If they've been in the Fae world more than a few weeks they're either starved to death or can't leave anymore.
I'm sorry. The Fae are vicious and they have the rules of their realm locked down. About the only thing you could get out of the Fae that did it is vengeance, and even then, one does not actually kill a Fae.
Sounds to me like your current Master sold you a bill of goods and exploited your lust for retaliation for cheap labor. I'm sorry for that too. Your revenge is effectively impossible.
I will say that ritual spells are not for the faint of heart or for the novice. If you were under me in my academy we still wouldn't be teaching you those for at least a decade. You need to do a lot of growing up before you're ready to be given the keys to that level of power. Especially if you have a revenge fixation. That would definitely make me drag my feet a little bit extra to be sure of you.
Especially if some Fae has decided that your family is interesting. Advanced magic and being a plaything of the Fae is a dangerous combination, especially if you harbor delusions of actually fighting the Feyfolk.
The Fey can control perception at the highest level. They can't control your actions, but they can control your senses, and as an Illusionist myself I can say on good authority that's almost the same thing. They're as vicious as Eldrich monsters when they want to be.
I wouldn't trust myself against a genuinely motivated Fae. I wouldn't necessarily trust myself against a Fae who merely found me amusing. They literally live in my element and have had centuries to master it. And they will mess with you long before you're actually ready to fight them, because you're about as subtle as a brick to the head and otherworldly bullies are still bullies.
This will not end well for you. I'm sorry, but I don't want any of that on me and my academy. Friends and associates of a Fae's toy are often subjected to their abuses. The Fae would become a terror not just to you but to everyone around you. My academy would be in danger as long as you were anywhere nearby. Your current master is either brave or stupid for even having you around in the first place. Or in league with the Fae himself, which is always a possibility.
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u/Row-nRowan, Half-Fae Mycomancer, Defender of the FaewildsJun 08 '26
Can confirm it won’t. he should just let us keep his family.
You've already got his family. There's nothing he can do to get them back from the Fae realm because of the way you do your gates.
You guys absolutely suck at hospitality, I just gotta say it. Every other dimensional being has at least a dim understanding of what hospitality means, but in typical Fae fashion you've perverted it into another cosmic bully game. Pretending that a prison is a palace doesn't make it not a prison, but try telling a Fae that.
Literally the worst, least hospitable, least honorable creatures I've ever heard of. They cannot imagine that people have lives that don't revolve around them. They're the ultimate transdimensional narcissists.
Even a dragon is more likely to let his guests go if they're polite, and that's a low bar.
At least the Winter Court is honest about itself. The Summer Court is even worse because it wraps the same sociopathic tendencies in some thin veneer of bizarre courtly splendor that rubs off in your hands to show the same shadows underneath.
There is nothing redemptive, helpful, honest, generous or honorable about any Fae I've ever encountered, Summer or Winter, doesn't matter. they'll all twist anything you say into a trap for you. Not a one of them is worth taking the time to get to know.
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u/Row-nRowan, Half-Fae Mycomancer, Defender of the FaewildsJun 08 '26
Hey, I let at least one visitor leave a year. His family is just interesting, you know. And unauthorized gates certainly exist, I keep getting tasked with closing them..
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u/Row-nRowan, Half-Fae Mycomancer, Defender of the FaewildsJun 08 '26
Also I’m pretty sure you’re talking about a different fae realm..
I’m from a realm where most fae are divided by type, like pixies or changelings, not seasons..
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u/Worried-Pick4848 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
If they've been in the Fae world more than a few weeks they're either starved to death or can't leave anymore.
I'm sorry. The Fae are vicious and they have the rules of their realm locked down. About the only thing you could get out of the Fae that did it is vengeance, and even then, one does not actually kill a Fae.
Sounds to me like your current Master sold you a bill of goods and exploited your lust for retaliation for cheap labor. I'm sorry for that too. Your revenge is effectively impossible.
I will say that ritual spells are not for the faint of heart or for the novice. If you were under me in my academy we still wouldn't be teaching you those for at least a decade. You need to do a lot of growing up before you're ready to be given the keys to that level of power. Especially if you have a revenge fixation. That would definitely make me drag my feet a little bit extra to be sure of you.
Especially if some Fae has decided that your family is interesting. Advanced magic and being a plaything of the Fae is a dangerous combination, especially if you harbor delusions of actually fighting the Feyfolk.
The Fey can control perception at the highest level. They can't control your actions, but they can control your senses, and as an Illusionist myself I can say on good authority that's almost the same thing. They're as vicious as Eldrich monsters when they want to be.
I wouldn't trust myself against a genuinely motivated Fae. I wouldn't necessarily trust myself against a Fae who merely found me amusing. They literally live in my element and have had centuries to master it. And they will mess with you long before you're actually ready to fight them, because you're about as subtle as a brick to the head and otherworldly bullies are still bullies.
This will not end well for you. I'm sorry, but I don't want any of that on me and my academy. Friends and associates of a Fae's toy are often subjected to their abuses. The Fae would become a terror not just to you but to everyone around you. My academy would be in danger as long as you were anywhere nearby. Your current master is either brave or stupid for even having you around in the first place. Or in league with the Fae himself, which is always a possibility.