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15:33, 18th April 2024 (GMT+0)

Gentleman with Thistledown Hair



Note: The Gentleman with Thistledown Hair is not my own creation.  He is the wonderful villain in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, a novel by Susana Clarke.  He is perhaps the best depiction of one of the True Fae ever, and I borrow him here for this game with great regard for his characterization in that book.

Concept
The gentleman with the thistle-down hair, whose real name is not known, is a fairy that rules over the fairy kingdom of Lost-Hope (and possibly others). He gains his name from his silvery-white hair, apparently his most prominent feature. He looks handsome and thin, has all the magical abilities of any fairy and indeed may be more adept at them than a normal one.

Appearance
We are told that he is tall, handsome, has a particularly pale and lustrous skin, cold blue eyes, and dark eyebrows that end in an upward flourish. He is rather taller than average. His clothes are always spotless, fine and in the height of contemporary fashion, and he habitually wears a coat of bright leaf-green.

There is a suggestion among those who lived in Lost Hope however that the Gentleman's usual appearance may not be his natural one. When angry or under duress he begins to lose his humanity and appears more animal-like, with eyes further apart, snarling teeth and fur on his face.

Personality
In character the Gentleman is volatile, prone to very sudden changes of mood. This whimsicality is his most striking trait, even more than the complacent self-regard that colours all his speeches and actions. Yet, despite being given to extremes of hilarity and despair, he values dignity of deportment at all times. He is acutely sensitive to fancied slights to his person or to his rank. He is not generally fond of physical exertion.

As to his notorious weakness for the ladies, certainly the Gentleman is a connoisseur of female beauty and delights in the company of a charming woman: but one hesitates to rank him with a Casanova or a Lovelace, much less a Bluebeard. His enthusiasm for a beautiful woman is rather the passion of a collector than the cynical lust of a true mangeur des coeurs.