Category:Fae

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General Information

There are as many names for the fair folk as there are cultures in the world - fae (and all its derivations), fairy (and all its derivations), fianna, sídhe, síth, elves, sprites, spirits and on and on. The fae often live in realms hidden from other species, also known as Fairyland and cross over only to dole out favor or fury. The fae are widely regarded as tricksters. Any interactions with them should be treated with extreme caution and entering deals with them is inadvisable.

Some fae delight in tricking non-fae into eating their food, trapping the victims in the fae realm forever. Others will coax non-fae into playing mundane games with dire consequences.

Origins

Magic likes to mirror the mundane. The mundane world is filled with flowers, trees, animals, clouds, and many other things that have nothing in common, save the fact that they are part of nature. Similarly, the fairies that represent these forces share very little physiology.

When it comes to how fae are created, the simple answer is, it depends on the fae. The fae do tend to be capable of reproducing normally, but do so far less often than humans. There have been accounts of non-fae beings being transformed into fairies via especially potent fairy magic.

Some fae are created via reincarnation, simply blooming out of a flower bud or something similar with a new body, after the old one has parishes. Some fae are even speculated to have been around since the dawn of time and show no signs of aging

The fae are representations of nature. When the first Lily was born, so too was the first Lily fairy. Their magic is inexorably linked to that which they represent. As such, there is no overarching origin story. The fae do not tend to worship any gods, for they *are* they gods. They are the fields and the trees, the sun and the night. They are the personifications of all that they represent.

Courts

The fae are governed by various different courts, each of which have their own traditions and values. Each different fae court has its own identity and associations, which effect everything from their aesthetics to the way they govern their people, though "govern" may be an inaccurate description in some cases. The most prominent of these courts are the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, but there are many others.

Each court has its own monarchy, which creates unique laws for their subjects, as well as anyone else in their territory

List of Fae and Fae-adjacent species

Are Fae Monsters?

Some prominent scholars believe that the Fae could be considered their own "subtype" of monster, at least from the perspective of humanity. However, it is likely that the traditional "barbaric" monsters would not agree with that assessment. There are many key differences between fae and monster-kind, mostly how they choose to act and where they hail from.

Appearance

Appearances of the fae vary wildly. Many of them appear human, or almost human to outsiders. Many choose not to conform for the comfort of other humanoid species, and present as their natural forms. They are often marked by distinctions of their sub-species.

Known Fae

Related Pages

Fae Courts

Seelie Court

Fairyland

Fairy Etiquette

Faewild Faebles