Caernlach

What players would know #

Caernlach is the Fey King named in old tellings: the sovereign whose chuckle marks the boundary between balance and interest. People talk about it the way sailors talk about a weather front—something you can’t fight, only notice early and avoid.

When systems become too elegant—rituals too perfect, plans too clean, bargains too tidy—the story says Caernlach laughs. Not in cruelty. In appreciation. Which is how you know you’ve become interesting.

Common rumors #

• The chuckle isn’t a sound. It’s a pattern break: the moment everything goes right and still feels wrong.
• Fey Roads exist at the margins because the Fey don’t rule. They interfere.
• The safest fey is the one who is bored with you.

See also #

• The Fey Roads
• The Midsummer Revel