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| ====== Glamour ====== | ====== Glamour ====== | ||
| + | This is the only magic that all fae have in common. It allows them to look like anyone they want to look like and the illusion is so good that it affects not only human senses, but physical reality. | ||
| ====== Mercy Thompson Series ====== | ====== Mercy Thompson Series ====== | ||
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| ===== Blood Bound ===== | ===== Blood Bound ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | ||
| + | * thanks to glamour, a fae can look like anyone they want to | ||
| + | * glamour is the thing that makes something a fae - as opposed to, say, a witch or a werewolf | ||
| * the fae change their appearance by magic--glamour, | * the fae change their appearance by magic--glamour, | ||
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| ===== Iron Kissed ===== | ===== Iron Kissed ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | ||
| - | * glamour | + | * most fae lived among humans under their glamour, |
| - | * if glamour has a weakness it is scent< | + | * people are just not ready to deal with the fae's true appearance |
| * the only thing all fae have in common is glamour, the ability to change their appearance; the illusion is so good that it affects not only human senses, but physical reality< | * the only thing all fae have in common is glamour, the ability to change their appearance; the illusion is so good that it affects not only human senses, but physical reality< | ||
| * it's not shapeshifting, | * it's not shapeshifting, | ||
| + | * glamour works best for sight and touch, very good for taste and hearing, but not as well for scent< | ||
| + | * if glamour has a weakness it is scent< | ||
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| ===== Bone Crossed ===== | ===== Bone Crossed ===== | ||
| + | * illusion that make a fae look human | ||
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| ===== Silver Borne ===== | ===== Silver Borne ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]] | ||
| * with enough glamour, a fae can take on the appearance of any living thing, but something inanimate is harder< | * with enough glamour, a fae can take on the appearance of any living thing, but something inanimate is harder< | ||
| * their true faces are concealed behind other forms -- and designed to blend in with the human race and hide what they truly are< | * their true faces are concealed behind other forms -- and designed to blend in with the human race and hide what they truly are< | ||
| + | * there is a cost for magic | ||
| + | * glamour has less than most now, but there is still a cost for sight and sound, a cost for physical dimensions | ||
| + | * all fae have glamour which allows them to change their appearance; some of them can hide themselves entirely | ||
| + | * when fae drop their glamour sometimes it's cool, with colors sliding and mixing; sometimes like when Mercy shifts - just blink and their different | ||
| + | * the only glamour that works in an Elphame is the queen; if you wait until the Elphame rips it from you, it will alert those inside that they have an intruder | ||
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| ===== River Marked ===== | ===== River Marked ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] | ||
| + | * a kind of magic the fae use to change their appearance | ||
| + | * the ability to use glamour is what makes a fae a fae instead of some other kind of thing that uses magic | ||
| + | * it is an illusion - but not | ||
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| ===== Frost Burned ===== | ===== Frost Burned ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]] | ||
| + | * fae have glamour - that's what makes them fae< | ||
| + | * they can take any living shape they like, and mostly they like forms that blend in< | ||
| + | * half-fae can go either way; some don't who don't look human also don't have enough magic to hide what they are< | ||
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| ===== Night Broken ===== | ===== Night Broken ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | ||
| + | * fae were good with glamour: they could change their faces, their voices, even their sizes and shapes< | ||
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| ===== Fire Touched ===== | ===== Fire Touched ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | ||
| + | * can gift it to others; but if you do something to draw attention the glamour won't hold< | ||
| + | * fae glamour might be awesomely powerful, but it seldom worked on scent< | ||
| + | * some of the fae have favorite glamours they wear, visual impressions are not a definitive way to recognize a fae< | ||
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| ===== Silence Fallen ===== | ===== Silence Fallen ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | ||
| + | * some lesser fae don't have enough magic to maintain glamour< | ||
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| ===== Storm Cursed ===== | ===== Storm Cursed ===== | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]] | ||
| + | * glamour was the magic the fae used to alter their appearance< | ||
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| ===== Smoke Bitten ===== | ===== Smoke Bitten ===== | ||
| ====== Alpha & Omega Series ====== | ====== Alpha & Omega Series ====== | ||
fae_glamour.txt · Last modified: 2021/06/04 12:03 by linda