March Rewards 9 (Patreon)

Darkfire57 

- A reminder of why you should never accept food nor drinks from the fey.

A continuation of Victoria's last situation... it seems she's been fattened to a massive level by those mushrooms, and then sold to some little Fae on a far away island.... I hope help arrives soon...

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Victoria has been captured! By what? Well by Liliputians of course.

Liliputians are small, pale white bald humanoids whom have a very soft and rubbery skin that tends to be flawless and pristine. They live in various locations through the Nameless forest, however they tend to live in small societies in seaside areas as well, notably inhabiting several tiny islands off of the coast of Sumatra long ago. These creatures hail from the underbrush of the nameless forest, and can vary from being feral and dangerous to friendly and welcoming just as many humans are, however their customs still boarder on the strange and incomprehensible, as many of their customs derive from emulating humans. It is the fascination with humans that these Fae possess that causes them to emulate many ways of living including building large cities and working metals into weapons and armor (usually gold), and emulating world governments for fun.

Liliputians have occasionally split into two kingdoms on Earth, the people of Liliput and the people of Blefuscu when they had gone to war with one another over an argument of how an egg should be eaten, from the top or from the bottom, and ever since then they have opposed one another. Their entire society is egg based, as they themselves are very egg like, possessing yolky innards and soft boiled organs with rubbery hard boiled skin. Eggs are the main source of food among the Liliputians, and as such they are known to farm chickens, ducks, pheasants, geese, and other various avian creatures, though lizards are sometimes used as well. They train ducks, geese, chickens, rats, and other similarly sized animals to work as pets and mounts for their adventures. They prefer eggs, however they will slay larger animals and feast on them as well, combining their strengths to take down large prey and dividing the shares to feed the entire kingdom. Liliputians have sharp teeth, and wide mouths, which they use to tear chunks from enemies if weapons are unavailable, and they can greatly distend their jaws to bite larger creatures. The Liliputians enjoy fashionable clothing and other various accoutrements, and though they are all bald naturally, they enjoy fashioning wigs from animal hairs and animal down, as well as various forms of clothing. All Liliputians mimic high society creatures, though some are actual nobles and aristocrats as their society is one of a monarchy. 

Though they rarely interact with humans in the wild, they do deal with humans whom may stumble upon their homes, or in some cases they purchase humans from the Darkling trades. These humans are sometimes eaten, and sometimes they are simply treated as pets, or captured and kept to glean stories and information about the latest fashions and foods of the human world. These humans are often farmed, shaved to collect their hair to make wigs, and their items taken and used for various building materials or kept as trophies. The humans themselves are often times shackled and placed in masks of gold as platforms and structures are built into them, turning them into mobile siege engines. These are known as Mantanks, Siegemen, or Fortressmen by the Liliputians, and they are used as living beasts of burden and battle tanks to fight other Liliputians, or sometimes, human sized threats. The humans can wield Iron, making them a much more powerful threat.

The weaponry built into the Mantanks are things such as catapults, slingshots, trebuchets, and simple archer stands. However some work as wizard towers or house monoliths that fire powerful magic from the spire. These humans are often brainwashed or have had their minds broken by other Fae, or by the Liliputians after years of torture. Some have their limbs slowly removed and eaten over time, and then those limbs are replaced with golden prosthetics. These humans sometimes have their tongues removed, however some keep their tongues and are used to recant stories of the human world, though the humans kept as tanks are often not asked such things to discourage them from escaping. Only humans kept as close pets (Like Victoria here) are allowed to speak and are treated as pets rather than intelligent creatures.

Taking control over humans like this and using them as siege weapons is similar to a tactic humans have performed with the Nephilim in the past.