Davix

Fanart of Olphix and Davix by colorfulbluebirdcollector https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/173546490388/you-ask-what-ive-taken-from-him-olphix-said

## General details

### Aliases

Mage, Principal of the School of the Staff, Oathbreaker

### Relatives

Olphix (brother, husband); Rhiamon ferch anFnwy (distant grandniece, deceased), Adain ferch Fnwy (distant grandniece, deceased), Calder ap Cenn (distant grandnephew-in-law, deceased), Crielle ferch Fnwy (distant grandniece, deceased); Lludd Llaw Eraint (distant grandnephew-in-law, deceased), Penarddun ferch Fnwy (distant grandniece, deceased), Euroswydd (distant grandnephew-in-law, deceased), Efnisien ap Wledig (distant grandnephew, deceased), Gwyn ap Nudd (distant grandnephew)

## Physical description

### Hair color

Black and heavily streaked with white

"*I enjoy watching people learn of their circumstances, rail and rally against them, only to lose.*"
―Davix[[The Court of Five Thrones, Chapter 37: Explosion]]
**Davix** was a Master Mage, and created the School of the Staff alongside his twin brother, Olphix. When attempting to take Mosk Manytrees' heartsong, Mosk fought back, killing Davix, and Mosk's heartsong combined with Davix's magic to create the ice plague. For most of *The Ice Plague*, Davix existed in some kind of ghost form in a dream realm, where Mosk sometimes visited to train in magic. Mosk used him againt Olphix as a distraction during the final battle against Olphix.

## Appearance

Ash Glashtyn said that Olphix and Davix look nearly identical. At age eight, they had curly black hair that fell to their waists. Gwyn ap Nudd described Davix on their first meeting as 'a slender land-based fae of rakish appearance, wearing the chequered blue and white garb of a Master mage. . . . His black hair was streaked heavily with white, and despite his somewhat youthful appearance - he looked to be in his early thirties - there was a sense of the ancient and familiar about him'. His eye color is faintly darker than Gwyn's, so it is likely some version of light blue. He is also of a height with Gwyn. His 'fingernails were painted an icy blue.' He also wears pointed shoes. He has manicured black eyebrows.

While appearing as Davix, Olphix wore 'only one piece of jewellery – a thin silver necklace, the pendant a thin metal circle contained within a triangle. Beneath the harlequin fabric of his robe, a black shirt, black pants, and black boots. It matched his curling hair, which sheened blue in the light, but was still clearly black.' Davix and Olphix wore twin necklaces, which Olphix later wore together, and Mosk realized the symbolism of the necklaces, and that the one Olphix wore while pretending to be Davix was actually Olphix's necklace, while 'Davix used to wear the circle holding the triangle . . . They were pendant representations of the other. . . . The triangle was Olphix’s flame, the circle was Davix’s ice.'

Currently in the icy realm, Davix doesn't wear his Mage's Motley. 'He remained dressed all in black, his black hair glinting blue in the strange light of the ice.'

Since Gwyn is a descendant of Olphix's, and Olphix is Davix's twin, others have noted that Gwyn - were his hair dyed black - would be even more similar in appearance to the twins, though he still looks much like them, including sharing an eye color with Davix.

## Personality

Davix appeared easily bored by the affairs of other creatures. He deeply loved Olphix, and Olphix seemed to be the only person or thing that Davix cared about, though Davix did seem to harbor some affection towards the Nightingale, as well. He was also playful, manipulative, and a liar, such as when he twisted the truth that he was the one who cast the An Fnwy curse. He was also terribly cruel and patronizing, much like his brother. 'Olphix and Davix had liked to talk in nebulous circles, leaving their meanings indistinct. Davix with his alliterative riddles, and Olphix with his flatter, emptier enigmas.' Mosk also noted that while Davix had humor, Olphix was serious.

Davix stated that he and Olphix had consciences, but enjoyed 'their art so much they decide not to care about the rest. [They] had each other, [they] were extremely conscientious to each other, considerate, cooperative, collaborative, even kind.' They thought of anyone else as ants.

The Raven Prince noted that Davix was 'immensely curious' when they met, and 'thirsted for life even as he could show no care or regard for it.' He also said that Davix and Olphix were egotistical.

The dragons trapped in the Old Lore stated that Davix always hated them.

