THE WIZARD EXPLAINS
One Kin. Many Kin. Stays the same.
Grammar Note:
Different Kin for different Faefolk
Fae around the world typically exist in clusters, groups of often likeminded individuals in regards to their folkloristic origins - mortals of different places tell different stories.
Depending on that the Fae are, to varying extents, drawn to each other in so-called Kin.
Not all Kin are structured in the same way, they vary a lot depending on the values and characteristics they represent.
Some may have a leader - some choose a new leader frequently -, some find themselves in a constant fight for leadership.
Some may choose to remain without a leader for various reasons.
The multiple Kin are as vastly different as the mortals that created them. What they share is a dependence on mortal imagination and ambition to inspire it - with whatever means they deem fit.
THE WIZARDS KIN SHALL REMAIN A SECRET AS THE WIZARD VALUES THEIR PRIVACY
The world looks very different in the year 1983 than it did,
let's say, in the 19th century.
Human progress, technology and globalisation have driven the mortal world to entirely new levels of connection, new ways of storytelling and faith in the supernatural.
This is especially tangible in the creatures that depend on make-belief.
Where the different Kin might have been more estranged to each other once, clearly different and only loosely entangled, the mortal world has started to merge and the lines between cultures have become ever so much slimmer.
The Kin prevail but the mix and mingle much more than in The Olden Days – stories increasingly merge and influence each other, it is easy to revel in the riches of exchanged culture. However, many Fae of older origin often find themselves longing for that old sense of identity and belonging that got lost over time.
The Ravages of Time
The Kin are not, as a rule, enemies or in rivalry.
Individuals from different Kin, of course, can be but in general, it isn't common that entire Kin wage feuds with each other.
That would require a common interest of the whole Kin to play politics and usually Fae get bored too quickly to play the games of war.
Of course, some Kin are more prone to getting along than others due to their nature, but there is generally a bigger focus on personal feuds than Kinwide ones.
Complex relations over simple rivalry
POLITICS BORE THE WIZARD EASILY