Steven is the changeling son of Greg Demayo and the Rose Queen. Conceived while Greg was working in her service as a warlock, Steven was born a healthy and almost normal seeming child, and was handed over to his human father to be raised through his infancy. Unfortunately, apparently this wasn't a permanent arrangement, because before he'd turned ten the Rose Queen kidnapped him back to her fae realm to finish raising him her way.
As such, he's spent the last 4 years or so enslaved by his mother, trapped within her twisted gardens and physically changed to her wishes. This has caused him to develop some more overt changeling traits, including thorns that grow on some parts of his body and tend to multiply when stressed, leafy ears, and small wings that have leaves and rose petals instead of feathers. He also gained the natural ability to grow, communicate with, and control plant life, and eventually an immunity to thorns.
Considering him spoiled by his gentle human upbringing, his fae mother was strict with him, punishing him cruelly for his multiple, desperate attempts to return to his father. After a lonesome few years left isolated in the gardens, being subjected to a number of trials intended to strengthen him, Steven eventually discovered that he had become immune to the bite of his mother's thorns, enabling him to fight his way through the rose vines separating her gardens from the human world. After a long, exhausting struggle, he finally found his way back into the real world, with his clothing and meager supplies all lost to the thorns.
The terrified child was eventually stumbled upon by Ginko, another changeling, who then brought him back Axel's apartment to allow him some rest. News of his escape was passed out through the Changeling Network, and not long after he was brought to the safety of the Sanctuary, still struggling with memory problems from his stay in faerie.
STEVEN DEMAYO
As such, he's spent the last 4 years or so enslaved by his mother, trapped within her twisted gardens and physically changed to her wishes. This has caused him to develop some more overt changeling traits, including thorns that grow on some parts of his body and tend to multiply when stressed, leafy ears, and small wings that have leaves and rose petals instead of feathers. He also gained the natural ability to grow, communicate with, and control plant life, and eventually an immunity to thorns.
Considering him spoiled by his gentle human upbringing, his fae mother was strict with him, punishing him cruelly for his multiple, desperate attempts to return to his father. After a lonesome few years left isolated in the gardens, being subjected to a number of trials intended to strengthen him, Steven eventually discovered that he had become immune to the bite of his mother's thorns, enabling him to fight his way through the rose vines separating her gardens from the human world. After a long, exhausting struggle, he finally found his way back into the real world, with his clothing and meager supplies all lost to the thorns.
The terrified child was eventually stumbled upon by Ginko, another changeling, who then brought him back Axel's apartment to allow him some rest. News of his escape was passed out through the Changeling Network, and not long after he was brought to the safety of the Sanctuary, still struggling with memory problems from his stay in faerie.