“Why would I need to look at him, I’m sure he reeks of death and destruction—“
“Like you’re any better!”
“Look. If you ever loved him, stay your hand and Look.”
“…Angharad. How is he like this?”
“Like what?”
“Aengus… you’re immortal.”
“Death wishes are very powerful things, and Fúamnach packed quite the punch.”
“But… but why would she give me immortality?”
“Look deeper Midir. I haven’t been able to get it off. Never seen anything like it.”
“Aengus… and I think I’m reading this right… but you’ll be a ghost once you die, unable to move on, and you’ll sleep, sleep for a hundred years, awake for a year and a day.”
“What?” Aengus croaked out, disbelieving.
“I can’t kill you.” Midir choked out, but straightened determinedly. “I won’t sentence you to your fate early. You will have a long and happy life if I have anything to say about it.”
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After Étaín is cursed by Fúamnach, she runs back to Aengus, and becomes his lover, familiar with someone and something she knows. She stays there for a year and a day, during which Midir mourns for her, not knowing she is alive. Midir and Fúamnach's marriage is in shambles. There is great unrest in the Court, and their power is not what it was when they were unified. Fúamnach blames Étaín for this too, and through a slip in Angharad's tongue, finds out that she is still alive. She finds them, and transforms Étaín into a bug ( a caterpillar about to turn into a butterfly, actually). Aengus too thinks she is dead, and not having the constraints of a Faerie Court to deal with, sets off on a path of revenge for the three of them. He manages to kill Fúamnach, the only human to ever kill a faerie. This of course sends both Courts into an uproar. They demand that Midir kill his foster brother. Fúamnach's younger and somewhat more devious sister Mab is heir apparent, and a marriage between Midir and Mab seems imminent. Despairing, for he does not like Mab a whole lot, Midir sets off on a solitary quest to hunt Aengus. When they finally meet, they are evenly matched, and a lot of blame grief talking occurs. Angharad steps in, and stops them from killing each other. She demands Midir look at the magic surrounding Aengus, and thus he discovers Fúamnach's death wish; that after Aengus dies, he cannot pass on, but is instead immortal as a ghost, who shall sleep for one hundred years and be awake for a year and a day. He finds he cannot kill Aengus, and lets him go. Angharad has known for a while what she must do -- she must cut off Underhill from Aboveground entirely, and to do that, she would need to leave this land, and become the personification of Underhill. Therefore, she needs a child. She and Midir have sex, and nine months later, Darren is born. Aengus lives out his life, but Étaín is reborn, and Midir goes into hiding. Mab takes over the Court. Midir wins back Étaín through some complicated trickery. As Angharad becomes gradually more fae, she has more children. James's father is a Seelie Knight. Connall's father is a half fae-half human, the son of Étaín's second husband's daughter. By the time she realizes she needs one more (fourth time's the charm?) she is almost completely fae, and Arthur's father is Marcus (Rome).
Darren would sometimes visit Midir and he always enjoyed it, though he never knew that he was visiting his father. Midir and Étaín know that Darren is Midir's son, but they never tell him, nor does Adain know. When Alfred arrives at the Seelie Court, he spots a knight that he initially mistakes for James. Darren has Midir's dark hair, but that's about it, so he doesn't realize it. Connall's father died in the backlash from some dark magic, so Angharad bound his magic secretly.
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“Like you’re any better!”
“Look. If you ever loved him, stay your hand and Look.”
“…Angharad. How is he like this?”
“Like what?”
“Aengus… you’re immortal.”
“Death wishes are very powerful things, and Fúamnach packed quite the punch.”
“But… but why would she give me immortality?”
“Look deeper Midir. I haven’t been able to get it off. Never seen anything like it.”
“Aengus… and I think I’m reading this right… but you’ll be a ghost once you die, unable to move on, and you’ll sleep, sleep for a hundred years, awake for a year and a day.”
“What?” Aengus croaked out, disbelieving.
“I can’t kill you.” Midir choked out, but straightened determinedly. “I won’t sentence you to your fate early. You will have a long and happy life if I have anything to say about it.”
End written text. Here is a more concise summary.
After Étaín is cursed by Fúamnach, she runs back to Aengus, and becomes his lover, familiar with someone and something she knows. She stays there for a year and a day, during which Midir mourns for her, not knowing she is alive. Midir and Fúamnach's marriage is in shambles. There is great unrest in the Court, and their power is not what it was when they were unified. Fúamnach blames Étaín for this too, and through a slip in Angharad's tongue, finds out that she is still alive. She finds them, and transforms Étaín into a bug ( a caterpillar about to turn into a butterfly, actually). Aengus too thinks she is dead, and not having the constraints of a Faerie Court to deal with, sets off on a path of revenge for the three of them. He manages to kill Fúamnach, the only human to ever kill a faerie. This of course sends both Courts into an uproar. They demand that Midir kill his foster brother. Fúamnach's younger and somewhat more devious sister Mab is heir apparent, and a marriage between Midir and Mab seems imminent. Despairing, for he does not like Mab a whole lot, Midir sets off on a solitary quest to hunt Aengus. When they finally meet, they are evenly matched, and a lot of blame grief talking occurs. Angharad steps in, and stops them from killing each other. She demands Midir look at the magic surrounding Aengus, and thus he discovers Fúamnach's death wish; that after Aengus dies, he cannot pass on, but is instead immortal as a ghost, who shall sleep for one hundred years and be awake for a year and a day. He finds he cannot kill Aengus, and lets him go. Angharad has known for a while what she must do -- she must cut off Underhill from Aboveground entirely, and to do that, she would need to leave this land, and become the personification of Underhill. Therefore, she needs a child. She and Midir have sex, and nine months later, Darren is born. Aengus lives out his life, but Étaín is reborn, and Midir goes into hiding. Mab takes over the Court. Midir wins back Étaín through some complicated trickery. As Angharad becomes gradually more fae, she has more children. James's father is a Seelie Knight. Connall's father is a half fae-half human, the son of Étaín's second husband's daughter. By the time she realizes she needs one more (fourth time's the charm?) she is almost completely fae, and Arthur's father is Marcus (Rome).
Darren would sometimes visit Midir and he always enjoyed it, though he never knew that he was visiting his father. Midir and Étaín know that Darren is Midir's son, but they never tell him, nor does Adain know. When Alfred arrives at the Seelie Court, he spots a knight that he initially mistakes for James. Darren has Midir's dark hair, but that's about it, so he doesn't realize it. Connall's father died in the backlash from some dark magic, so Angharad bound his magic secretly.