Like many Unbridled spirits of the fae
world, The Morrigan—my mother—struck a bargain with the Four Sidhe Courts, to
ensure her freedom from them and the certainty of her independence. It is not
such a strange thing... but it might have been the thing that nearly destroyed
us, in the end.
Mortals called The Morrigan a goddess of
war, and there were, of course, reasons for her title. Whether or not she might
actually be a deity hardly mattered; she is a creature of power and means, the
rival of any High Sidhe in magic or in wiles. When the Fae Courts began to
assemble and formalize a code of magical law and order, the Unbridled beings
like my mother were assessed and considered heavily, as factors which could
disrupt the forces the Fae Lords would seek to protect. So The Morrigan struck
an alliance to codify her rights as a free agent, and simultaneously make a show
of good will and treaty toward the Sidhe Kings and Queens. She offered her
offspring as Knights and Champions for the High Noble Houses.
