The Law of Debt and Bargain

The Fae are bound by the Law of Debt and Bargain, a natural law governing their interactions with one another and how the economy of their society is structured.
Functioning on the same general principle as the law of conservation of mass, the law dictating fae trades is designed to create equal exchanges and preserve the balance in the community.
For fae, this principle is not simply a cultural expectation, but a law that is as impossible for them to break as gravity. They are physically bound to maintain the balance of give and take. They have found ways to work around the constraints of this law, usually by communal property or the loophole that not asking for a favor or item does not incur the debt, but there is still a general principle among the fae that what is done must be reciprocated in order to maintain the balance in the community.

Type

Natural