Insect and arthropod fae

**Insect and arthropod fae** include a wide variety of fae species who are related to insects and arthropods, including certain shifters. A large number of them reside in Gevtivar. A group of bee fae have their own town near Gevtivar.

## Physical Description

The moth fae who served as Augus Each Uisge's coachman on his visit to the An Fnwy estate was 'well-kept . . . with fringed antennae pricking and twirling in new surroundings'.

The hotel receptionist in Summervale had 'three pairs of antennae' and blue eyes.

The butterflies in Gevtivar - some of whom were likely fae - had different colored wings. The fae there prefer to remain in hybrid-form rather than human-form.

The insect and arthropod fae in Gevtivar are more likely to speak in clicks, growls or purrs. Very few speak the common tongue.

## Characteristics (culture, habits)

They can seemingly be of either alignment, as Gevtivar is predominately populated by Unseelie insect and arthropod fae, but there was an apparently Seelie insect fae serving as a hotel receptionist in Summervale.

A moth fae served as a coachman for the Unseelie Court. It's possible some insect shifters attended the Masque.

Gwyn noted that Gevtivar is, 'just a town very friendly to all things small and crawling. The earthworms here are the fattest and the happiest. The earwigs have the sharpest pincers. The caterpillars have the thickest, warmest cocoons. Gevtivar has been a safe haven to the small creatures for as long as I can remember. The bee fae have their own town nearby, and they’re more warring, but honestly…none of them are particularly interested in war with any species of fae outside of their own. They have their own civil skirmishes from time to time. Some of the fae co-habiting here do eat each other, after all.'

Because Unseelie insect shifters and fae are considered so harmless, the Seelie do not mind Gevtivar being so close to the Seelie heartlands, despite its mainly Unseelie population.

The architecture in Gevtivar implies that insect and arthropod fae prefer wood and silk for their homes, but seem to dislike metal.

## Known Species

* Bee fae
* Butterfly shifters
* Moth fae

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 November 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/67599242. Chapter 7: Bad Habits.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 June 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/3737456. Chapter 1: Massacre.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 September 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/27605331. Chapter 3: The Not-Quite Incubus.
4. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 10 September 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/64279591. Chapter 2: The Deserted City.
5. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9186013. Chapter 46: Masque.