Sidhe

Contributed by Botanicus

irrigation is the most sincere form of flattery right?

Beauty is only skin deep, fortunately for the denizens of Alyria, Sidhe have beautiful skin. While its true other races can be attractive if they clean themselves up a bit, Sidhe truly are the paragon of beauty. Unlike our wretched cousins the Fey, Sidhe are both beautiful as well excellent warriors. Able to bend those of weak will to our own with nothing more than a smile and flutter of eyes, the might of a Sidhe is not to be discounted. Even if our forms were to be somehow deemed unattractive, our ability to change our shape allows us both secrecy and adaptability... even if it is only an illusion.

Heralding from the Faerie Plane we choose to grace Alyria with our presence but my how the world scorns our beauty. The light of the sun and moons breaks apart our bodies, leaving horrid burn marks while this metal 'Iron' nearly cuts right through us! If a young Sidhe even picks up an iron trinket he puts his life in danger. Even a careless but well meant gift can be hazardous. Revenge is ours though (and admitantly to a lesser extent our vile cousins) as that which poisons the more frail races has no effect on our superior forms and that which plagues them has a much harder time taking hold in our ethereal veins. Unlike the Fey, we are able to bathe without pain, much to the delight of those around us. In fact, many Sidhe love the water for the sheer fact that we can without issue.

Keeping a toe hold in our home plane we can step back to it for a moment to avoid an attack at any age, a testament to our superior bloodline and reflexes. Because of these benefits as well as our innate knowledge of nearly all things, we have developed a resistance to some spell attacks and are able to better control our bodies, making it difficult to those jealous of our beauty to bind us to a room.

True we lack the strength of a minotaur, and our wings don't support our weight like a dracon... but if our simple body is destroyed, our glorious king will gladly create a new one for us, though he may be disappointed at how careless his children become.

Through our superior intellect we have learned many professions within Alyria, devoting our spirit to a Power and fighting on its behalf, or preaching its good news. Making use of the animals within the realm for transportation and combat or studying methods of defense are not uncommon either. One of the few things in all of Sirchade that may match our beauty, is our voice. Every Sidhe can weave a ballad about the most mundane and move the hearts of an audience. Focusing on the more tangible magics, Sidhe do not bother with the pseudo magic of a psionic, or the formerly forbidden classification of a Witch... neither are true magic and not worth our time! Being close to the true state of life many Sidhes embrace nature in all of its forms and being favored among all of the races by the Powers some Sidhe beseech them for their help in combat.

As you can see, we Sidhe are talented, beautiful, and above all modest individuals who do our best to help make Alyria a better place. After all, a world devoid of our presence would be a world without the truest of beauty.