The leannán sídhe Is a fairy from Irish folklore. The name means “The Fairy Lover” She is an etheric beauty that takes a lover and will eventually drain their life force and sanity in exchange for creative Inspiration. So they live a short life but an inspired one.
@GaymerGeek Exactly, exposing gamers to other cultures in a fun way makes for a great experience. You'll learn more that way in some cases than a dry textbook. As those mythological figures are given life with their dialogues, design, and personalities!
The fairy court in Northumberland was once up the Hartburn from Rothley, they say, until the actions of an over-proud miller offended them and saw them take themselves off up to the area around Dancing Green Hill and the Hurl Stane, near Chillingham, where the white, fairy cattle still roam.
But there's a lot of them up the Henhole too, and an outpost near Elsdon and Otterburn, all of them seeming more related to each other and to the other wild, little people of the moors than they are to the more lordly fairy folk of Eildon and the Borders.