for their father.

[isleofmisfitmuses]

“Me and mine are not simply faeries. You think we are the children of Mannan as Kieran is the child of the King but our relationship with him is far more akin to Angels and God in most Christian view points. He made us and is our father but we were not birthed from some lover of his, we were shaped of wild magic and as such we are above the restrictions of those you call faeries.”

[isleofmisfitmuses]

Hit the heart for a starter from Etarlam.