Changeling/Theme/Courts/Winter Court/Overview

"Sorrow is not weakness. Sorrow is a weapon. Who here has not been rendered speechless and motionless by anguish? Who has never known the air being sucked from your lungs by loss? Because we do not burn with the rage of our Summer kindred, we are often thought weak. Winter is not weak. Do not mistake us." - Marjorie the Shrouded

The Winter Court in Philadelphia has known periods of strength and years of deficit since the founding of Philadelphia, and that doesn't even count all of the losses that the Eagles have suffered over the last century. Marjorie was Crowned after the loss of the previous Crown, Michael Zloof, a Bright One who sacrificed himself to save a group of new escapees from the depredations of one of Le General's Huntsmen. Michael blinded the Huntsman long enough for the newly-found escapees to slip away into the Hedge. His loss rocked the court, as he had held the Crown for twenty-eight years prior to his sacrifice.

Since then, Marjorie has endeavored to rebuild the Court's structure.