Fetch

The politics of Fetch’s version of the Otherworld are, like our politics, pretty local. Who rules the Otherworld? Well, it depends on whom you ask. There are several contenders. I like how Irish Central breaks it down by county: Finvarra and Oonagh rule the Connacht region of fairy Ireland, Iubdan runs the Wee Folk in Ulster, etc. But I am not gonna follow that division of realms. As Tara’s speech on this page shows, I have adapted the Seelie Court system of Scottish origin (following Katharine Briggs’ Dictionary of Fairies and other sources), as has some elements of Irish folklore, with its breakdown of regions into seasonal courts with Summer at the top of the hierarchy. Fetch’s Otherworld is a mish-mash of Scottish and Irish elements, reflecting the affinities between the two cultures, and because they are so well defined in the existing folklore and literature. Yet there are more regions beyond that — it is, as Fetch mentioned before, a mythic space: expansive, dynamic, never quite settled, and a bit vague. Which is what makes it so fun to play with for writers.