In the icy dreamscape, Davix was confused, a bit amnesiac, and wily. He was also seemingly touch averse to some extent for those who weren't Olphix, or at least averse to touching Mosk.

## Life

Davix and Olphix were born, possibly in a desert before the time of fixed alignments, the class system as it currently exists, and the classless, and were alive during the time of the dragons. Davix was born Seelie, but has changed many times through his life. All fae were underfae, 'and if they live[d] longer, or work[ed] hard, or leap[t] into luck’s fair graces, they gain[ed] longevity, greater healing, greater power, greater magic.' Monarchs were largely kept alive by Mages who used alchemy to protect them, and were often killed anyway. The brothers 'wondered if [their] realm might be more rigorous against threats if there was a nigh invulnerable monarch on each side of the river.'

The pair have seemingly always been close. They 'married [themselves] with the loving bonds of dragons, to die should the other perish.' Together, they broke the fire dragons 'down into tiny bits of a unique magic, a unique language, so that Olphix and Davix could get control over the creatures that could've taken them down', and trapped them within the Old Lore. They also placed a geas on Kabiri so that he couldn't tell anyone what had happened.

At some point, the twins 'crushed' the other members of their species of fae.

At some point, a member of the An Fnwy family slighted Davix, which angered Olphix so much that Olphix forced a curse into one of their family members and married it to his own magic. The curse traveled down through the generations and ended when Crielle ferch Fnwy gave birth to Gwyn.

The twins later caught the Raven Prince and tortured him for nine months, three days, and twenty-one hours. They stole his heartsong three times. The Mages only released him when he swore to become King, and to 'wait for them to come and call in their very specific debt, at a time of their choosing', which the Raven Prince later realized would be the theft of the magic of the Unseelie Court. The Raven Prince's heartsong was used 'to make the fixed classes . . . To render Kings nigh immortal, make them such arbiters of class and divide the world between underfae and all the rest. And then, to fix alignments in place, so that all fae must be born Seelie, or Unseelie, and no fae may ever change.' The classless were used as additional energy sinks, to gather power over the millennia, which the Mages could take at their leisure.

They later formed the School of the Staff, and trained many students, including the Raven Prince. They also met the Nightingale, and trained him, and ultimately led him to the underworlds. When the Nightingale returned and wreaked havoc on the fae realm, Davix and Olphix joined with many other Mages to imprison him back in the underworlds.

The twins wanted to know if they could create a seventh son of a seventh son themselves, rather than accidentally stumbling upon one, in order to 'augment it, tune the world towards a species and there, grant a son [they] could sunder and use.' Olphix poisoned the Aur forest, forcing the Aur dryads to seek aid from the School of the Stuff, who sent Olphix (though the Aur dryads didn't know that Olphix had done it to start with). Olphix offered to heal the forest in exchange for the Aur dryads then non-existent seventh son of a seventh son.

Davix left the School of the Staff to join Albion's Seelie Court, angering the School of the Staff in the process. He 'still stream[ed] magic to the School of the Staff', but the School could tell he was at the center of what was going wrong in the world. Davix noted that Crielle's manipulation of the Seelie Court made it easier for him to insert himself deeply into it.

Davix accompanied Albion to meet Gwyn after Gwyn was crowned King of the Unseelie Court. It was only when Gwyn used his light ability as a demonstration during the meeting that Davix took an interest in the proceedings.

After Oura Selich left the Seelie Court, Albion promoted Davix to his King-in-Waiting. Davix later went to the Bridge to kill the remaining Old Lore there, in part because Gwyn was making too much use of them. Gwyn found him there. Davix taunted Gwyn for his lack of knowledge into what was happening, and left. The pair later met again on the battlefield, where Davix briefly supressed Gwyn's magic again. Davix also attended the Coalition of the Classless alongside Albion and Alysia mer Malakhy, where he was delighted to see all the power that he and his brother would someday take for themselves.

When Mallem Manytrees alerted Davix and Olphix that Mosk was trying to fight his fate, Olphix destroyed the Aur forest, killed all the Aur dryads, and kidnapped Mosk. The Mages tortured Mosk for some time - though healing him so he wouldn't scar from their ministrations - and stole his magic, removed his feeding teeth, and otherwise starved him. During the torture, Mosk often had to watch the twins be intimate with each other. Ultimately, Olphix left so that Davix could take Mosk's heartsong. Mosk struck back - killing Davix - and Mosk's heartsong combined with Davix's magic to create the ice plague.

