Lord Thierry Alain Chevalier is a Seelie Pooka Noble of House Fiona in the Kingdom of Pacifica.
Overview[]
Lord Thierry should have lived– and probably did live– in the time of Louis XIV. A Seelie peacock pooka, he wears velvet, lace and bombastic pride with the aplomb of royalty. Needless to say, he fits in well with the sidhe of his court. Few of them can match his penchant for drama or his courtly grace, however, and that’s saying a lot. Everything Lord Thierry undertakes, he does with overstated elegance. His Liberace-esque attire and Elton-Johnish sense of fun draw large crowds to his public gatherings. They come to see the show.
Lord Thierry earned his title not for courage or self-sacrifice in the name of the Dreaming, but rather for his bold lifestyle and the number of mortals inspired by his imaginative, somewhat campy, self-portrayal. He views the world as his audience and he hams it up every moment of the day. To say that he puts on an act, however, would be doing a disservice to the pooka. He is who he is, and whether he’s bemoaning a lost love with fat tears, welcoming visitors to his freehold with ten dozen roses sent to their room, or grabbing up one of the local redcaps for a raunchy dance, he’s just being Thierry. Few can resist his charms, even those that grumble and make fun of him behind his back would leap to his aid if he needed it. If nothing else, he makes them all laugh.
Lord Thierry oversees the freehold at Land’s End, in Santa Monica. It sits on the beach between the houses of two other celebrities. To mortals, Land’s End looks like just another beach house, but to faerie sight, it is as extravagant as Thierry himself. Like some fairy-tale castle, its spires reach up into the California sunshine, pristine-white and sparkling with stained glass windows.
Entertaining is Thierry’s specialty. He keeps one whole section of the freehold set aside for cocktail and dinner parties. Occasionally, he invites only changelings, then at other events, he’ll open the doors to his large group of dreamers. This nearly proved disastrous one night when a young mortal actor caught Thierry in a compromising position with the actor’s girlfriend. The changelings present managed to keep any blood from being spilled, but the freehold had to shut down for several months while Thierry “redecorated.” Needless to say, that young man was never invited back even though his girlfriend still visits regularly.
Thierry’s Pooka-ese leans toward a teasing wink-wink style, with a great deal of distraction and diversion thrown in. Flitting around like the perfect host, he avoids what he doesn’t want to discuss with such grace that everyone forgives him.
References[]
- CTD. Kithbook: Pooka, pp. 65-66.