What court would this be?

It's probably Winter, but I figured I'd ask. To what court would someone of this mindset belong?

I just want to be left alone, I just want to do what I want to do. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to pretend like I didn't get taken, like I don't look strange now and have powers. I just want to get on with my life, be it mundane or supernatural. If you deny me that, however, I have two reactions, both of which are immediate and merciless. If I think you are just an annoyance, I'll make your life hell, like only one who has been taken and tortured for years can. I'll go after your friends, your family, and I will turn you into a paranoid wreck. If I think you are a threat, I'll kill you, the most brutal and merciless way I can think of. I won't keep you alive and torture you or anything, but you will die, and you will not have any kind of pleasant experiences for a while leading up to that. But I just want to be left alone.

To no one. If he wants to be alone, it wouldn't join a court, which is basically, lots of people. If you really had to put him into one, I'd say that mentality could fit both Winter or Autumn.

I really hope is a NPC concept, though.

I'd say Courtless based on how much he wants to be left alone. Joining a Court often causes you to get tangled up in all kinds of things, and that does not sound like his cup of tea.

Based on the violence of the reaction, and the seeming anger behind it, Summer might be a good pick. They are not all violent and out there about things. He sounds like Wrath is a driving force in his life. Even if he wants to try and forget it, he's willing to tap into that anger and rage and handle things.

Winter does not generally approve of people going back to their old lives, simply because your Keeper found you in your old life once and it is likely going to be one of the first places they send people to go looking for you. The hiding sounds like Winter, but the connection to his old life, trying to avoid what happened, and then freaking out and fighting back are not very Wintery things. That being said, it is not like every Winter courtier hides constantly, always retreats, and looks in the windows of their old life longingly.

You might consider Autumn. You note he wants to go back to his old life, but he admist things are different now. If he kind of embraces the changes that occurred, to a degree at least, that is a very Autumn reaction. What happened was terrible, but look what you got out it. I could see such a character focus on that 'Fear as a tool,' aspect of the Autumn Court. He creates urban legends to keep people and things away from what he wants to protect.

TL;DR version: Summer or Autumn, not Winter.

literatzi:

I'd say Courtless based on how much he wants to be left alone.

This.

Courts are social organizations.  Yes, they're bound in the Wyrd and therefore provide benefits other than the purely social, but they're still essentially social orders.  If you don't want to socialize and interact with others, then the Courts are not for you.

If you have access to Winter Masques and don't mind an alternate court system, you might consider the slavic-styled Court of the Night/Moon or the oriental-focused Court of the North.

If part of the Moon Court, such a character might embody the troll/ogre under the bridge, the reclusive witch/hermit, or the vengeful and solitary spirit that haunts a building or territory of so many fairy tales. Like most who join the court of night, he's concerned with numero uno, who cares what anyone else thinks. Mess with him, disturb him in any way and you'll see just how monstrous he can be--he's so "brutal and merciless" it's nothing short of disgusting.

As a member of the Court of the North, he's more stoic: Life sucks; get over it. He simply endures what's left of this existence, and he spends it in physical and social isolation--like a Grinch or an Ahab. When others cross him, he teaches the heavy lessons of suffering. More ruthless and unhinged than many of his peers, he perpetuates the unique suffering that can only accompany death.

Atticus Sparrow:

If you have access to Winter Masques and don't mind an alternate court system, you might consider the slavic-styled Court of the Night/Moon or the oriental-focused Court of the North.

If part of the Moon Court, such a character might embody the troll/ogre under the bridge, the reclusive witch/hermit, or the vengeful and solitary spirit that haunts a building or territory of so many fairy tales. Like most who join the court of night, he's concerned with numero uno, who cares what anyone else thinks. Mess with him, disturb him in any way and you'll see just how monstrous he can be--he's so "brutal and merciless" it's nothing short of disgusting.

I agree that Night Court/Moon Court fits that kind of mindset best, but you'd have to explain why he'd be in a Seasonal Freehold.

Ex-Privateer (Violent tendencies) trying to go turn a new leaf in the Moon Court, but Changeling Paranoia kept him from doing so and therefore he fled to the Seasonals? Just a new take, no idea how feasible it is.

Actually, it'd be hard for you to be in any court, but if you have to pick one, I would actually go with the Spring Court. Their main motivation is around not sitting around and moping, but in enjoying the life that they now have. For if you don't, you might as well go back to Arcadia.

To me, these sound like the words of a child, trying to sound threatening. It is also very long winded and full of bluster that the speaker cannot possibly follow through on (though at the same time I have no doubt they would if they could). This is not a person who thrives on fear (so Autumn Court is out). This is a person who is deathly afraid of people and has to cover that up.

Mister Knightshade:

Atticus Sparrow:

As a member of the Court of the North, he's more stoic: Life sucks; get over it. He simply endures what's left of this existence, and he spends it in physical and social isolation--like a Grinch or an Ahab. When others cross him, he teaches the heavy lessons of suffering. More ruthless and unhinged than many of his peers, he perpetuates the unique suffering that can only accompany death.

I strongly disagree with the Court of the North. This character does not sound stoic, they sound manic, which is the polar opposite of stoic. The line I always imagine for an evil member of the North is "You still crying? Maybe you haven't suffered enough." This isn't what I'm hearing. I hear "I'llkillyou I'llkillyou I'llkillyouI'll killyouI'll killyouI'll killyouI'll killyouI'll killyou!" 

You misunderstand me, Knightshade. I meant that a similar character could exist in the Court of the North, but he'd need to be stoic. I never meant to imply that the original post implied stoicism.

(And I definitely think that even a child-like reaction could easily fit in the Court of the Night.)

The fact that it says that living things or undead things cannot be targetted doesn't include "personal items".  I would expect that if there was meant to be an exception for clothes, they would've included it.

mb_webguy:

literatzi:

I'd say Courtless based on how much he wants to be left alone.

This.

Courts are social organizations.  Yes, they're bound in the Wyrd and therefore provide benefits other than the purely social, but they're still essentially social orders.  If you don't want to socialize and interact with others, then the Courts are not for you.

I don't feel that this sort of polar opposition is necessary; even irrational malcontents and loners can belong to a court. According to Autumn Nightmares (the Mad entry), a changeling might belong to a court, complete with Mantle and Contract benefits, without holding a single social tie to his peers; he need not even have sworn a pledge of fealty to the local Freehold.

Cleverest of Things:

The fact that it says that living things or undead things cannot be targetted doesn't include "personal items".  I would expect that if there was meant to be an exception for clothes, they would've included it.

Wrong thread?

Cleverest of Things:

The fact that it says that living things or undead things cannot be targetted doesn't include "personal items".  I would expect that if there was meant to be an exception for clothes, they would've included it.

I think Clever intended to post this on the Frozen Moment thread.  :)