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unseenlibrarianIt’s perhaps no surprise that the fae closet to humans- the various crafter elves, leprechauns, brownies, bugawns, etc, etc- have picked up a lot of human ideas. With the general return of magic and magical beings to the world after the Curie incident in 1899, mortal ideas got even more exposure in the working-class fae community. Using Gremlin and Dwarves as spokesmen, the working fae began organizing into unions based on what skilled trade they were best at, eventually establishing a Uniform Council to settle disputes between the unions.
(Perhaps unsurprisingly, the largest and most powerful union is the Cobblers, Haberdashers, and allied Trades. It’s still considered gauche to assume that any particular tiny elf wearing a toolbelt is good at making shoes.)
With the disappearance of the Undersea court, Underhill and the Court of Air and Darkness gave official representation of the Uniform Council as a new elven court, regarding them as a sort of civilized check on the power of the Wild Court. Officially they’re “The Uniform Trade Council of Representatives”. Unofficially, they’re just called the Low Court, with whatever representative who’s been stuck with the job of dealing with the other elven courts getting the title of the Low Monarch. Most of the politicking in the uniform council revolves around an elaborate game of “Not it!” when it comes to the royal title.
(Perhaps unsurprisingly, the largest and most powerful union is the Cobblers, Haberdashers, and allied Trades. It’s still considered gauche to assume that any particular tiny elf wearing a toolbelt is good at making shoes.)
With the disappearance of the Undersea court, Underhill and the Court of Air and Darkness gave official representation of the Uniform Council as a new elven court, regarding them as a sort of civilized check on the power of the Wild Court. Officially they’re “The Uniform Trade Council of Representatives”. Unofficially, they’re just called the Low Court, with whatever representative who’s been stuck with the job of dealing with the other elven courts getting the title of the Low Monarch. Most of the politicking in the uniform council revolves around an elaborate game of “Not it!” when it comes to the royal title.
