Winter Court



The Winter Court or Unseelie Court is one of the Faerie Courts, ruling over part of Faerie in the Nevernever. Their fae allies are termed Winter Sidhe, or Winterfae.

Description
Harry Dresden describes Winter: "'Winter's nature was beautiful violence, stark clarity, the most feral needs, and animal desires and killer instinct pitted against the season of cold and death—the will and desire to fight, to live, even when there was no shelter, no warmth, no respite, no hope, and no help.'"

It is the Winter Court's job to defend the Outer Gates from Outsiders. and the White Council estimates Mab's troop count to be about fifty thousand. Yet at the Outer Gates, there are more than that in one single formation. The capital of the Winter Court is Mab's fortress, Arctis Tor.

Hawthorne wood does not care much for creatures of winter, it burns hot.

Order
The Winter Court is ruled by the three Winter Queens: Mother Winter, Winter Queen, and Winter Lady. It also keeps a mortal champion, the Winter Knight.

Mother Winter
Mother Winter is the oldest of the three Winter Queens and The Queen Who Was; the previous holder of the title Winter Queen. She is sometimes the mother of the current one, and is not referred to by name but by her position.

The current holder of the title is Mab's mother, Mother Winter.

Winter Queen
The Winter Queen is the ruler of the Winter Court and The Queen Who Is; the former Winter Lady. She will be the future Mother Winter.

The current Winter Queen is Mab.

Winter Lady
The Winter Lady, or the Cold Lady, is the youngest of the three Winter Queens, and The Queen Who Is To Come. She is the heir to the Winter Queen, and may be her daughter.

During most of Harry's time in Chicago, the Winter Lady was Maeve, a daughter of Mab. As of Cold Days, the Winter Lady is Molly Carpenter.

Winter King
The Winter King is a Wyldfae associated with the season of Winter. He is independent of the Queens and has a nature that is the opposite of his season's queen.

The current Winter King is Santa Claus.

Winter Knight
The Winter Knight is a mortal chosen as the champion of the Winter Court. The power of the Mantle comes from Mab.
 * Lloyd Slate was the Winter Knight from Summer Knight until Changes, when he was replaced by Harry Dresden.

Winter Law
When the Law is defied, the power, or Mantle, is stripped away.