A few pints in on Hallowe’en, you stepped into a fairy ring on the Burren, and now you serve the Lady of the hill for a year and a day. The Good Folk keep their word exactly as it was spoken and expect the same from you. Write their customs on lore cards and the storyteller holds you to them, while LoreWeaver remembers the promises you make.
The long hedge · Dusk
Ned Hayward
“There’s a gap by your gate that wasn’t there this morning. Whatever’s been coming to your step will try it tonight.”
The short answer
LoreWeaver suits fae stories, because they run on rules and bargains and both have to be remembered. Write each custom of the court on a lore card tagged with words such as thank and name, and the card joins the reply whenever one of those words comes up. The running recap keeps every open promise and deadline with its story time, so a debt due at midsummer stays due. You can play 20 replies before making an account, and the free plan adds 25 premium replies a day.
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Lore cards
Give each custom of the court its own lore card, such as never thanking a fae or never eating at their table. Tag a card with the words that should call it up, and it joins the reply as soon as one of them is said.
The Loom
Make a Loom thread that listens for thank you and tells the storyteller the Lady now holds a favour over you, with a counter on screen for each one you owe. Threads check every turn without being asked, so the custom applies even when you forget it.
Recap
The running recap keeps every open promise and deadline with its story time, so the storyteller knows how long you have served and when your year is up. Edit it yourself, or lock it to keep it exactly as you wrote it.
Memory
Memories record who promised what to whom, and when. An offer you made lightly at a fairy feast in the first week returns when the one you made it to comes back to collect.
Romance
Trust and Attraction gives a fae courtier two separate scores. Flirting raises one and keeping your word raises the other, and when they drift apart the courtier acts on the gap. When both run high, they tell you plainly how they feel.
LoreMap
The LoreMap draws your courts and courtiers as linked cards, joining the ones that share tags or mention each other. Label a link yourself, such as in debt to, and the web of favours is there at a glance.
Openings
“I ate one honey cake at a wedding in the woods, and now I’m engaged to the groom’s brother, who is a heron for half of every day.”
Build this world: I ate one honey cake at a wedding in the woods, and now I’m engaged to the groom’s brother, who is a heron for half of every day.“The fae took my little brother forty years ago. Last night they gave him back, still nine years old and asking what’s for tea.”
Build this world: The fae took my little brother forty years ago. Last night they gave him back, still nine years old and asking what’s for tea.“My grandmother left me her cottage and her debts, and one of the debts is owed to the Winter Court.”
Build this world: My grandmother left me her cottage and her debts, and one of the debts is owed to the Winter Court.“I’m a solicitor, and my new client is a fairy prince who wants out of a contract he signed in 1350.”
Build this world: I’m a solicitor, and my new client is a fairy prince who wants out of a contract he signed in 1350.“Every year the village sends one person across the river to dance for the court until dawn. This year they chose me, and I can’t dance.”
Build this world: Every year the village sends one person across the river to dance for the court until dawn. This year they chose me, and I can’t dance.“A stranger in green has been sleeping in my shed and paying the rent in acorns, which turn to silver at every full moon.”
Build this world: A stranger in green has been sleeping in my shed and paying the rent in acorns, which turn to silver at every full moon.Kindred stories
FAQ
Either. Play a mortal who wandered into a ring, or a courtier of the hill with centuries behind you. Put what you are in your persona or the world’s premise, and the court’s customs on lore cards so the storyteller holds you to them.
Yes, within the same story. Memories carry every session of one story, and recall looks at who is in the scene, so when the one you bargained with returns, the bargain comes back with them. Pin a memory to keep it in every reply.
Yes. Trust and Attraction tracks a courtier’s trust and attraction separately, so a fae can want you long before they believe a word you say. Accounts are for adults, and romance between adult characters is allowed within the community guidelines.
Yes. A Year and a Day has you serving the Lady of the hill after a wrong turn on Hallowe’en, and in Ned Hayward you move in beside the hedge that keeps the Fair Folk’s wood apart from an English village. Both play free for 20 replies with no account.
Yes. Describe it in a line, such as a court that meets under a motorway bridge, and the world builder writes the premise, the courtiers as lore cards, and your opening scene. The LoreMap then shows how the court fits together.
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Hallowe’en night
Free to start. The court will remember whatever you agree to.
