Sih Voué

Sih Voué is a plane most known for being Briar's home plane. The plane's four courts of faeries, which reside in a separate realm from the rest of the plane that only they seem to be able to enter, hold a great deal of sway over the plane including controlling the season of the mortal realm. Very little is known about the plane outside of the faerie realm.

The Fae Courts
There are four Fae Courts of Sih Voué, each representing one of the plane's seasons. As the four courts clash, eventually one will come out on top for some time, putting their season into full effect. While the courts do attempt to fight back and keep their season in motion as long as possible, no Court in civilization's memory has ever succeeded in holding a season in place for longer than three years. While seasons do tend to proceed in the usual Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter order, the faeries are not bound to this. Due to this, seasons will irregularly fall out of sync from a Court growing stronger than expecting.

The Bloom Court
The Bloom Court brings Spring to Sih Voué. Bloom Court faeries are reminiscent of wasps or bees, specialize in large crossbow weapons, and have names and magic related to flowers and other plants, with a particular affinity for the plant they take the name of. The Bloom Court is divided into many hives dotted around the faerie and mortal realms, each led by a Queen: A faerie much larger than the others and access to much more powerful Royal magic.

A hive's queen is responsible for the high level management of the hive and giving birth to new faeries to grow the hive's population. The great majority of the male population will live and work in close proximity to the Queen and her giant rose castle, while the other female faeries will live in the sprawling meadows surrounding it and venture to and from the mortal realm. While many faeries are sensitive of their names, the Queens of the Bloom Court are among the most in Sih Voué, with harsh punishments befalling those who are not careful avoid calling the Queen by her old name. This is commonly avoided by having a newly chosen Queen leave to start a hive on her own, though hives are occasionally inherited after the death of a Queen rather than scattered, creating the opportunity.

Male Bloom Court faeries range from 3-6 inches (7-15cm) tall, females range from 6-8 inches (15-20cm) tall, while Queens are 12 inches (30cm) or taller.

The Bloom Court is primarily, and secondarily.

The Blood Court
The Blood Court brings Summer to Sih Voué. Blood Court faeries are reminiscent of mosquitos, specialize in rapiers, and have names and magic related to illness, with a particular affinity for the aspect they take the name of. The Blood Court is the least structured of the Courts: As summer ends, hundreds of Blood Court eggs are laid across the faerie and mortal realms as the cooling temperature causes most of the surviving Blood Court faeries to die off. When the Bloom Court takes Sih Voué and the plane warms up again, these eggs begin to hatch into a new generation of the Blood Court. This causes the politics and strategies of the Blood Court to vary wildly from generation to generation depending on what remains from the previous generation and how much they decide to follow or ignore it. The closest constant with the Blood Court is being the most vicious of faerie fighters due to the fact very few of them will survive once another Court causes the season to change.

New generation Blood Court faeries range from 2-6 inches (5-15cm) tall regardless of gender, and those that survive a season can grow up to 9 inches (23cm).

The Blood Court is primarily, and secondarily.

The Skull Court
The Skull Court brings Autumn to Sih Voué. Skull Court faeries are reminiscent of crickets, including having powerful jumps rather than flight, and have names and magic related to songs. Where the other Courts strive for domination, the Skull Court strives primarily for balance, ensuring that the fights of the Bloom and Blood Court will eventually come to an end and gracefully bowing out to allow Winter to come in behind them, while dragging the transition out long enough to ensure the Bloom or Blood Courts will be sufficiently prepared to bring Winter to an end when its time has come.

Skull Court faeries are the largest of Sih Voué, commonly between 12-18 inches (30-46cm) with eldest of them being as tall as 30 inches (76cm).

The Skull Court is primarily, and secondarily.

The Moon Court
The Moon Court brings Winter to Sih Voué. Moon Court faeries are reminiscent of moths, and have names and magic related to concealment. Moon Court faeries are covered in thick fluff that keeps them warm during their winter, but forces them into hiding and hibernation during the warmer seasons. The Moon Court and its solitary king are very determined to keep winter upon Sih Voué, though recognize that patience is key to achieving this. Once Spring or Summer has obtained a heavy foothold, the Moon Court will retreat in large, letting the other Court take center stage to avoid casualties, but still keeping as many scouts and soldiers in motion as can be done before the heat becomes unbearable for them.

The Moon Court is primarily, and secondarily.

Natives

 * Briar
 * A Bloom Court Commander, responsible for the swiftest end to winter in living memory in a bid to impress her Queen. Her Queen was impressed, and elevated Briar to become a Bloom Court Queen herself, which Briar rejected, she wanted to be with her Queen, and more importantly, the faerie she was before she had become Queen. This angered the Queen and caused Briar to flee and ignite her spark.
 * Milii, Bloom Court Queen
 * Briar's romantic interest before Milii's ascension to Bloom Court Queen. Milii took this responsibility to heart, and became quite incensed when Briar rejected joining her.
 * Elegy
 * A very ancient Skull Court faerie who travels Sih Voué and spreads warning tales of the heights of the Fae Courts' warring such as the Flood Season, where Moon Court faeries trying to bring snow during the height of summer caused terrible flooding, and the Three Year Day, where a very successful Blood Court held summer in place for three years before the other three courts agreed to cooperate to bring Autumn to Sih Voué.