Satyrs

Perhaps the most infamous of the Feyri are the cloven-hoofed Sætùr Fel. Satyrs are among the most widely known of the Feyri because they are the most adventurous, wandering far and wide from their magic Circles in search of treasure and sexual conquests.

Physiology

The Sætùr Fel are typically of Yrūn height with anthropoid chest, arms, and genitalia. In addition, Satyrs have pronounced animal hind-legs ending in cloven hooves. They are capable of running faster than most Yrūn and leaping with the grace and strength of deer. Their heads and faces have Yrūn features but are distinctly inhuman in appearance, often crowned by twisting or spiraled horns and long cervid-like ears.

Like most Feyri, the Sætùr Fel are always victim to their desires. When a male Satyr is “interested” in flesh, there is no worldly means to disguise that fact. The genitalia of male Sætùr Fel are typically long (like a small arm) and curved (like a lacing needle). It is also curious that despite the proficiency with which the Sætùr Fel can manipulate the magics of Ilûm, they can never alter the appearance of their “desire”. In this respect, female Sætùr Fel have an advantage when attempting to fool male victims.

Psychology

Like most Feyri, the Sætùr Fel are both curious and mischievous. They take great delight in crossing from the Shadow Realms, looking for treasures of metal, stone, and flesh. The Sætùr Fel do not of course consider themselves to be evil. Unlike some other evil creatures (e.g., Ortor, Zru), the Satyrs are not generally murderous and do not inflict wanton destruction on the hapless (or even the deserving for that matter). Their methods are much more subtle. The Sætùr Fel prefer to avoid combat, preferring instead to lure their prey to magic Rings where their magics are strongest, allowing them to fashion elaborate illusions. Only when crossed or forced to protect their kindred do the Sætùr Fel reveal their claws and teeth.

The weakness of the Sætùr Fel is their curiosity. The bane of the sub-race is riddles. A Sætùr Fel can be distracted, disoriented, and ultimately trapped with a good riddle. A favorite Feyri tale tells of how a young maiden was lured into the wilderness by a Satyr. A young man who wished to marry the woman rode swiftly to intercept the two. Before the Satyr and the woman could cross into the magic Circle the young man jumped from his horse and swung his sword at the Feyri Fel only to have the creature grab his blade and toss it aside. Before the Sætùr Fel and his victim crossed into the Circle of mushrooms, the young man tried one last tactic told to him by an old villager. He asked the Satyr a riddle. The creature stopped and thought about the riddle while the young man gathered his sword and stabbed the monster in the back. As the Satyr died the spell that held the woman was released and the two rode back to the village. There are many variations of this story. In another version, the young man tells the Sætùr Fel a riddle for which there is no answer. When he swings the sword against the Satyr’s back, the blade glances off and the creature realizes that he’s been duped. At that point of the story, the Sætùr Fel was filled with great rage and magic strength and tore the young man limb from limb.

Culture

The Sætùr Fel do not exist in groups within the Waking World. All accounts of the creatures involve individuals working alone, or in concert with Feyri of other sub-races.

Sætùr Fel relations with other Feyri indicate that they are a high ranking sub-race among the Sidhe. The Sætùr Fel appear to use lesser Feyri as messengers, scouts, and guardians. The relationship between the sub-races always seem business-like, with the Sætùr Fel unable or unwilling to fraternize with their lesser kin. Despite this, the Satyrs appear protective of lesser Feyri, and have been known to be overcome with murderous rage against any that would bring harm to their “wards”.

Language

Satyrs speak the same language as all Feyri. If different languages and dialects exist within the Shadow Realms, they are unknown to the Waking World.

Religion

All Feyri revere their Feyri Ralāe as the progenitors of their kind.

Magic

Sætùr Fel prefer Ilûmtrū, Sorádra, and Soróltrū magics. They are proficient magicians with a preference toward extemporaneous spell casting. In the Waking World, the Sætùr Fel prefer to mask their true appearance to lure victims back to their magic Rings. Having returned to their Rings, their power increases dramatically. Any hope that a victim might escape a Sætùr Fel’s devices ends when the Ring is entered, even though it is in the Rings that they become the most physically vulnerable.