====== Fae Stratification ======
Main characters of each stratification is identified and characteristics of the strata have been broken down by novels and short fiction.

===== Royal Court Fae =====

====Major Characters====
^    Royal Court Fae           ^
|[[Doll Collector]]           |  
|[[Dragon Under the Hill]]   |
|[[Margaret Flanagan]]           | 
 

==== Characteristics ====
[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]]
  * Emerald Court<sup>312</sup>
  * you learned caution very quickly in that court, or you died<sup>312</sup>

[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Silver]]
  * high-court fae were notoriously fickle<sup>09</sup>
  * Tuatha Dé Danann, the high-court lords<sup>14</sup>

[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Fairy Gifts]]
  * there is no high court any longer; there are only the Gray Lords, who rule all of the fae<sup>90</sup>
  * a person didn't survive long in the high court if they weren't smart<sup>90</sup. 
  * high-court fae always did love the silly humans<sup>92</sup>
  * a high-court trick; getting into your head; unpleasant<sup>94</sup>


===== Gray Lords ===== 
====Council of the Gray Lords==== 
^    Council of the Gray Lords           ^
| [[Alistair Beauclaire]]           |  
| [[Goreu]]          |
| [[Nemane]]    |
| [[Nueth]]            |

====Major Characters==== 
^    Gray Lords           ^
|<del>[[Jonesy]] </del>          | 


==== Characteristics ====
Chat Archives
  * tend to hate humans and weak fae Chat 2007-08-25
  * are notoriously easily offended Chat 2008-05-02

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]
  * the Gray Lords are the powerful mages who rule the fae<sup>14</sup>
  * the great and terrible

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]
  * weren't above killing one fae to ensure the good behavior of others

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]
  * powerful ruthless beings who ruled the fae in secret
  * have forbidden hunting humans<sup>08</sup>
  * in an effort to blend in the Gray Lords killed most of the beast lords<sup>10</sup>
  * they are driven to preserve their species; their methods had a strong tendency to be more expedient than fair<sup>47</sup>
  * Nameless Ones<sup>88</sup>
  * couldn't tell an outsider of the existence of the Gray Lords

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]]
  * have forbidden the keeping of thralls<sup>294</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]]
  * the Gray Lords would have had the world believing that the fae were all like Tinker Bell<sup>295</sup>
  * they are amassing fae artifacts like dragons amassing gold<sup>180</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]
  * secretary of state, the vice president, the Senate majority leader, and a few other key people are meeting with a triumvirate of Gray Lords<sup>123</sup>
  * trying to put together an agreement that will define the relationship of the fae with the human government of the United States that won't lead to genocide<sup>123</sup>
  * none of the fae who filled out the reservation registration forms were Gray Lords<sup>197</sup>
  * were clear on not allowing any fae help in the pack fight with the black witches<sup>275</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]
  * as close to an apology as a Gray Lord was comfortable giving; a matter of tone rather than words<sup>169</sup>

[[Alpha & Omega Series]] #5: [[Burn Bright]]
  * only the Gray Lords working great magic together could confuse technology until it wouldn't work anymore<sup>62</sup>

===== Greater Fae =====
====Major Characters====
^  Greater Fae            ^
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==== Characteristics ====
[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]
  * having so many lesser fae around has attracted more of the greater fae 

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Unordered List Item
[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Silver]]
  * Unordered List Item

===== Lesser Fae =====
====Major Characters====
^  Lesser Fae           ^
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==== Characteristics ====
[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]
  * the weak and attractive
  * forced out of hiding by the Gray Lords
  * many of the lesser fae talked about how old they were; most of them shared a life span similar to humankind

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]
  * if a lesser fae possessed something too powerful, the Gray Lords would confiscate it<sup>215</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]
  * they die in the moment a lie, knowingly spoken, leaves their lips<sup>17</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]]
  * the weaker the fae, the more rules they have<sup>283</sup>

[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Silver]]
  * lesser fae mostly stayed to the shadows and kept out of the way of things with big, sharp teeth<sup>14</sup>

===== Half-Blooded Fae =====
====Major Characters====
^  Half-Blooded Fae            ^
|  [[Tad Adelbertsmiter]]           |  
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==== Characteristics ====
[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]
  * a fae to take up with a human is encouraged; half-breeds are better than no children at all<sup>215</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]]
  * half-blood is not human enough to be saved by the guesting laws of the Elphame<sup>305</sup>

[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]
  * half-fae can go either way
  * glamour for half fae can go either way; they may have it or they may not look human and don't have enough magic to hide what they are<sup>182</sup>
  * a lot of those don't make it to adulthood<sup>182</sup>

[[Alpha & Omega Series]] #3: [[Fair Game]]
  * half-blood fae face many challenges; for the most part they are not accepted by the other fae<sup>125</sup>
  * too many of them exhibit odd properties - birth defects are very high<sup>125</sup>
  * a high percentage of the halflings were abandoned by their fae parent altogether, which left them to discover who and what they were on their own - to sometimes disastrous results<sup>126</sup>
  * a large number of the children turned out to be entirely human<sup>126</sup>
  * four out of ten halfling children survive to adulthood; they are a favorite prey of other fae if they are not protected<sup>127</sup>
  * they smell like fae<sup>147</sup>

From Frost Burned:


===== Mundane+ & Ancestral =====
====Major Characters====
^  Mundane+ & Ancestral Fae           ^
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==== Characteristics ====

