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I wish you could change name of the MC....
It feels more personal when you can.
It's harder to be invested in someone else than in oneself.

What does it say under the naming option= Frog name? oO
The letters are beautiful, but nearly impossible to read.
(It took me several minutes to figure out that "Dong" or "Vong" was actually "Done". xD)

For someone raised in Fairy, Astoria is quick to accept gifts.
(And things that fall into ones hand might be considered accepted in some folklore stories.)
It's dangerous to accept gifts from the Fae. However friendly they are.
But I suppose she trusts her friend to ask for something she is willing to pay in return.

But I will admit there do exist a few stories where someone involved with the Fae HAVE received a rare gift that comes without a cost.
So kudos for how Astoria handles that. ^_^

I love Fae and the fae lands. So I am very pleased to have found this beautiful game! :heart:

The Fae lives by rules that makes little sense to a human, and even the kindest can seem cruel because they think, feel, and have laws that differs so fundamentally from humans, so I am looking forward to play more and see how you handle this incredible "otherness" that they possess. ^_^

I am surprised someone from the Winter Court, whom is said to hate humans, took in a human.
I honestly had expected her to be taken as a Changeling, not rescued.
Doubly so by the one who did rescue her.

(I'm also surprised it's a queen, as everyone knows Oberon is the King of the Winter Court, and there is never mentioned a queen.
The queen mentioned is from the Summer Court.
But I will admit that just because it is not known that Oberon have a wife it means that he doesn't....)

Will there be a goblin marked, selling everything from rare gems and addictive fruits to hopes and dreams? ^_^

I look forward to finding it out...

Frozenstar2 days ago

I'm sorry the font was difficult to read! While you cannot rename "Astora" as it is integral to the story, you can change her "True Name" just below. Reading your theories and thoughts was very interesting! I really enjoy faerie lore. However, the world of Evernight takes place in my own original faerie world, which is absolutely influenced by established faerie mythology, but is its own blend of ideas. I hope you enjoyed the experience! :)

Raven1 day ago

Ah, you answered a question here I asked when replying to the other comment. lol

Have you read "The Goblin Marked" and the "Green Children of Cornwall"?
(There's a Choice of Game game based on the goblin marked btw. If you're interested.)
I think "Neverwhere" of Neil Gainman may have something on the Fae world too (it crops up in a Constantine/Books of Magic crossover part as well, where Constantine tells the HP rippoff boy (not sure who ripped off who) about the rules of the Fae.)

I've studied the fae (and folklore creatures) since I was a kid, and while I don't remember everything, I DO remember that the most terrifying part for humans was not their wicked deeds but their extreme "otherness".
(They could be wicked, if slighted or a promise broken. 100 years of slavery for not being able to pay for a gift you accepted, eyes ripped out because she either accidentally or intentionally used the salve on her eyes that let her see the unseen, fruits that makes you wither away with longing --I could go on. And that's not counting darker creatures, like Redcaps and Kelpies.)

But these things are not seen as cruel. That's the difference. Because human morality and Fae morality is so vastly different.
Right and wrong often clash with each-other to such a degree that it can be hard to meet. And yet some humans do learn.
In some stories there are people who get so close to the Fae they're considered crazy, because they start acting like them more and more.
In other stories the human is terrified by what appears to be a complete lack of all morals and ethics --while their own rules are very strict and the punishment for breaking them beyond high. (Death as punishment is rare, slavery far more common.)

Sorry... I ramble. ^_^;
I just adore the Fae and love talking about them.
I swear one of these days I'll save up enough money to get Fae ears surgery too. Probably. lol

As much as I love the darker side of the Fae lore (and everything, really, I usually end up falling for the villain, then lamenting that no game allows for a -true- villain to be the love interest lol) your Night world is a truly beautiful place, and the story is wonderful.

The writing is also excellent --and I tend to nitpick a lot on that, being a writer myself.

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