The Rock Gambit

A young Cuédleür couple, pregnant with their first child, take in a mysterious stranger asking for food and shelter. Knowing to be careful with strangers, they watch their words carefully, but despite their best efforts they cannot avoid giving their lodger their names. They reveal themself to be a fey, and having stolen the couple's true names, they had total control over the pair. The expectant parents agree to trade the fey their unborn child in exchange for their names back, telling the fey they're calling the baby Rock until it's born. The fey makes them swear they will be given Rock when the baby is born, and the couple agrees. When the fey returns to collect, they refuse to give up their child, instead giving the fey a large stone. Outwitted, the fey leaves, and from then on it becomes a safety precaution to give all babies a second name, just in case.

This story is nearly universally cited as the origin of the Cuédleür's double-naming convention, and is told across clan territory. To this day, attempting to outwit a Fey is referred to as attempting a Rock gambit.

Every Cuédleür village has its own variation on this classic tale, some placing it at the dawn of the clan's relationship with their Fey neighbors and others much later. The "true" version of the story is unlikely to ever be determined, but it is universally known to have happened in some form.