It seems that ever since Davix died, what remains of his spirit has lived in a sort of icy dream space. It is a cavern made of ice, devoid of anyone other than Davix.

When Eran Iliakambar brought Mosk to the Seelie Court for justice for starting the ice plague, they believed they met with Davix, but it was actually Olphix in disguise. Eran, Mosk, and their companions later learned the truth, when Mosk revealed that he'd killed Davix. Mosk noted that Mosk's heartsong and Davix's magic was in the ice plague, and Eran theorized that was why the ice plague was targeting fire fae - it was seeking out Olphix.

Mosk later accidentally went dreamwalking into the icy dream realm where Davix's spirit lives. Davix was partly amnesiac, having no memory of who Mosk was or what happened to him, and constantly in search of his brother, and begged Mosk to help. The next time Mosk visited, Davix remembered him, and was confused by Mosk's presence. Davix mused over his current state, ignoring Mosk's terror, and said that Mosk would help him locate his brother.

On Mosk's next visit, Davix said he was slowly remembering his life. He talked about the far past, and explained that Mosk was dreamwalking. When Mosk still rejected him, Davix seemed somewhat dejected and/or annoyed, and walked away. When Mosk awoke, the Raven Prince - and Gwyn and Eran - confronted him about his connection with Davix, and the Raven Prince forced him to return to the dream realm so that the Raven Prince could investigate it. The Raven Prince worked through Gwyn, appearing as a glowing stag who walked alongside Mosk. Davix seemed to sort of recognize him, but couldn't figure out from where. Mosk gained some confidence and approached and ripped off some of Davix's Mages' Motley, causing Davix to take the coat off entirely. Once they left the dream, the Raven Prince stated that Davix was weakened, and that Mosk should use Davix for his knowledge.

Mosk again dreamwalked to Davix, and again tore his Mages' Motley, and mocked him. Davix talked about magic, explaining the systems to Mosk, and then spoke of Olphix. Enraged, Mosk attacked Davix, but Davix used the opportunity to drain Mosk's magic for himself.

The Raven Prince pointed out while discussing his past with the twins that if Davix is a ghost, Olphix can and will resurrect him, should Olphix learn of Davix's current fate.

When Mosk next dreamwalked to Davix, he asked how to turn his magic off. Davix cornered him, taunting Mosk to lend Davix some of his magic, despite Mosk's threats to hurt him. Mosk made a door to leave only for himself, barely escaping. The next time they met, Davix knew who Mosk was. After more of Davix's taunting, Mosk attacked him, and Davix absorbed the magic, enabling him to materialize in ghostly form only visible to Mosk on the Mantissa. Mosk figured out how to take his magic back, and drained Davix of the power he'd stolen, and anything else he had, returning them back to the dream realm.

Davix also revealed to Mosk that Gwyn and his family are related to Olphix - and Davix, by extension - after one of Gwyn's ancestors pissed Olphix off so much that Olphix forced a curse into one of their family members.

As Mosk began draining the ice plague, and taking Davix's power from it, it also caused Davix's ghost to weaken. Since Mosk found Davix useful, he sent a bit of his magic into Davix, but cut it off quickly, to allow Davix to not fade away entirely. Davix swore to help train Mosk, in exchange for Mosk uniting Olphix and Davix in death. Then Davix taught Mosk a little about how to open charms.

When Mosk next visited Davix, the Mage was even weaker. Their conversation was cut short when Olphix arrived to call on Ash's debt.

After leaving Dharva-in-the-Forest, Mosk made multiple attempts to bring Davix out of and back into the icy realm more easily. When Mosk first saw Davix, Davix was 'leaning against a cool, ice-blue wall, transparent and doing about as badly as Augus seemed to be doing.' At the time, Augus was frail and seemingly near death. Mosk asked if there was 'a way to let fae teleport to the human realm without Olphix?’ Davix replied there was not. When Mosk threatened him after explaining Mosk's plan, Mosk saw that there 'was a strength of spirit [in Davix] which was indomitable and intimidating, a reminder that Davix while alive was almost unstoppable.' Mosk fed him some magic, feeling how truly weak Davix was, and theorized that either the icy cavern was truly some void, or 'Davix had sucked up everything available, in his need to stay alive.'

