Raanan
Raanan (a.k.a. The Music Man)
Raanan is a charming, musical Archfey who also loves make-believe and playing pretend.
Raanan is at his most mischievous when The Muses are all busy off doing the will of The Fates. He becomes restless and travels around The Feywild Realm, The Feywild Expanse and the Prime Material - focused on the planet of Esau. He seeks entertainment and 'fun'.
Raanan often appears as a beardless, long-haired athletic young Fey or male Elves - carrying a silver bow and a quiver of unlimited arrows.
A lover of string Instruments, especially the lyre, harp and guitar - Raanan also likes the birdpipes, bagpipes, oboe and flute.
He is a frequent companion and protector of The Muses, functioning as their chorus leader in certain celebrations.
NAMES: Raanan = to shout for joy or sing out. It conveys a sense of great happiness and is often used to express strong emotions through sound, like a joyful cry or song.
Kinnari = celestial singer and is a precursor to other types of veena.
Roni = "my joy," "my song," or "joyful"
Gaku = "music", "sound" (音) and "music/comfort"
Zamir = "nightingale,", ""good voice", "songbird," or "song". It is associated with musicality, beauty, and joy.
The Music Man = Colourful con-man selling instruments and offering music lessons
Pied Piper = someone who entices others to follow them, often through charisma or false promises, and can lead them to ruin or simply to their own gain.
Piper = flute player, flautist, fifer, tooter, musician, highlander
Teddy Boy = wears tight narrow trousers, pointed shoes, and long sideboards - tough, delinquent youth.
This Chaotic Archfey can cause people to Fawn, Freeze, Fright or Fight.
"Fight, flight, freeze, fawn" = primary responses to a perceived threat - to fight aggressively - to flee from danger - to freeze, not react, and become immobile - or to fawn by people-pleasing to appease the source of danger.
Raanan finds it hilarious to switch what a person would usually react, to add the chaos of a different reaction.
Raanan designed the Fey Playground as a place for The Muses to play, when not doing the will of The Fates.
Divine Domains
Raanan The Music Man
Chaotic NeutralDOMAINS: Trickery, Music and Make-Believe
COURT: unaffiliated
This Archfey tends to enjoy pretend and make-believe, as much as he adores music. He is known to use charm spells on person by playing his lute or harp. He also adores humour, laughter and chaos. Thought to be behind the myth of the Pied Piper.
Another role Raanan has taken on, is care of The Muses, when they are not doing the will of The Fates.
Archfey Magic: Once per long rest, they may enchant up to 5 creatures, by playing a tune on his lute or harp. These creatures will be easily lead into dance and into make-believe games. Lasts up to 8 hours.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
* a long, slim nose that hooks up slightly at the end
* wide thing lips that smile broad
* a few wrinkles that all show lifetime of laughter and smiling
* long slender fingers - good for playing instruments
* ears are tall and pointed
* tattoo of 4 musical notes on his left wrist - if played four times in a row, Raanan can chose to appear)
Personality Characteristics
Representation & Legacy
KINNARI
The Kinnari Veena - a tube zither with gourds attached to act as resonators and frets - a hollow stick or cane neck with attached gourd resonators.Instrument Type - It is a stick zither and a tube zither, meaning it has a central hollow tube and a fretted neck.
Construction - It features a hollow cane or wooden tube as its neck, with gourds, attached underneath as resonators.
Fret System - Frets are attached to the neck, fixed by a resin or wax mixture.
Pegs - There are pegs for the strings at the top of the cane.
Decorative Elements - Instruments sometimes have decorative carvings on the peghead in the shape of a dragon's head and on the tailpiece, often in the form of a bird.
THE MUSIC MAN
The Music Man is a musical with play - with music and lyrics by Harold Lacey Wills.The plot concerns a colourfully dressed con-man - who poses as a bandmaster, who covinces people they are talented - selling Instruments and uniforms to naïve townsfolk. He promises to train the members of that new band - and get them paid gigs. This con-man is no man by an Archfey. He gives only one lesson then skips town without any other word - convincing the members they do not need him.
Amaryllis is a young Elves who does not get charmed by the Music Man - he stays around trying to figure out why. He grandmother gave Amaryllis a special ward against Fey. So The Music Man chooses Amaryllis to become another of The Muses.
Social
Contacts & Relations
When not being a muse for a particular person, The Muses reside within The Feywild Realm, in a secret location under the care of Raanan. It does mean that if all his Wards (The Muses) are busy doing their role, Raanan has more time to causes mischief and maihem.
Religious Views
Raanan wishes to increase the influence of the God of Music Milil, Goddess Zandilar, and the youthful apprentice Ronin Mikoto - Ronin wants more movement with the music and flow.
Surrounding themself with music and dance, Ronin Mikoto spent much time with his masterMilil and Zandilar . Often entertaining the other Deities of the various realms and planes of the Moata Solar System.
Hobbies & Pets
Has a friendly Jinx Fey "Lottie" who frequently travels with Raanan.
Lottie loves water and make-believe.
+ Pied Piper poem
+ Pied Piper story
Divine Classification
archfey
Current Location
Species
Realm
Age
1027
Circumstances of Birth
born under, very rare, two blue moons
Children
Pronouns
he / him
Sex
male
Eyes
Green sparkling
Hair
long red wavy
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
rich creamy brown
Height
6'7"
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