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?

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[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

It's been a long time, and many of them have mortal lifespans without the power of the ancient strongholds to feed them and make them immortal. There are those who think it's all a crock, there are many who have forgotten completely and are just trying to live their lives as funny-looking mortals with a few tricks. Some only remember the time they lived after the Ancients waltzed off into the ether without a word, living it up as kings and queens in their palaces Underhill, until the remaining magic dried up and they had to make their way out.

Those who do remember, and pass on that education, have an advantage over those who just believe that they are mythical beings of power from time immemorial.