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SEELIE: The light or "fairer" court of the Tuatha D� Danaan, governed by the Seelie
Queen, Aoibheal.

Addendum: The Seelie cannot touch the Unseelie Hallows. The Unseelie cannot touch
Seelie Hallows.

Addendum: According to V'lane, the true queen of the Fae is long dead, killed by the
Unseelie King, and with her died the Song of Making. Aoibheal is a lesser royal, who is
one of many that has tried to lead the People since.

SEE YOU IN FAERY!: Catch phrase for sycophantic human sex kittens who will trade
anything and everything for the high of eating Unseelie flesh. They believe if they eat

enough, it will make them immortal and they'll get to go to Faery, too. Said in the most
annoyingly chirpy tone possible!!!

SHADES: One of the lowest castes of Unseelie. Sentient but barely. They hunger--they
feed. They cannot bear direct light and hunt only at night. They steal life in the same
manner the Gray Man steals beauty, draining their victims with vampiric swiftness,
leaving behind a pile of clothing and a husk of dehydrated human matter. Threat
assessment: kills.

Addendum to original entry: I think they're changing, evolving, learning.

Addendum: I know it is! I swear it's stalking me!

Addendum: They've learned to work together and shape themselves into barriers.

Addendum: They're all over the world now!

SHAMROCK: This slightly misshapen three-leaf clover is the ancient symbol of the
sidhe-seers, who are charged with the mission to See, Serve, and Protect mankind from
the Fae.

SIDHE-SEER (SHE-seer): A person Fae magic doesn't work on, capable of seeing past
the illusions or "glamour" cast by the Fae to the true nature that lies beneath. Some can
also see Tabh'rs, hidden portals between realms. Others can sense Seelie and Unseelie
Objects of Power. Each sidhe-seer is different, with varying degrees of resistance to the
Fae. Some are limited; some are advanced, with multiple "special powers."

Addendum to original entry: Some, like Dani, are superfast. There's a place inside my
head that isn't ... like the rest of me. Do we all have it? What is it? How did we get this
way? Where do the bits of inexplicable knowledge that feel like memories come from?
Is there such a thing as a genetic collective unconsciousness?

Addendum: In that sidhe-seer place in my head is a dark, glassy lake. It scares me.

SIFTING: Fae method of locomotion, occurs at speed of thought. (Seen this!)

Addendum to original entry: Somehow, V'lane sifted me without my awareness that he
was even there. I don't know if he was able to approach me "cloaked" somehow, then
touched me at the last minute and I just didn't realize it because it happened so fast, or if
perhaps instead of moving me, he moved the realms around me. Can he do that? How
powerful is V'lane? Could another Fae sift me without me having any advance
warning? Unacceptably dangerous! Require more information.
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SIFTING SILVERS, OR SILVERS, THE: Unseelie or Dark Hallow; an elaborate maze of
mirrors created by the Unseelie King, once used as the primary method of Fae travel
between realms, until Cruce cast the forbidden curse into the silvered corridors. Now no
Fae dares enter the Silvers.

Addendum to original entry: The Lord Master had many of these in his house in the
Dark Zone and was using them to move in and out of Faery. If you destroy a Silver,

does it destroy what was in it? Does it leave an open entry/exit into a Fae realm, like a
wound in the fabric of our world? What exactly was the curse and who was Cruce?

Addendum to original entry: Barrons has one and walks around in it!

Addendum: Cross-reference Hall of All Days. The way it worked before the curse was
this: The Hall of All Days was the central airport where you could choose from millions
of mirrors that connected to a second mirror on another world, dimension, or time, and
travel there. The mirrors were two-way portals at that time, and to return, you just
stepped back through them into the Hall. I think they concealed the mirrors on the other
worlds in inanimate objects, so only a Fae could find them. The queen sensed the power
of the Silvers, which the king had created for his concubine. To allay her suspicions that
he was still keeping the mortal the queen despised, he had to give her the main part,
including the Hall, but he kept a portion separate, where he built the White Mansion on
a hill for his concubine.

