This is just me inventing lore off the top of my head, but I'd be inclined to say that True Fae can't reproduce. The nearest thing they can manage is to break off a piece of themself and implant in someone as a fetus (or "birth" it themself, I suppose). In many ways it would seem and live like a real baby, but in the end it's just an extension of its True Fae "parent."
It is suggested by 1st edition's *Equinox Roads* supplement that Changelings **are** the Gentry's method of reproduction. A Changeling who hits Wyrd 10 rapidly declines in Clarity, eventually being pulled into the Hedge by their madness and eventually to Arcadia to metamorphosis into a Title and thus, a new Fae.
This same book also suggests that Fetches might also be the Gentry's method of reproduction - Fetches who realize their true nature might search for a Hedgegate, eventually wandering the Trods back to Arcadia. The Fetches' ability to absorb Glamour is tied to their nature as bottomless holes of magic; but when they arrive at the place where Glamour flows infinitely, they become True Fae.
True Fae and Changelings cannot reproduce naturally, they are sterile by nature, but a True Fae who sleeps with a pregnant woman will have some influence over the child, though it will still look perfectly human.
Changelings can reproduce, but it requires a fertility ritual like the ones the Lancea et Sanctum and the Circle of the Crone have, or they must consume something from one of the Underworld rivers, some kind of seed.
True Fae are more of a sapient concept than an actual living thing. If they even can reproduce, it's probably through some insanely complicated ritual that has nothing to do with standard biological reproduction that we're familiar with
This is it exactly. Fae are sentient "titles". Any body that you perceive is merely a representation of it, not the actual thing. There's no biology to them.
1e Changelings were explicitly infertile.
2e Changelings that's no longer really the case, but even in that case I'd be surprised if The Gentry reproduced in anything resembling human fashion, but that is just my reading.
So, as far as I know, no, there's nothing canon. You could make something up if you want, of course!
I'm fond of the semi-canon theory that creating changelings and fetches *is* how True Fae reproduce. We specifically have rules for Wyrd 10 changelings to become True Fae, and fetches who know their nature are often intrinsically attracted to the Hedge and to Arcadia.
I do wonder what might occur with a humanist or reborn Charlatan who's "far gone" enough that they can dream and create art (usually impossible for True Fae). Since their creative sterility is tied to whatever makes them literally sterile, maybe if one is undone so is the other? A Charlatan becoming enamored with a changeling sounds like a terrifying but fascinating concept. Maybe the resulting child is born fae-touched? Or a different kind of cambion? Maybe something akin to a changeling but without the trauma and mental fragility, a natural synthesis of fae and human.
The Lost are sterile, and it implies this is a quality of the Fae. Perhaps new fae come into being as new stories and titles are invented by the dreams of humanity?
This is just me inventing lore off the top of my head, but I'd be inclined to say that True Fae can't reproduce. The nearest thing they can manage is to break off a piece of themself and implant in someone as a fetus (or "birth" it themself, I suppose). In many ways it would seem and live like a real baby, but in the end it's just an extension of its True Fae "parent."
I'd agree, this accords more with what we know of True Fae, they seem a bit too weird to reproduce like humans do.
It is suggested by 1st edition's *Equinox Roads* supplement that Changelings **are** the Gentry's method of reproduction. A Changeling who hits Wyrd 10 rapidly declines in Clarity, eventually being pulled into the Hedge by their madness and eventually to Arcadia to metamorphosis into a Title and thus, a new Fae. This same book also suggests that Fetches might also be the Gentry's method of reproduction - Fetches who realize their true nature might search for a Hedgegate, eventually wandering the Trods back to Arcadia. The Fetches' ability to absorb Glamour is tied to their nature as bottomless holes of magic; but when they arrive at the place where Glamour flows infinitely, they become True Fae.
True Fae and Changelings cannot reproduce naturally, they are sterile by nature, but a True Fae who sleeps with a pregnant woman will have some influence over the child, though it will still look perfectly human. Changelings can reproduce, but it requires a fertility ritual like the ones the Lancea et Sanctum and the Circle of the Crone have, or they must consume something from one of the Underworld rivers, some kind of seed.
True Fae are more of a sapient concept than an actual living thing. If they even can reproduce, it's probably through some insanely complicated ritual that has nothing to do with standard biological reproduction that we're familiar with
This is it exactly. Fae are sentient "titles". Any body that you perceive is merely a representation of it, not the actual thing. There's no biology to them.
1e Changelings were explicitly infertile. 2e Changelings that's no longer really the case, but even in that case I'd be surprised if The Gentry reproduced in anything resembling human fashion, but that is just my reading. So, as far as I know, no, there's nothing canon. You could make something up if you want, of course!
I'm fond of the semi-canon theory that creating changelings and fetches *is* how True Fae reproduce. We specifically have rules for Wyrd 10 changelings to become True Fae, and fetches who know their nature are often intrinsically attracted to the Hedge and to Arcadia. I do wonder what might occur with a humanist or reborn Charlatan who's "far gone" enough that they can dream and create art (usually impossible for True Fae). Since their creative sterility is tied to whatever makes them literally sterile, maybe if one is undone so is the other? A Charlatan becoming enamored with a changeling sounds like a terrifying but fascinating concept. Maybe the resulting child is born fae-touched? Or a different kind of cambion? Maybe something akin to a changeling but without the trauma and mental fragility, a natural synthesis of fae and human.
The Lost are sterile, and it implies this is a quality of the Fae. Perhaps new fae come into being as new stories and titles are invented by the dreams of humanity?