Sendraya Santess
Sendraya Santess was the older sister of Mahryna Santess. Her sad story is one that serves as a reminder to all fey of the dangers of love and obsession. Since this is a tale from the early years of the Age of Lost Memory, the fey know of it now only as an episode of history which has become a kind of moral fable. Even Sendraya's sister, no longer recalls the more painful details and this is thanks to the merciful analgesic of Lost Memory.
At the beginning of the Age of Lost Memory, Sendraya Santess was the lover of Kalevi Reilu, the younger brother of the former king, Cenwyn Drach, and a hero of the First Wars. Kalevi Reilu was a handsome and dashing romantic figure for the fey and the object of much female admiration and male envy. In the secret circles of gossip and envy which the fey love, stories began to circulate that Sendraya was too attached to her lover. The fey are and always have been suspicious of excessive emotional binding in their relationships. They view love as a misfortune for mortals which only reflects their desperation and their fear in the face of death. Between the fey themselves, love, is at best in poor taste, a weakness of character which denies the nature of eternity and possibility, and at worst a sickness which blinds the sufferer and seeks to impose emotional chains on the object of their affection. The ideals of the fey promote desire, intrigue, change, denial and abandon as steps in the dance but when it comes to love, they view it with distaste and perhaps they fear it as well.
Now it so happened that the rumours of this excess emotion came to the ears of king Gruffud Cawl. Perhaps because the king had himself nurtured an attraction for Sendraya and perhaps because of a mischevious desire to bestow what he imagined might be a favour on his uncle, he ordered a specific masquerade to be played out at the Dance of the Silver Tide, as was his kingly prerogative.
Gruffud decided that Kalevi needed a change from Sendraya, and what could be more amusing than to switch his uncle's loyalty from the clinging love of Sendraya to the alternative of her sister Mahryna Santess?
So it was that enchanted dust was sprinkled in all the right places, masked dancers were tasked with spreading confusion and Mahryna herself was made an unwitting participant in the Steps in the Dance. And when the dance was over, Kalevi Reilu not only understood the flaws in the long term relationship he had held with Sandraya, but saw how he could fix them with her sister. This type of malicious game is spice for the fey. On this occasion the rumours about Sendraya were true and she was devastated by the loss of her lover. In vain did her friends console her with the observation that there were many other fey who would be happy to console her in more intimate ways. She only had to choose. These same friends, Sendraya suspected, were the same ones who had assisted in the conspiracy. In vain did Mahryna insist that it was not her fault and none of her idea. This much was true. She'd had no attraction for Kalevi before the dance of the silver tide but she did afterwards. In vain did Kalvei plead his own innocence and swear that if it had not been for the king's manipulation he would still be with her. In vain did everyone insist that sensible immortals would get over all this and that even perhaps in time, Sendraya and Kalevi would get back together. That was hardly unknown. The dance of the silver tide often went back and forth like the tide itself.
None of this made any impression on Senraya. Just when it was thought that she might be getting over the loss of her foolishly excessive love, she drowned herself in the lake the fey now call Sendraya's fate.
Kalevi Reilu and Mahryna Santess were filled with remorse, although it really wasn't their fault. The king, whose fault it was, remained stony hearted. Kalevi left the realm, running away from the Fey Court in an act of contrition or just plain avoidance and he hasn't been seen for a very long time. He may be dead now. Mahryna took to the life of a hermit in the Wood of Soft Tears where she lives to this day on the banks of the Path of Moss.
And the moral of this story for the fey? When you play games with love, don't fall in love. Love is for mortals.
Kalevi Reilu by DMFW with Art Breeder
At the beginning of the Age of Lost Memory, Sendraya Santess was the lover of Kalevi Reilu, the younger brother of the former king, Cenwyn Drach, and a hero of the First Wars. Kalevi Reilu was a handsome and dashing romantic figure for the fey and the object of much female admiration and male envy. In the secret circles of gossip and envy which the fey love, stories began to circulate that Sendraya was too attached to her lover. The fey are and always have been suspicious of excessive emotional binding in their relationships. They view love as a misfortune for mortals which only reflects their desperation and their fear in the face of death. Between the fey themselves, love, is at best in poor taste, a weakness of character which denies the nature of eternity and possibility, and at worst a sickness which blinds the sufferer and seeks to impose emotional chains on the object of their affection. The ideals of the fey promote desire, intrigue, change, denial and abandon as steps in the dance but when it comes to love, they view it with distaste and perhaps they fear it as well.
Now it so happened that the rumours of this excess emotion came to the ears of king Gruffud Cawl. Perhaps because the king had himself nurtured an attraction for Sendraya and perhaps because of a mischevious desire to bestow what he imagined might be a favour on his uncle, he ordered a specific masquerade to be played out at the Dance of the Silver Tide, as was his kingly prerogative.
Gruffud decided that Kalevi needed a change from Sendraya, and what could be more amusing than to switch his uncle's loyalty from the clinging love of Sendraya to the alternative of her sister Mahryna Santess?
Mahryna Santess by DMFW with Art Breeder
So it was that enchanted dust was sprinkled in all the right places, masked dancers were tasked with spreading confusion and Mahryna herself was made an unwitting participant in the Steps in the Dance. And when the dance was over, Kalevi Reilu not only understood the flaws in the long term relationship he had held with Sandraya, but saw how he could fix them with her sister. This type of malicious game is spice for the fey. On this occasion the rumours about Sendraya were true and she was devastated by the loss of her lover. In vain did her friends console her with the observation that there were many other fey who would be happy to console her in more intimate ways. She only had to choose. These same friends, Sendraya suspected, were the same ones who had assisted in the conspiracy. In vain did Mahryna insist that it was not her fault and none of her idea. This much was true. She'd had no attraction for Kalevi before the dance of the silver tide but she did afterwards. In vain did Kalvei plead his own innocence and swear that if it had not been for the king's manipulation he would still be with her. In vain did everyone insist that sensible immortals would get over all this and that even perhaps in time, Sendraya and Kalevi would get back together. That was hardly unknown. The dance of the silver tide often went back and forth like the tide itself.
None of this made any impression on Senraya. Just when it was thought that she might be getting over the loss of her foolishly excessive love, she drowned herself in the lake the fey now call Sendraya's fate.
Kalevi Reilu and Mahryna Santess were filled with remorse, although it really wasn't their fault. The king, whose fault it was, remained stony hearted. Kalevi left the realm, running away from the Fey Court in an act of contrition or just plain avoidance and he hasn't been seen for a very long time. He may be dead now. Mahryna took to the life of a hermit in the Wood of Soft Tears where she lives to this day on the banks of the Path of Moss.
And the moral of this story for the fey? When you play games with love, don't fall in love. Love is for mortals.
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Ethnicity
Age
Immortal
Date of Birth
Age of Wandering
Date of Death
Age of Lost Memory
Circumstances of Death
Suicide by Drowning
Place of Death
Sendraya's Fate
Children
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