It is my duty, either sad or fortunate, I know not which, to be the one to bring you news of some recent discoveries which must be made known to her majesty, Queen Mab, as soon as possible.
I have discovered evidence of a new group of Fae blooded, though whether they be a Kith or a new sort of Gallain, or something else entirely, I know not. They are called Treespeakers, and it seems quite miraculous to me that I found them at all.
I was attacked by creatures I could not name when a little child came rushing to my aid. I can honestly say that barring only the most exceptional of the Sidhe, I have never seen a more beautiful child. She appeared to be about ten years of age and she fell to the ground before me, digging her fingers into the dirt. I supposed that she had come across the battle and was frightened, perhaps she was a Chrysalid, for I saw the glow of Glamour about her, and I tried to protect her as I could, but I soon discovered that she was in fact protecting me. The trees around us began to move and the roots reached up from the ground to capture the attackers and pull them below, or tear them apart. It was a terrifying sight.
When our attackers had been dispached the trees returned to normal and their roots descended again below the soil as if nothing had been disturbed. I must admit that I fell to my knees then, all strength having left my body. The child moved over to kneel beside me and reached out to most tenderly touch my face, and with the gentle caress of her fingertips, my strength returned to me, and my wounds faded. The child utilized no cantrip I am aware of, for I did not see a Bunk, but the Glamour around her grew stronger.
She took me to a hidden place, for many sought me, and those creatures she had saved me from were not the least of them. While we hid she explained what she was and it is this tale that her Majesty must hear.
During the last years of the Shattering, about 1594, a young woman of both human and Fae blood left this world for the Dreaming, and took with her a strange destiny. Her name is, was, the child used both tenses, named Joiya Baerlon, and her mother, if I understand Kyrila aright, was a Dryad. I believe that the Kyrila refers to something other than the gentle tree-spirits we know, but she has not had time to explain that sufficiently yet. In any case, Joiya was both human and Fae and her Fae blood was very strong. Kyrila calls her "the mother of the race that must be" and I believe that such was the result of a geasa cast upon Joiya at birth, or perhaps a prophecy.
Kyrila is a Treespeaker, one of Joiya's descendants, and her powers are among the strongest of her people. She tells me that at one time the land rose to defend Joiya when she was threatened, and that it cast a power out from its presence forever. She also says that the powers are less strong in later generations, but that sometimes they blossom in one individual or another. Treespeakers seem to exhibit a great affinity with the natural world and with all living things.
Kyrila also tells me that the Treespeakers are coming back to the world of their mother's naissance and that they are here to help us. The Queen must hear of this. Kyrila took me to meet others of her people and they treated me most kindly. They serve a power which seems to wish the salvation of the Fae, though I believe that this is not their only goal. Please advise her Majesty to accept their offers when they approach her.
I will send you other missives as I am able. I am still being hunted and Kyrila and the other Treespeakers wish for me to stay with them for the time being, and I find that I would wish nothing more than to learn more about them.
Yours in service,
Aeron
(Aeron had most of the facts correct. In truth, the Treespeakers are potentially more powerful than even he imagines right now. Closely allied with House Revier, the Treespeakers have powers that are not exactly cantrips and not exactly Garou gifts, but they can do some amazing things with the natural type of their choice. Some have more of an aptitude for the stones, and the power of the mountains, and others for the plants and trees, and others for the water, and others for the areas where water and plants are one.
The Treespeakers are actually interested in alliances of sorts with not just the Fae who are willing to work with them for the ultimate good of all, but also with the Garou. The Garou are fighting a losing battle. Perhaps with the Treespeakers to assist them in cleansing and fighting they can stand a chance of winning.)
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