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Name: Taernichanthach (tɪɻnɨ̞xänðəx | ter-n-eh-han-the-h), or "Tay," or "Tir"
Age: 300
Gender: Female
Species: Winter Fae
Height: 5'10
Occupation: Monster Hunter and Knight of the Pale Queen
Residence: A snowy forest in the Feywild.


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Physical Description
Taernichanthach's appearance is as ethereal as the animals she takes from. She is lithe, lean, and possessed of a supernatural grace that does well to give away her inhuman nature. Snow-white hair dances about her pale features, and her armor does well to blend aesthetics and protection.

One of her signature pieces of garment is her cloak: A cape of white, snowy owl feathers that drape over her shoulders like wings, with a shawl of lynx fur around the shoulders. When Taernichanthach shapeshifts into her animal forms, this cloak wraps around her body and becomes her wings, or her fur.

Personality
She tends to be aloof or standoffish, but one might wonder if that is a personality trait of Taernichanthach herself or if that is simply something inherent to all Faeries of the Winter Court. She is sharp of tongue and observant, but is also intimately aware of the laws of hospitality and courtesy that bind and compel all Fae-folk.

Magic/Abilities
Like all Fae, magic is inherent to the Faeries, and Taernichanthach is no different. It comes as easily and instinctually to them as breathing. She has natural power of Glamour, the natural Faerie magic used to influence mortals. But her power extends farther: She has mastery over wind, water, and ice magics, and compared to the other primal magics that are opposite to her element they require virtually no conscious focus for her to cast. Of nature magic, Taernichanthach feels most comfortable in snowy forests, but she is capable of wielding and manipulating living plant matter around her or communing with the flora and fauna; the only caveat being that the farther away from her natural elements the climate is, the more difficult it is for her to enact her will upon.

Taernichanthach does possess the power power of shapeshifting, but it typically is one of two animals: A snowy owl, or a white lynx.

As a fighter, Taernichanthach is supernaturally fast and agile, and her favored weapon is an alchemically silvered longsword. While the silver will not hurt Fae like herself (at least not by simple touch alone), it has plenty of power against monstrous or supernatural foes, such as those incorporeal or possessing regenerative abilities.

But of course, like all Fae, Taernichanthach possesses the compulsions inherent to her "race," as it were. She is physically incapable of telling a direct lie (as in something that is obviously untrue), however that is not to say that she is incapable of deception. Not only that, but any promise made three times is a promise she is compelled to keep.

Relationships
The Pale Queen - A powerful Archfey that Taernichanthach has sworn her life and service to. Taernichanthach executes the Pale Queen's will and agenda, but not even Tay herself knows her master's True Name, or what the goals of that agenda even are. To Taernichanthach, the Pale Queen is "mother."

Aksho - An elderly Beast Fae that she found wounded in her domain, and nursed back to health. She respects and adores Aksho's company, and despite that the beastman owes her a favor in exchange for his life, she has no intention of wielding the laws of the Fae to take advantage of him.

History
Tay, Tir, Knight of the Pale Queen... Not much is known by mortals about this particular Faerie. She comes and goes like the wind, disappearing as suddenly as she does appear.

There are some Serenian folk tales about the Pale Queen, of a mysterious queen of winter, sending her hunters and servants to spy on the mortal folk as she sits upon her mountain throne. Some view the Pale Queen as an evil, child-eating witch; others view her as a mysterious benefactor, delivering generous gifts as repayment for acts that please her. Both are true.

There are tales of the Pale Queen having a daughter, but of course such accounts even among the Fae-folk are whispers and rumors at best. While the Pale Queen may or may not have children... What she does have are her Knights. These Knights act as her intermediaries, her emissaries, and should the Pale Queen be roused to anger and action, her fist.