patron: the Archfey, Verenestra.

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VERENESTRA. the Oak Princess. Daughter of Titania, a revered deity and ruler of the fey, and her consort Oberon, Verenestra is an archfey and member of the inner circle of the Seelie Court, traveling with it where so ever it desires to wander. It's there that she has her own bower with silver birches, larches, plane trees, and fringes of willows, decorated with living silver filigree and jewels, with many mirrors for her to gaze at herself in. Like her mother, Verenestra is revered as a deity among the fey, of beauty, charm, and pleasure, worshiped by many sylphs, nymphs, and dryads. Often she appears as a demure, slim female faerie (either a sylph, dryad, or nymph, as she chooses) of unearthly beauty. She is always barefoot, wearing only gossamer garments the size of handkerchiefs to provide her with a semblance of modesty, delicately standing at about four and a half feet in height. Kind, playful, and flighty, at first glance she seems to be the very picture of the spritely faeries out of children's tales, but she is of the fey, and a seductive and manipulative nature runs under every word and every action. And, also very much like her mother, she can be fickle, quite vain, prone to harsh fits of jealousy and harsh shows of retribution when she feels she has been slighted, for she is nothing if not proud, like so many of her kind. Known for a love of all things pretty, there are occasions where Verenestra will even send out avatars to the Prime Material Plane to steal away pretty creatures that may catch her eye - beautiful creatures to be kept as pets, beautiful men and women alike to be kept as companions for as long as they hold her interest... And Niri was one of those to catch the archfey's eye. Verenestra was the first to heed the aimless summon that the girl had recklessly thrown out for any to answer, with the price of her attention being the pact forced upon Niri, binding her to the fey's every whim. A pretty little mage is a useful addition to her collection of pretty little things, after all, to be an agent on other planes while Verenestra travels with and protects the Seelie Court. And it isn't as if Niri gets nothing in return for her service; she has both the magic of the fey and the knowledge of their Court at her fingertips, as well as the occasional favor of her mistress. It's everything she had asked for, in the end. Isn't it?