Fisher+King

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting// =The Fisher King=

Ancient Faerie and all but insane, the fisher king has been in the mortal lands for far too long for a Fae, and his brain has struggled to keep up with the rapid changes happening around him. He just about coped up to the 1850’s but then the rapid industrial growth and mechanisation of the city left him behind.

He spends most of his days looking like a tramp and hanging around the underground railway system and the walkways of the shopping precincts, collecting his ‘treasures’ in plastic bags and being moved on by the security guards, almost all of whom call him Pops and treat him with some affection. At night he retreats to the cellars under the Royal Court and sings along to the bands performing above whilst he sorts his finding from the day and bestows the gifts on anyone visiting him.

He lurches in and out of sanity, one moment being totally coherent and the other demanding the Court gathers to move against the Daemonic horde. He often talks to things that are not there - and really not there, not just ghosts that no one else can see. However his madness gives him great insights and reveals hidden truths so the court can never totally dismiss what he says without fear that this time he is right.

He predicted the Hillsbourgh disaster in that he told the meeting of the Covenant a week before the disaster to dig 94 graves on Kirkdale hill. He appear on the dock side when the Lusitania sailed saying goodbye personally to every member of the crew who died when the ship was torpedoed on the return voyage. Also he has successfully predicted the winner of the Grand National since the race started - a feat which has made for a lucrative income stream for the court, though he can not be persuaded to show any interested in any other racing fixtures.

It is theorised the powers of the Knights come from The Fisher King and that it is in some way related to the power the Faerie Queens have, but it seems to be a watered down version. Also unlike the Queens, who choose mortals, the king can only imbue changelings and Faerie with his gifts, and they are at best an addition to what ever talents they may already have. The Knights are colour coded - no one knows why, but Emma Clayton (the current Green knight) says she feels uneasy when not in her colour, and suspects her gifted powers are not so effective.

The Knights around the king.
The White Knight -Longarm The Green Knight - Emerald -Emma Clayton The Red Knight - Graham Rathbone The Blue knight- Frank Stanley The Black Knight - Rudi Atticus The Grey Knight