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princeofdoomI made a character named Rowan for a tabletop campaign with my hubby and a few other folks, but the game fell through. It was based in the Dresden Files universe. If you’ve read the books, then awesome. If not, it’s a series about a wizard/private eye named Harry Dresden who lives in more-or-less modern Chicago and deals with supernatural BS and trying not to get in trouble with the police or the like. There are issues with the writing, especially in the early books, but it gets better and the world building is really solid.
Anyway! Rowan was a changeling (half fae) who grew up traveling a lot while he grew up with his mom, but they’d always head back to visit his dad in Northern California during the summers. His dad was a male dryad and part of the Seelie court and he eventually learned about this from his father as well.
Changelings in this universe have to make a choice to become human or join the fae, and in the meantime they occupy a sort of middle ground. They have some abilities from their fae side, and things like cold iron don’t bother them AS much, and there are restrictions they have to follow like the fae (never telling outright lies, being bound by promises etc). Rowan likes where he is and doesn’t plan to decide either way for as long as possible.
Unlike a wizard, whose magic would cause electronics to go haywire or break, a changeling’s magic oddly doesn’t conflict with technology, but Rowan tends not to use a lot anyway.
Being part dryad, Rowan has an affinity for plants, and if he’s around them long enough, flowering plants will bloom even if the season isn’t right. He can make it happen faster if he focuses on it. He’s also a skilled climber, and in his travels he’s become pretty good at navigating through cities and the countryside alike. He’s also incredibly stealthy and has sticky fingers, and a tendency to “borrow” clothing from people he stays with, which has gotten him in trouble with some and oddly endeared him with others.
Anyway! Rowan was a changeling (half fae) who grew up traveling a lot while he grew up with his mom, but they’d always head back to visit his dad in Northern California during the summers. His dad was a male dryad and part of the Seelie court and he eventually learned about this from his father as well.
Changelings in this universe have to make a choice to become human or join the fae, and in the meantime they occupy a sort of middle ground. They have some abilities from their fae side, and things like cold iron don’t bother them AS much, and there are restrictions they have to follow like the fae (never telling outright lies, being bound by promises etc). Rowan likes where he is and doesn’t plan to decide either way for as long as possible.
Unlike a wizard, whose magic would cause electronics to go haywire or break, a changeling’s magic oddly doesn’t conflict with technology, but Rowan tends not to use a lot anyway.
Being part dryad, Rowan has an affinity for plants, and if he’s around them long enough, flowering plants will bloom even if the season isn’t right. He can make it happen faster if he focuses on it. He’s also a skilled climber, and in his travels he’s become pretty good at navigating through cities and the countryside alike. He’s also incredibly stealthy and has sticky fingers, and a tendency to “borrow” clothing from people he stays with, which has gotten him in trouble with some and oddly endeared him with others.