The way it works now, since Cruce cursed it: Everything is screwed up. The mirrors in
the Hall multiplied exponentially and now number in the billions. They are no longer
two-way, the places they show as destinations aren't necessarily where they deposit
you, and the worlds connected by the Silvers have all been badly splintered with IFPs.
Cruce messed up billions of worlds, dimensions, and times. However, they are, as
Barrons puts it, navigable if one knows what one is doing and has the necessary Druid
arts at his disposal. It seems Barrons has been in the Silvers quite a bit. Usually, one
mirror connects directly to the next. When you look in that Silver, it shows its
destination. But sometimes people (like Barrons and the LM) "stack" Silvers, forming
tunnels to create space to force the person (i.e., me!) stepping in to drop their weapons
and show the ransom, or, in Barrons' case, so he can litter the corridor to his garage
with killing demons who won't let anyone through. Don't strain your brain trying to
understand the Silvers. I don't think anyone does. Just expect the unexpected.
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SINSAR DUBH, THE (she-suh DOO): Unseelie or Dark Hallow belonging to the Tuatha
D� Danaan. Written in a language known only to the most ancient of their kind, it is
said to hold the deadliest of all magic within its encrypted pages. Brought to Ireland by
the Tuatha D� during the invasions written of in the pseudo-history Leabhar Gabh�la, it
was stolen along with the other Dark Hallows and rumored to have found its way into
the world of man. Allegedly authored over a million years ago by the Dark King of the
Unseelie (A Definitive Guide to Artifacts; Authentic and Legendary).

Addendum to original entry: I've seen it now. Words cannot contain a description of it.
It is a book, but it lives. It is aware.

Addendum: The Beast. Enough said.

Addendum: How the feck am I supposed to contain the thing? Is this a joke?
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SPEAR OF LUISNE, THE: Seelie or Light Hallow (a.k.a. Spear of Luin, Spear of
Longinus, Spear of Destiny, the Flaming Spear). The spear used to pierce Jesus Christ's
side at His crucifixion. Not of human origin, it is a Tuatha D� Danaan Light Hallow and
one of few items capable of killing a Fae--regardless of rank or power.

Addendum to original note: It kills anything Fae, and if something is only part Fae, it
kills part of it horribly.
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SWORD OF LUGH, THE: Seelie or Light Hallow, also known as the Sword of Light,
capable of killing Fae, both Seelie and Unseelie. Currently, Rowena has it and
dispatches it to her sidhe-seers at PHI as she deems fit. Dani usually gets it.

Addendum: Saw it. It's beautiful!

Addendum: Stole it from Rowena and gave it to Dani permanently.

TABH'RS (TAH-vr): Fae doorways or portals between realms, often hidden in everyday
human objects.

Addendum: I think they're actually Silvers, like the cactus on the desert world where I
found Christian, only apparently I can't see them. Sure could use a sidhe-seer who
could!

"TAKING BACK THE NIGHT": Song Dani and I made up, now the sidhe-seer
international anthem.

TUATHA D� DANAAN, OR TUATHA D� (TUA day dhanna or Tua DAY) (See Fae,
above): A highly advanced race that came to earth from another world, comprising the
Seelie and Unseelie.

UNSEELIE: The dark or "fouler" court of the Tuatha D� Danaan. According to Tuatha
D� Danaan legend, the Unseelie have been confined for hundreds of thousands of years
in an inescapable prison. Inescapable, my ass.

UNSEELIE PRINCES: Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. According to the LM, one of
them was killed eons ago, and Dani killed another, which means only two remain. Then
who was the fourth at the church? The LM claims it wasn't him and that there was no
fourth. Did I just imagine it? There are memories from those earliest hours, even days
that are terribly blurry.

V'LANE: According to Rowena's books, V'lane is a Seelie Prince, the light court,
member of the queen's High Council, and sometimes consort. He is a death-by-sex Fae
and has been trying to get me to work for him on behalf of Queen Aoibheal to locate the
Sinsar Dubh.

Addendum: He gave me Georgia back! When the walls came down, he protected my
parents and preserved Ashford. He restored power and order to the entire state for me.
Our relationship is changing, now that I am immune to his death-by-sex Fae eroticism.
Are we becoming equals? I'm worried about him. Why did he disappear from the
abbey? Why did he look so pained?

VOICE: A Druid art or skill that compels the person it's being used on to precisely obey
the letter of whatever command is issued. Both the Lord Master and Barrons have used
this on me. It's terrifying. It shuts down your will and makes you a slave. You stare
helplessly out from your own eyes and watch your body doing things your mind is

screaming at you not to do. I'm trying to learn it. At least to be able to resist it, because
otherwise I'll never be able to get close enough to the Lord Master to kill him and get
vengeance for Alina.

