• If you cannot find your way back to your original trod, purchase a way out by using the gifts mentioned earlier in this guide. If you enter into this type of bargain, make sure to phrase things appropriately. “I’m lost and can’t get home” is sure to lead to trouble. Try something different, like “I’ll pay two jars of honey to a fey who will take me to the mortal realm, alive and whole, with my mind and soul intact, neither physically or mentally harmed, to be placed on solid ground at an altitude and in an environment that can readily sustain human life, no farther than a mile from a human settlement, at a time not more than thirty minutes from now.” Even then, be careful.

Conclusion

The above procedures should afford you the barest chance at survival in the Nevernever. There are, of course, no guarantees and any and all interactions with the denizens of Faery must be handled with the greatest of care. If, however, you proceed according to the above, you will have a leg up on the other mortals who wander from time to time through the Briars and into the heart of Faery. You have been warned repeatedly. Proceed at your own risk.

Character Biographies and Useful Information

Character Biographies
and Useful Information

Knowing the life stories of a few key members of Faery may come in handy should you find yourself at their mercy, begging to be returned home—or to stay forever.

Main Characters

MEGHAN CHASE

(Meggie, princess, half-blood, daughter of Oberon, the Iron Queen)

Meghan Chase is a half human, half fey girl with white-blond hair and blue eyes. She grew up in the Louisiana bayou with her mother, stepfather and half brother, raised as a normal teenage girl. She was often ignored and overlooked, and didn’t realize that this was due to her fey heritage.

Meghan’s biological father is Oberon, the Summer King, though she doesn’t find this out until traveling into the Nevernever to rescue her brother, who has been kidnapped. Before this revelation, she believed herself to be fully human, and had a father who disappeared when she was six years old. She later discovers that the man she believed to be her father, Paul, was abducted by the Exile Queen Leanansidhe at the behest of Puck to keep him safe from a jealous Queen Titania and is reunited with him.

Meghan is incredibly loyal and willing to sacrifice herself to protect the people she loves. It is this strength, and many other qualities, that causes Ash, Prince of the Winter Court, to fall in love with her, even as she is falling in love with him in return—a sentiment that is forbidden by both the Summer and the Winter courts.