After brought him into the waking world and asked if Olphix would notice, Davix noted, 'My gift is staying open to the pathways, and Olphix’s is closing them. Where he acts, I listen. When he acts, I am the one who reminds him to pay attention. . . . ‘He will either know me innately and immediately and intuitively, or he will pass me over the way that hybrid there is doing.’ When the others couldn't see Davix, Mosk practiced taking him back to the icy realm. When Mosk voiced his hesitance to feed Davix more magic, and Davix tried to reassure Mosk that Mosk had 'felled' Davix every time in their meetings, Mosk felt that Davix was playing an angle. When Mosk demanded Davix's help because of their oath, Davix suggested, 'Build a bridge'. Mosk used the filaments of magic in the area to touch Davix's shirt, creating a kind of leash to feed Davix magic. Then he pulled Davix back to the waking realm. Once there, Davix delighted over seeing Gwyn, noting the status of his stunted magic, and how he was the 'devastation of the An Fnwy line' finally before him in the flesh. Mosk then sent Davix back to the icy realm. Once again, Mosk brought him back to the waking realm, and then fed him more magic to make him visible to others.

After Mosk told Eran not to listen to Davix, 'Davix faced Mosk, stepped decisively towards him with something almost joyful on his face, and terror bloomed through Mosk so fast he couldn’t move.' Gwyn raced forward, and Augus' attempt at using his waterweed on Davix made Augus collapse, which made Davix laugh. Mosk dragged Davix back to the icy realm, then pulled back the magic he'd given to Davix. Davix told Mosk, ‘I only wished to see how well you remembered us . . . Well indeed. What a wretched thing you were. That’s still in you, that broken thing, it stays and squeals and squirms, stuck with us forever. You’ll always be with us there, the place where you wrenched my life from me, wasting away yourself.’

Mosk questioned him about why Olphix was stopping teleportation. Davix explained, ‘He’s harder to find now . . . No one can teleport to him. It’s protective. Only Mages can find him with ease, and many will not make that move. But even better, fae cannot escape to the human realm and look for heroes there, they cannot shelter out the storm in a realm that is not theirs, as has happened in the past. For fae are wily and wicked, and the human realm is a haven for those who know how to use it and even those who know it not.' Mosk realized Olphix had set a trap. Mosk also noted that though Davix was dead, he 'still sought a lived experience. Mosk couldn’t help but wonder if that meant Davix was vulnerable in ways Mosk didn’t yet appreciate.'

When Mosk asked if Olphix was going to kill everyone, Davix replied, ‘Maybe he’ll unite us all in death before you get a chance to, Mosk Manytrees,’ Davix said, and then smiled, though his eyes remained closed. ‘Wouldn’t that be lovely? I look forward to it. Maybe my soul is loudly luring him. May it yell louder, and louder, until lo, he comes. For I miss him so.’

Mosk visited Davix while in Dharnam, and they talked about Olphix. Davix revealed that he and Olphix intentionally made Mages untrusting towards other Mages, purposefully weakening them to keep them less powerful than the twins, as blending magic requires intimacy and makes a magic-user stronger.

On Augus' suggestion, Mosk again brought Davix back into the real world in Dharnam, where Davix saw the fleshfruit tree and was shocked. Gwyn and Augus questioned him to try and learn more about Olphix's weaknesses. Davix revealed that Olphix couldn't control Gwyn's light properly, and that his motley could only be destroyed by another Master Mage.

Mosk brought Davix out again before his group left Dharnam, to talk with him about Olphix and how to use Davix's magic. Davix noted that his death was not just Mosk's fault: that Olphix set the events in motion, and Davix participated in Mosk's capture and torture.

Mosk brought Davix out again while traveling through Zhitovar, and they talked a bit about forests and Olphix. When Davix noted he wished he could have been there to see Olphix burn down the Aur forest, Mosk sent Davix back to the icy realm, realizing he'd briefly forgotten just who Davix was, and could never do so.