Addendum: I can resist and use it now! Funny the steel you find inside when it's either
that or die. But Barrons was right: The student and teacher lose the ability to use it on
each other. Proficiency cancels it out.

WARD: Just learning about these. They're all over outside the Forbidden Libraries. I
can pass through most of them for some reason. I don't know why. It's either one of my
sidhe-seer talents or something I acquired through all my struggles. They're tricky
things.

Z-LO: Barrons' version of the MacHalo. Black. Lighter, brighter, and more efficient,
but I'm not about to tell him that.

*Denotes a Light or Dark Hallow.

                                   Recipes from Dublin

                             Mac's Favorite Unseelie Dishes

                       Perfect for meals or quick snacks on-the-go!

                                IRISH SODA BREAD

                            (Great for in pockets on-the-go!)

4� cups flour         1 cup diced Unseelie
2 Tbsp. sugar         (the more finely you dice it,
1 tsp. salt           the harder it is for it to move)
1 tsp. baking soda 1 large egg, whisked
4 Tbsp. butter        2 cups buttermilk
1 cup raisins
   Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

  Sift together 4 cups flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda into large mixing bowl.

  Using pastry cutter, cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs,
then stir in raisins. Add diced Unseelie, making certain it doesn't wriggle back out of
the bowl.

   Add beaten egg and buttermilk until dough is too stiff to stir. Dust hands with flour
and gently knead dough just enough to form rough ball. DO NOT OVERKNEAD, as
this will make the bread tough. Place dough on lightly floured surface and shape into
round loaf.

  Place dough in lightly greased cast-iron skillet. Score top with an X to open the loaf
so center cooks well. Bake until golden brown, about 40�50 minutes. Bread is done
when toothpick or knife inserted into center comes out clean.
 

                            TRADITIONAL IRISH STEW

1 cup Unseelie, cubed          1 sweet Vidalia onion,
1 Tbsp. olive oil              chopped
Parsley, bay leaf, thyme,      10 small white onions
rosemary                       1� cups diced celery
1 lb. potatoes                 1� cups peas
2 cups finely shredded         Salt and pepper to taste
cabbage                        Fresh chopped parsley

  Heat Unseelie in lightly oiled pan. (Enjoy how miserable it seems to make it!) Add
enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and add parsley, bay leaf, thyme, and rosemary.
Lower heat and simmer.

  Peel potatoes and cut into eighths if large, quarters if medium.

  Add potatoes, cabbage, onion, small onions, and celery. Simmer 20�30 minutes, then
add peas. Simmer an additional 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Season to taste
and garnish with fresh parsley.
 

                  BUTTERMILK/STRAWBERRY SCONES

                               (My personal favorite!)

2� cups all-purpose flour   1 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp. sugar               1 egg
1� tsp. baking powder       � cup sliced strawberries,
� tsp. baking soda          well drained
� tsp. salt                 � cup Unseelie chunks
� cup cold butter, cubed
  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

  Line large baking sheet with parchment paper.

   In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Using pastry cutter, cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a
separate bowl, whisk buttermilk and egg and pour over the dry mix. Stir (minimally!)
with fork to make loosely formed dough. With a wooden spoon, gently mix in
strawberries and Unseelie chunks.

   With lightly floured hands, form ball of dough. On floured surface, knead gently, no
more than ten times. Pat into a 10-by-8-inch rectangle. Cut into 4 squares, then cut each
diagonally in half to make 8 triangles. Place on sheet and bake on center rack of oven
until golden, 15�18 minutes.

   *I like to glaze them a few minutes before they're done with butter and sprinkle them
lightly with raw sugar!

                     TEA, AKA FINGER*, SANDWICHES

                           (As served to Inspector Jayne)

1 8-oz. package cream cheese,        � cup finely chopped
softened                             Georgia pecans
1 cup Unseelie, diced                Dash rosemary
3 hard-boiled eggs, finely           Dash garlic
chopped                              Salt and pepper to taste
� cup celery, finely chopped         1 loaf fresh-baked bread, sliced,
Half a medium onion,                 with crusts removed.
finely diced
   Add all ingredients to softened   cream cheese and mix well. Spread on bread and cut
into desired shapes.