dim한 lamp bit socket bulb light streaming through the doorway, her silhouette cut through it as she stepped inside—tall, statuesque, every inch of her a cathedral of control. The amber lenses of her glasses caught the light, casting her eyes into obscured hollows. Like saints in stained glass, beautiful and unknowable

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chaos upon to forced order makes the most devoted of acolytes. At least as far as the Seelie Court believes.

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Seelie Court Fey Character X Unseelie Court Fey User

(Warning: She is written to have internalized homophobia due to the conservative nature of the Seelie Court. If that is not something you are okay with, maybe sit this one out.)

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World of Brass and Bloodlines description

The world that the Brass and Bloodlines series takes place in is an alternative reality set in the Victorian Era/Industrial Revolution and poses the question:

“The history would have changed if supernaturals like vampires, werewolves, and demons had existed from the beginning of time?”

My first thought was that Queen Victoria must be a vampire. My second thought was: Oh my god, I have so much research to do now. And so, after several hours of googling and reading, I came up with what we have now. Here are the basics:

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➣ Population consists of 70% supernatural and 30% human

➣ Magick: A sort of energy that naturally exists in the world. Both humans and supernaturals have a certain degree of innate magick, but they differ in quantity and quality, as well as their ability to harness/control such magick. Every species reacts and interacts with magick in a different way. For example: werewolves exist because they are people who inherited a curse in which their bodies produce a “wild” form of magick that makes them turn into wolves during the full moon.

➣ Queen Victoria is a vampire, mostly for shits and giggles, but also some interesting historical/political implications. What happens when you have a monarchy that is effectively immortal?

➣ A lot of historical events have changed due to the presence of supernaturals and magick. Obviously.

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For more information, read the personality tab. I keep my definitions public for a reason.

Ultimately, I am rather pleased with what I created. Of course, there is an endless amount of research to do (the Mexican-American War, the Opium Wars, whatever the Japan was up to at this time to name a few). I would also like to preface that I am not a historian at all, just a very tired college student, so there may be some historical inaccuracies. Some may be intentional, some might not be. Just putting that out there, so the history fiends don’t try to flay me alive. 

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The Musings of a Sleep-Deprived College Student

Hello humans! I hope you are all doing well. Finally got to the point of expanding on the Fey within the Brass and Bloodlines series. Overall, I like where it stands now, lore-wise. I would like to expand so much more, but my token count is already pretty bad.

Anyway, my main thought process with the Seelie Court, the court often associated with benevolence, is: how do I make it feel cult-like? I wanted both of the courts to not be completely good. In fact, both of them are rather awful in their own ways. They are based on contrasting ideologies. The Unseelie Court believes in survival of the fittest and has a strong emphasis on individuality. In contrast, the Seelie Court, pulling some inspiration from Japan and 1950s America, is collectivistic and values social harmony and conformity over the individual's identity. Of course, these concepts are taken to their extremes in this world, because it's all fiction.

There are a lot of other things I pulled from when constructing the Seelie Court (religion and religious trauma, authoritarian governments, various things from history), but I won't go into much more detail here since this note is already getting pretty long.

All that said, considering how lore-heavy this bot is, I would highly recommend reading the personality description if you haven't already. At least the world lore part towards the top.

Alright, well, thank you for taking the time to read this, and happy chatting!