During the battle with Olphix, Mosk drew Davix out of the icy realm. Davix begged for Olphix to notice him. While Olphix and Mosk fought face to face, Mosk made Davix opaque. When Mosk gave Davix more magic, Davix was able to convince Olphix he was real, distracting Olphix and allowing Mosk to sever Olphix's heartsong. Olphix turned to Davix and said, ‘I have only ever wanted you.’ The brothers embraced and spoke to each other, and then 'Davix winked out of existence, and Olphix fell dead'. Mosk and Julvia Dubna Vajat used the magic Mosk took from the twins, as well as Mosk and Julvia's magic, to create a new Aur forest in the Faleseheart Wilds.

## Special Abilities

**Soul Magic:** Davix and Olphix combined their powers to amplify them, on top of already being stronger by dint of 'their familial bond, and twins on top of that', and stealing magic from the Raven Prince and Mosk, as well as stealing heartsongs from the Raven Prince, an unknown fae, and Mosk. Ash said that Davix's main element is ice. The Nain Rouge pointed out that the fire dragons had time magic, which Olphix and Davix stole, so it's possible that Olphix and Davix also have some form of time magic, as well. Davix can also absorb magic others throw at him.

Mosk noted that Davix's magic was too much for one person to have and stay sane.

**Quelling/Suppression:** He could repress Gwyn's light, seemingly without effort, though he could not use it. Davix noted that he and Olphix could 'both quell anything that vexes [them], especially thaumaturgy.’

Mikkel noted that Davix appeared to have some ability to scramble what a Reader can see. The Raven Prince noted that Davix was immune to interrogation by torture: he could be hurt, but he wouldn't talk.

Despite his power, Davix seemingly didn't detect the mines that Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden hid in the Unseelie Courtlands. Fenwrel was also able to fight his suppression of Gwyn's light, albeit briefly.

**Immortality:** Fenwrel noted that it's rumoured that Olphix and Davix were closer 'to immortality than even some gods are rumoured to be.'

**Language:** Olphix and Davix made their own language that was unique to them. Gwyn noted that Davix could take languages and sunder souls, as well as place geas on the entire realm, as was the case with the dragons. Oengus stated that Olphix and Davix were stronger than the Thirteen and the School of the Staff.

## Relationships

### Albion

After Davix became King-in-Waiting, Albion fell more and more under his control, and after Albion's war with the Unseelie Court ended, Davix took even more control over the Seelie Court.

### Crielle ferch Fnwy

Davix called Crielle sweet, and noted that he and Olphix expected Crielle to be Unseelie, and were surprised when instead, it was Gwyn. He also noted that Crielle prepared the Seelie Court for he and Olphix to take its power.

### Eran Iliakambar

Davix finds Eran interesting because hybrids are rare, but is also incredibly patronizing towards him, particularly in his beliefs concerning Kabiri.

### Gwyn ap Nudd

Davix taunted Gwyn ap Nudd more than once, particularly throughout *The Court of Five Thrones.* He finds Gwyn very predictable. He also stated that he personally likes Gwyn.

### Kabiri

Davix noted that he and Kabiri have an old score to settle, possibly in relation to the dragons. Of Kabiri, Davix noted, ‘I know Kabiri *very* well . . . Cadmilus. Laying his little curses and debts and traps, decrepit crab god, cancerous and unwelcome. We destroyed his dragons, but all his volcanic venting did nothing at all, did it? You worship a pathetic, paltry pissant, not a god.’

### Mosk Manytrees

After Davix tortured and nearly killed Mosk, Mosk became terrified of him. This later turned to murderous rage as Mosk came into his own power, and realized he could control and torture Davix himself while Davix was a ghost. Davix thought little of Mosk, though the two were connected by magic.

### The Nightingale

Davix and Olphix consider the Nightingale their almost son. The Raven Prince calls the Nightingale their protege. Davix and Olphix gave the Nightingale what he needs to enter the underworlds.

### The Oak King

Quercus becomes indebted to Davix and Olphix before taking the throne, and knows that the debt would be used to steal the power of the Seelie Court, so Quercus machinates his way out of being King before they can collect.

### King Oengus Og

Oengus once tutored Olphix and Davix in 'the arts of song and charm and wordplay'. At one point, Oengus called Olphix and Davix his friends.

