Fairest
Lost Seeming
Those of Wicked Hearts and Wicked Minds
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Who They Are
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Welcome to the Wicked Queens and Kings of the Lost. The Fairest were often beautiful before the Dreaming took them, and the Dreaming twisted that into something that serves the Fae's appetite for adoration. They crave adoration — not merely to be liked, but to be cherished, coveted, considered the most worthwhile thing in any room. This is not vanity; it's the wound the Dreaming left them with: the absolute certainty that the only measure of safety is being too valuable to discard.
Starting Attribute Priorities
| Category | Priority | Starting Points |
|---|---|---|
| Social | Primary | 7 points |
| Mental | Secondary | 5 points |
| Physical | Tertiary | 3 points |
Seeming Contracts
Level 1 is shown below; Levels 2–5 escalate in cost and power — ask your Mentor for the full progression packet.
| Contract | Level 1 Effect | Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Mirror ● | Reflection Read — reads the surface desires and insecurities of anyone met eye-to-eye for at least one turn. Instinctive, cannot be switched off. | Free (automatic) on first meeting anyone genuinely interesting. |
| Vainglory ● | Aura of Presence — natural magnetism makes mundane first impressions automatically positive for the scene, absent specific reason to distrust. | Free when entering a space where genuinely unknown. |
| Feeling ● | Emotional Read — senses the genuine underlying emotion beneath any touched being's performed feeling. Always accurate, cannot be blocked by composure. | Always activates automatically on physical contact. |
Blessing & Curse
| Blessing: Of Them All | Curse: Twisted Views |
|---|---|
| Permanent +1 Charisma, growing with Wyrd rating, applying to all Charisma-based rolls without exception. | Permanent -2 to Intelligence rolls — not stupidity, but a certainty in their own reading of a situation that arrives before the evidence does and resists updating. |
Quick Reference
| Nickname | Thorns |
| Attribute Priority | Social primary, Mental secondary, Physical tertiary |
| Contracts | Mirror, Vainglory, Feeling |
| Blessing | Of Them All |
| Curse | Twisted Views |
| Wyrd (starting) | 1 |
| Clarity (starting) | 7 |
See also: The Lost overview · Character Creation Guide