Alala/The Faerie

Mythic Age

xxxxxIn the time before memories, when Dream and Earth were one and the same, Flame had a daughter, and her name was Ionae. Crafted from the essence of fire, she was a creature of chaos and greed. Incapable of understanding the perspectives of others or considering that they even have feelings or desires of their own. She left villages burnt and broken, lives forever changed taking items or people as she wished without ever considering the cost to the lives she impacted. It was ignorance alone that saved her from being truly evil. xxxxxShe came upon a small village led by a wise woman. The particular details of the dispute are lost in most retellings, but the aftermath, that is still spoken of in the ancient myths of Greece. The woman, revealed to be a will worker transformed Ionae into the body of a cow while she and her coven gathered to determine the best way to heal the critical imbalance they sensed withing their captive. Thinking that they could fix the fiery creature, they attempted to bring to the surface other, stabilizing elements to balance the fire. Unknowing what it was they were dealing with, their attempt to fix her, shattered her soul. Instead of bringing a balance, they merely forced her into a cycle of constant extremes. With each Equinox or Solstice, her form would die and be reborn crafted in the element dominant to the new Season.

Modern Era

xxxxxWord of Ionae's exploits before coming to Prospect read less like a sidhe and more like one of the commoner kith. Not that she went untitled. She underwent her Fior Ridh and passed easily, however, she showed a singular lack of drive or ambition in political circles. More often than not she was Knight Errant, without a liege, driftless and solitary. She performed a number of reacquisitions, returning stolen objects to their rightful owners in service to House Fiona. Her changeable nature and the inevitable explosion of Summer's fury left her unable to form lasting bonds -- until her service with Baroness Belamy the Strange ni Fiona in Caer du Coeur in the hills of Mundane Kentucky. The Baroness was able to handle the variegating personalities of Ionae and kept her in service for more than a year. Only when the grump was lost to banality, did Ionae move on. Shortly afterward, she found herself in Prospect. xxxxxOnce in Prospect, her rise to power was meteoric. While there was talk, briefly, of a possible alliance to a now absent Eiluned, it soon became apparent that she made a political pact with fellow Fiona Leras. What started as a political relationship soon burst into a romantic one as well. After negotiating trade agreements with a pair of caravan runners, she was elevated from Knight to Baroness. The two began a truly whirlwind romance while she was in the guise of Spring and on the day of their marriage, after vows were spoken, Summer made her bold appearance a week before the Solstice. After the transition, the couple continued their rise when their mortal venture The Sideshow erupted into the staggeringly powerful freehold Lions Reach. Soon after, through their continued service to the County, and their dedication to the prosperity of all, they were elevated to Count and Countess during a struggle against the previous Countess Kelira.

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The Seasons

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