Thinky Thoughts on that Fae thing I had a dream about a few times.

[weirdlet]

Say that there was a subculture of Fae-Americans in the world, and they had a tendency to conglomerate around 'lords' of either Seelie (seen) or Unseelie (unseen) nature.  Say they were literally creatures of their word- what they swear will happen, will happen, whether it bend the laws of reality, whether it cost them their lives to do it (If asked why the Fae lords/gang leaders like to recruit young sidhe rather than hiring more qualified thugs and psychopaths, he would explain thus- “A sworn liegeman, bound by geas, is worth more to one of these thanes than ten more experienced men.  And that is because those men can fail him.  If I swear, as is my duty and privilege, to do a thing my lord requests of me, then I will do it- though it cost me my life, though it twist the laws of time and space, it will be done.  Thus is the power of an oath taken freely, to a being of the Fae.  For a given definition of ‘freely.’”
.  Say then that they tend to have relationships much like the Xmen of Xmen Evolution had with the Brotherhood of Mutants, wherein the pretty and socially acceptable changelings get recruited by a rich uptown patron, and the ugly and unpleasant ones get reeled in by unscrupulous organized Unseelie criminals who have equal delusions of grandeur as the Seelie ones.  They clash over their patrons' goals, with the Seelie kids getting a bit of a hero complex and press, and the Unseelie just trying to survive in the beds they've made.


Well, say all that's so, and one of your 'evil' Unseelie boys falls down in a seizure from too much iron exposure, both because he's the one the boss trusts to handle the big guns, and because it helps dull emotion that gets in the way of the job/makes him soft (and softens the bonds of vows, albeit by destroying the soulstuff they're made of).  "Kid, I haven't seen soul-burn that bad on anyone that wasn't a walking corpse." 

What would appropriate medical treatment be in that context?  Or at least, what seems like it would be mythically/magically appropriate?  Medical silver?  Herbal concoctions and bedrest?

Comments

[gravebug.livejournal.com]

Halloo, odd lj traveler lurking about here (I found you through an interest search on tieflings oddly enough) and I would second the notion of being cared for by a druid or fae-healer. In my mind's eye I picture some sort of wytch or woman of the forest tending to a fallen fae with a mixture of tinctures and bedrest, maybe applying salves if any iron-burns are present. Possibly burning some sage or other herbs known for cleansing (couldn't hurt) and as a last resort, bloodletting. Most of what I've read has iron exposure causing some type of skin reaction (boils, burns, etc) and I think that'd be one of the major things to treat.

Also: VERY interesting story concept, would you mind if I added you to my friends list to keep an eye on it?

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

No problem. I tend to throw things up here where I'll remember where they are, while waiting for them to coalesce.