Autumn Court
From spring to summer, we enter the perplexing realm of the Feywild that ultimately embodies the transition between Summer and Winter. Autumn is a season of changes, which ultimately means that aspects of both courts will be expressed within the denizens here. The ruler of Autumn varies, changing like the court itself, from humble fey who respect and embody the harvest season and capricious fey who seek to bring terror and mischief in their wake. Autumn symbolizes the fade of Summer’s light and vitality, waning and from their throes become the season of Winter.
The Pastures of Autumn is set in a field or ever expansive pasture filled with red-orange leaves on trees and on the ground. There are bounties of fruits and vegetables and a soft nip in the air, the sky is stuck in a constant twilight, a reminder of the darker nights of approaching winter. Harvest time is a serious matter in the Pastures of Autumn, many fey are often emissaries to gods or patrons of harvesting, agriculture, and bountiful crops. Typically, many mortals make offerings to these sort of fey spirits for a fruitful and abundant harvest before Winter’s chill sets in. The trees with their prismatic allure are the backdrop though many of them bear fruits like apples or nuts. Certain squashes and pumpkins can be seen scattered throughout the endless fields. There are no spring songbirds here, only birds that migrate between worlds such as crows, ducks, and geese. Many animals prefer to stock up and often feed in preparation for their hibernation, so often times you’ll find small rodents or larger mammals that seem fatter than the norm. Just like summer, many animals and fey will tend to live underground or inside trees, but astonishing enough, many fey prefer forming communities in the Pastures of Autumn.
There is not defined ruler of Autumn, but various faerie lords and ladies have rallied the nobility, the gentry, the peasantry, and even the rabble. The current leader of the Autumn fey and the ruler of Mithrendain, the Autumn City, is Voya, Duchess of Seasons.
Physical motifs of Autumn fey will often resemble autumn leaves with blood-orange or soft reddish-purples, but then were is another color palette of grays, black, and pale oranges. There are even blues and dark greens that will often be expressed in many of the fair folk here. Autumn fey of hospitality are often warm and inviting, soft in their features even when wrinkled and worn. Just watch out for those sweet old ladies inside their gingerbread houses, or they’ll eat you.
