Fey

The fey of Madrian include beings of vast numbers. This class of entity encompasses everything from the tiniest pixie to many of the gods themselves. Fey are immortal beings tied to nature, the planet and the workings of natural phenomenon. To catalogue them here in their entirety would require a wiki all its own. Scholars believed in fact that during the Age of Myth everything within Madrian's sphere had some fey entity attached to it.

As entities fey are similar to elementals and outsiders. They spring forth from creation itself. As a material plane develops its energies pool in places of natural beauty and this seems to form a connection to the Fey Realm. As this realm is unique to a given world just as its shadow, scholars believe that it may similarly be created by the planet itself. From these concentrations of energy fey are born. This process seems to be further encouraged by mortal belief and stories. For example, a tale of pixies in a field near a village seems to increase the likelihood that such beings will be drawn there. The strange symbiosis of belief works in the other direction as well. Usually this occurs when natural occurrences previously believed "magic" are explained by science. Then the associated fey fades away and dies. An example of this was most famously recorded by John Dalton when numerous rain sprites were found in his garden. This followed the acceptance of his papers on water cycles during the Rise of New Loraen. The poor creatures eventually evaporated and have no such fey has been seen since.

While we will not be covering every individual type of fey, there are several broader groups. These groups consider themselves broadly as Great Courts within the fey hierarchy. Nobles divide these groups up further, holding their own courts which will sometimes cross pollinate between one another. Chief among all these are Madrian's Children. Theirs is considered the highest authority of the fey besides the Mother herself.

**Seelie & Unseelie**

Seelie and Unseelie are two intermingled Great Courts consisting broadly of fey of the wild places. The Seelie Court includes those that generally comes to mind when on thinks "fairy". The sort of fey considered to be nature spirits. Dryads, nymphs, fauns, sprites, etc... Fey that are tied to trees, rivers, fields, storms and other natural places and phenomena. While both halves of the court can be as pretty and cruel as any fey, the Unseelie are particularly sinister. The Unseelie include hags, imps, kelpies, banshee and other fey that are cruel, murderous or bring death. The two sides of the Court are ruled by their respective queens. The Unseelie by the Queen of Air and Darkness, while the Seelie court is ruled by Maeve the Summer Queen. Maeve was imprisoned in an enchanted ruby during the Reign of White Castle and was eventually freed by the Iron Wings of Vengeance.

**House Faeries**

The House Court is made up of those fey collectively known as "house fairies". These are faeries that came into existence as aspects of mortal activity. Those associated with farming, crafts and daily life for mortals. These include brownies, hobs, gargoyles, boggarts, tooth fairies, key thieves, etc... The other fey courts mock these fey, calling them "the Servant's Court". However, the House Court has always felt a stronger bond with mortals and despite their King's occasional outrages are not concerned with the drama of the other houses. Fionn mac Cumhail, the Leprechaun King has ruled the House Court for as long as any care to remember. The other house fairies care little for such titles and he has remained ruler by default.

**Goblins**

The Goblin Court is composed of some of the most ill-tempered and cruel fey outside of the Unseelie Court. Of course, goblins are among their number, but the court also includes gremlins, kobolds, redcaps, trows and trolls. A failed attempt at an empire on the mortal plane has left many "true" goblins a shadow of their former glory. There still dwell in the fey realm goblins that have kept their powers and minds. The Goblin King himself is still quite feared and so the court retains the respect of the others.

**Giants**

Though giants have long ago chosen the mortal realms, they still retain their place among the Great Courts. Indeed, there are still those giants that never left the fey realm who are ancient and massive. These giants have become mountain peaks, wildfires, storms and so reinforce the Giant Court's prestige. The Throne of the Giant King has made the ruler of the house an inconstant thing over the ages. (Perhaps this was Grell's intent.) The most recent being the Phoenix Queen, a half-elf adventurer and former member of the Iron Wings of Vengeance.

**Jinni**

When Madrian created the world, she intermingled her energies with those of the elemental planes. This made elementals of all kinds a natural part of the world. Genie Kind of course decided that they should be the ruling class of elementals. So, the ifrit, djinn, marid and shaitan set their differences aside when among the other fey courts. Other fey nobles often enjoy diplomatic relations with jinni because of their access to rare treasures. They are most prominent on the prime in the regions of Rafiah, Mezorale and Cao Wu. Though of course elementals and jinni can be found all over. The Jinni Court is ruled over by the Four Magnificent and Dedicated Viziers of the Elemental Spheres. Each is a representative of their own rulers on the elemental planes.

**Yokai**

One of the hardest houses to quantify due to sheer numbers. Yokai include numerous magical beasts, spirits and oni among them. The Amato poet Sekien Gazu wrote three volumes of illustrated scrolls depicting yokai and still did not catalogue all of them. Their house rules in Amatorini and Amato alongside the kami. Their influence includes much of Cao Wu and Mezorale as well. The Yokai Court has more minor courts than any among the fey. The lesser nobles of the yokai are far more loyal than other fey as well and there is less infighting. The Yokai House is ruled over by the Myojin, Emperess of Amatorini.

**Kami**

Related to the Yokai both geographically and spiritually, the Kami Court is composed of semi-divine spirits. They have much in common with the Seelie Court as nature spirits make up much of their number and can often be confused with members of the other court. This holds true for elementals as well. Kami have a strong bond with the yokai as it is possible for a kami to intime become a yokai and vice versa. The kami are the least interested in politics among all the fey. It is rare that their court ever gathers. Such a gathering is said to be an awe-inspiring sight as they march in their multitudes. The Kami Court has no master and is ruled by some form of communal consciousness.

**Demons of the Jongura**

After the Great Hunter slew the Jongura its body quickly began to rot. Though the Great Hunter used as much of the Beast as he could some of it was left to decay. From these parts it is said that maggots spontaneously formed to consumed what was left. These maggots became the "Demons of the Jongura". Members of the court combine traits of humanoids and various beasts. The house includes lamia, medusas, manticores, chimeras, sphinxes and rakshasa. Rakshasa act as much of the dignitaries of the court and make appearances among the other fey most often. They are unpopular however as they tempt mortals to worship the Jongura who considered lord of their court. Many cults exist on the prime material plane that serve these monsters.