Fey

**Fey**

## Introduction

The **Fey** a beings from Faerie . They come in many varieties, some more human looking than others, and some more animal or plant looking. Fey are basically divided into **Light Fey** and **Dark Fey**.

## About

### Fey Classifications

* Light Fey:
	+ Blarestri
	+ Svarestri
	+ Alorestri
* Dark Fey

### Weaknesses

* **Iron**: Iron sickness—It saps Fey energy, tears through their defenses like silver does to a were.

### Source of Magic

* A massive energy of the planet as it moves at terrifying speeds through space. Gravity, sunlight, the pull of the moon, can all be converted to energy by those who know how—like the Fey, to a much lesser degree, lycanthropes.

### Fey Protocol, Customs, Traditions, etc.

* Fey protocol demands a gift to gain an audience.

### Character / Nature

* Fey women who are full bloods want full-blooded children, for the prestige and also because many estates cannot be passed to half-bloods. Those who are already partly human also want a full-blood so as not to weaken the line further.

### Anti-Slaving Agreement

* In 1624 an agreement was worked out between the Fey and the Silver Circle stating that no more abductions of witches or any female magic users were to take place.

### Illegal Aliens

The Fey have been coming into the mortal world for centuries. But the numbers have greatly increased recently because the Light Fey have been making things difficult for the Dark Fey—like Gargoyles. The mages who handle Fey affairs for the Silver Circle have been complaining about the number of unauthorized arrivals as a result.

### Physical Description

* Tall, but with a slender, almost willowy build.
* they moved like gazelles, with a quick, springy grace and perfect balance.
* Light Fey are as legendary for their beauty as the Dark are for their gruesomeness.
* Gracefully curved ears that stuck up through the hair.

### Fey Types

**Light Fey**: (more human looking)

* Blarestri
* Svarestri
* Alorestri

**Dark Fey**:

* Pixies
* Trolls
* Gargoyles
* Dragons
* Banshee
* Harpies
* Trolls
* Gamelan
* Brownies
* Goblins

### Fey Characters

* Radella
* Dark Fey King
* Heidar (half Light Fey, half Human)
* Claire (half Dark Fey, half Human)
* Augustine (half **Fey**, half Mage)
* Tanet (Dragon)
* Guardian of the Portal

### Other Details

* Tony has been selling Witches to the Fey—Slaving.
* The Light Fey and the Dark Fey blame the other side as the one slaving witches.
* A lot vampires didn't believe in the Fey–that they existed.
* Regular weapons won't do much against the Fey—magical powers to hold up against their power.
* Those who enter Faerie without passes get an automatic death sentence.
* Kit Marlowe uses the Dark Fey to spy on the Light Fey, and vice versa.
* Flora and fauna are used as spies by the Dark Fey.
* Fey are really fond of babies.
* Fey never produced a Null —so they'd been looking for a way to add that gift to their magical arsenal.
* Fey have trouble conceiving—tend to marry for fertility rather than attraction—which palls quickly.
* Used to kidnap witches to help wiht their fertility problem, supposedly outlawed now.
* Real names are never used—can be used to strengthen magic spells.
* Calling the Fey "Elves" is considered a derogatory term among the Fey—only humans use the term.

## Two-Natured Fey

* Both sides gain some of the other's abilities, making you far stronger in either form than you would have been otherwise
* When one of the Two-Natured reaches puberty, they usually come into their second self. If not, it tends to happen the first time they have intercourse with another Fey.
* The power unleashed is always considerable, and some families can feel it when a new child manifests.

## Fey History of Slaving

The Fey used to abduct fertile humans to replenish their population, they they switched to human witches to help keep they magic from dying out. In 1624, an agreement was worked out between the Fey and the Silver Circle stating that no more abductions were to take place.

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

The Fey are livid that they lost one of their nobles in the crossfire between Rasputin and the Senate. Tony has been selling Witches to the Fey—Slaving. Per Billy Joe: "Dark Fey have traced the problem to Tony. They can't afford for the Light Fey to outbreed them, but with fertile magic users to help with the population shortage, that's what's going to happen fairly soon. And then the Light Fey will rule all of Faerie." Tony allied with Rasputin to get protection from M.A.G.I.C. and the Dark Fey. Per Mircea: one of the witches Cassie assisted came to the Circle to describe her captivity. Both the Dark Fey and the Light Fey deny the practice of Slaving and point the finger at the other side.

## Events throughout the Dorina Basarab series

### 1.1. "Buying Trouble" (2007)

Claire gets sent to Faerie with a **Fey** named Heidar by one of the Runes of Langgarn, the one that was a portal into Faerie. They get sent to Svarestri territory, which is the land of Heidar's enemies.

## Associated Characters, etc.

* Augustine

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 8
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
6. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 4, p. 235
7. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 4, p. 235
8. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 3, p. 219
9. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 6, 8, 9
10. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
11. ↑ *Touch the Dark*
12. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
13. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
14. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
15. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
16. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 6
17. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 1, p. 201
18. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 3, p. 218
19. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 3, p. 220
20. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 3, p. 220
21. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 4, p. 233
22. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
23. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
24. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
25. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
26. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3
27. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 6
28. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8
29. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9

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