Fey Worship

Fey-Worshipping, much like the fey themselves, is a diverse and wide-reaching faith which is often worshipped alongside others in tandem. Varying worshippers believe that the fey are not gods, but very powerful entities to be sated through sacrifice, that they are gods but only some of them, that they are the only gods, and even that the fey are simply a parallel universe with different laws of nature which allow them to do great damage when in the realm. It's very hard to get anyone in the religion, if one could call it that, to agree upon anything at all- which would perhaps be a problem for others. But for those who worship the fey, it goes hand in hand with the way the fey themselves act, defying expectations, flitting from plan to plan with manic energy, or hoarding strange objects with great passions. Often unknowable and certainly unknown in their power, the fey themselves widely vary in this respect, from the lowliest fey creature to the highest of the fey lords.

Worshipping a fey essentially boils down to the medium of pacts. A worshipper (or worshippers) must first either summon that fey's consciousness to the mortal plane, seek it out within the Fey'ur, or be visited by the fey. Then, they make a pact with that fey, pledging to give something to the fey in return for something within the fey's power. Traditionally, this is known as making a sacrifice to the fey in return for a boon. Sacrifices vary wildly depending on the worshipper themselves as well as the particular fey one is treating with, ranging from blood to flowers, to years of service or even giving the fey ownership of a person. Boons also vary wildly, with powerful fey having the ability to use unnatural magic which can overwhelm typical defenses, grow strange crops, and imbue people with weird powers. With enough energy fed to a fey, they can even enter the mortal plane, which can be a part of the pact for either side. For weaker fey, little energy is required, but the more powerful the fey is the more power must be used, and the fey can fight back if they do not wish to enter the mortal plane. Fey lords typically do not enter the mortal plane, and if they do it is for short periods, as their domains in the Fey'ur will begin to warp and fall without their presence, while their allies within that realm are vulnerable to attack if they are not present.

Those who worship the fey pay them deference, and often follow one or more of the fey lords, with some fey lords going out of their way to sway those on the mortal plane, while others seek out individual followers only and still more do not interact with mortals at all. To worship a fey lord goes beyond just bargaining with them, especially on a nation wide-level, but in essence when a community of people come together to worship a fey lord, that fey lord will grant them boons in exchange for sacrifices. Because the fey are bound to their word (though like genies they can twist the phrasing to benefit them) they can be seen as a 'safe bet' to bargain with. Instead of trusting a powerful being which can lie, why not pay a higher price for sure power. It is precisely this that brings fey-worship to the stage and brings people to worship them.

Granted Divine Powers

The fey can give worshippers anything they so desire- at a price.

At least, that's what they say. In reality, when much of what the fey say or do is to lure mortals into unwise deals, nobody is exactly sure just how much power these creatures contain, though it certainly varies. Most fey are specialized in their powers though, able to grant powerful boons in limited areas of expertise, or weave powerful spells but only regarding certain things, and thus one's gains from trading with the fey is largely centered around what fey they may access.

Perhaps even more critical than that though, is what one has to offer the fey, for they never do anything out of the good of their heart...