MOURNING FAERIE

Mourning Faerie is a sprawling world I've been working on for the last 6 years now with my boyfriend. I've recently decided to begin the process of finishing the story and adapting it into a game. Here's what I have so far!

The Setting:

Mourning Faerie takes place on an alternative earth created by a pantheon of goddesses based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. There are 3 realms to this world, Earth, Faerie, and the Abyss. Faerie is a parallel plane that is sort of overlaid on top of earth, and is home to the fair folk. It is a magical and dangerous place, varying wildly in its appearance from sprawling magical cities to endless forests to infinite mountains. The Abyss is a dark, lonesome and desolate place that was once a safe haven for the dead.

This world is populated by humans, as well as elves and fair folk. The fair folk are very based off of fae but also any kind of supernatural spirit. They primarily live in Faerie, though some exist that choose to live on earth. The elves are the children of fair folk and humans. They can look like anything based on how much of their body is composed of magic.

The magic of this world is based off of food! It's a study called gastromancy, very based off of Dungeon Meshi, Epithet Erased, and a little bit of Gachiakuta from my boyfriend's input. Everyone in this world has latent magical ability inside them though it varies in strength. This energy can be challenged through conduits (ingredients) into enchanted meals that give the person eating it various abilities. A person could make a cake that lets them breathe fire, or a steak pudding that gives them the strength of 20 men!

The Characters:

Drop Pendle

The main protagonist of Mourning Faerie is Drop Pendle, a middle aged father who loses his husband tragically and goes on a quest to bring him back from the dead. He travels the realms, meeting friend and foe, and eventually at the end of his story is forced to make an impossible choice. What that choice is? Spoilers :3

Drop is a child of merchants, the well off Aaron and Adelaide Dubois. They moved from Louisiana to London to make their fortune, and Drop was raised there. He eventually met Dew, a servant boy, and ran away with him. They lived a happy life together with the arrival of their daughter Star for a long long time.

Personality-wise, Drop is sweet, a little flamboyant, and idealistic. He's a writer and has been working on a play for the last few decades that is nearing completion. He sees the world he lives in as a great big story.

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Reza

Reza is the Deuteragonist of Mourning Faerie. He is a tailor who lives in London with his best friend Seelie, until tragedy strikes and rips her away from him. He meets Drop on a similar journey to bring Seelie back to him, and discovers herself along the way.

He used to be a drifter, travelling the world hoping to gain experience enough to create his masterwork garment. He still doesn't know what to make, but he may find out eventually. His home country is Iran, and his family back home is very proud of him. He actually met Seelie in his travels when he briefly visited Colombia and let her come along after she left her home.

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Oberon

A mad king.

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The Great Beast of the Abyss

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