Category:Daireann

House Daireann
(Book of Lost Houses: The Second Coming, pp. 53-73)

This Unseelie house specializes in warfare, poisons, and oddly enough hospitality. Indeed, members of this house are courageous fighters and renowned hosts, giving their hospitality to friend or foe if asked. House Daireann is a Celtic house named after a daughter of Dagda. And whiles being great warriors, they have something of a bragging problem. So much so that they tend to tell the wrong sorts of secrets to the wrong sorts of people. Letting out intimate secrets about any Geas they are under, flaws in their carefully crafted plots, or the single way to kill them. All in a terribly drawn out and boastful story.

Boon: House Daireann members are among the fiercest and most stalwart of all fae warriors. The difficulty of the Dragon's Ire is always lowered by 1 for members of this house, even if it exceeds the -3 cumulative modifier. Also, they will not flee in combat unless ordered to do so by the ranking war leader (and even then, they'll be the last people off the field).

Flaw: House Daireann fae can't keep a secret to save their lives, literally, and stories of these lapsus lingua abound through Celtic legendss. They're the ones who, in a series of wild brags, explain the one way they can be killed, probably to the wrong person, or share the intimate details of any Geas they're under. Anytime a fae of House Daireann boasts of her deeds (not an uncommon occurrence), she must roll Willpower with three successes to avoid blabbing some secret. Note that House Daireann fae don't go spilling the beans to complete strangers, alhtough with a little work, a clever stranger can become a friend.

See also Changeling