### Olphix

Olphix and Davix were filisexual, never having taken any other lovers. Outside of amplifying and increasing their powers, Davix seemed to care for nothing other than Olphix, even in death. Olphix was also manipulative of Davix's affection, often hiding from his brother, to 'hone' Davix's ability to find Olphix. In the end, Olphix wanted to die out of sorrow for Davix.

### The Raven Prince

Davix was one of the Raven Prince's 'direct tutors', and knowing the Raven Prince helped make Davix love languages. The Raven Prince hates and is terrified of Davix, after he and his brother tortured the Raven Prince, and what they could make him do, still. As a result, the Raven Prince pled with Mosk to destroy Davix, but also told Mosk to learn from him, when Davix was trapped in ghost form within the ice.

### The Spider Queen

When the Spider Queen volunteered to go to the Seelie Court to look over it, Davix frowned, possibly indicating some concern over her power, or what she might be able to see and report back.

## Quotations

* 'Oh, joyous and gleeful greetings!’ said Davix, beaming at him. ‘I seem somehow to have stumbled into this place and I am lost and it seems illogical but that is what I am!'
* 'I love ice, inviting and awe-inspiring, but I don’t know why…'
* 'Stranger, I sorely beg of you, but have you seen my brother?'
* 'I daresay I know my own desperation, for I live with it always, but entertaining your tantrums is a dreary process, and I never wanted a child.'
* '[B]efore, of course I had a soul. I was capable of a love that crawled the world over so many times that everyone breathes it in and is uplifted for it. I am the life and the light that shines, I am the cold and the night across the sky, I am his and he is mine, and nothing else matters to me in the world except maybe…magic.'
* 'Then hurt me . . . so that I might be healed. Here, come closer and hit me even, I’ll wait.'
* The Raven Prince: 'They are not just powerful Mages, Mosk, they are two of the most intelligent people to have ever lived. The things they dared with magic were not dared out of stupidity. They are wild, unchecked geniuses, and together – or apart – they will run circles around the both of us.'
* 'I like harcraft. Mystery and magic and unknowing and knowing. Certain until you are in that inner space, uncertain. Sure until you float in the dark, unsure. It pays to untether yourself, at times. It pays dividends.'
* Davix: ‘Your magic is neater than before, though nothing of the niceness it would be after visiting our School.’ ‘Niceness,’ Mosk mocked. ‘That’s what you call it?’ ‘So structure your own, a School for the septic and strange.’ ‘Get fucked.’
* To Mosk: ‘My darling damsel, I am dead,’ Davix sing-songed. ‘What do you think I’ll *do?* It’s deeply flattering, how you feel for me, but you’ve felled me every time since the first. Have some confidence, fair one.’
* Mosk: ‘*You* agreed to help me. You swore an oath, Davix. Why am I surprised that doesn’t mean anything to you?’
* To Mosk: ‘Do you know what’s scarier than Mages who don’t have a conscience?’ Davix said, smiling. ‘The ones who *do* but enjoy their art so much they decide not to care about the rest. We had each other, we were extremely conscientious to each other, considerate, cooperative, collaborative, even kind. So who cares about the rest? You’ve stepped on ants, haven’t you? Shall you mea culpa to them too?’
* To Mosk and Gwyn about Augus: ‘Why on earth are you encouraging him to do anything so energetic when he’s *starving?’* Davix crowed, then burst into laughter. ‘Don’t you even *care?’*
* To Mosk, about Olphix: ‘I miss him so,’ Davix said.
* 'Oh, Mosk Manytrees, mayhap we should have not mown you down. Doubtless, our hubris and arrogance remained while our humility absconded, yet still… Perhaps it is that it is so easy to underestimate dryads. Trees are not tantalising.’
* To Mosk, about his relationship with Davix being healthy or not: ‘It wasn’t, once,’ Davix said, looking wistful. ‘When you have whiled away as much time as we have, you see it all. The times it was terrible, times it was terrific, times it became tender and true. But we loved each other from the first. No one told us no.’
* To Mosk, about himself and Olphix: ‘There are other Mages in the world, other magics, other curses, other creatures. We might be the worst, but we are not the only worsts.'

## Trivia

* Fenwrel confirmed that the School of the Staff charged her with keeping an eye on Davix during her time at the Unseelie Court during *The Court of Five Thrones*.
* Fenwrel noted that as a Principal of the School of the Staff, Davix swore an oath to not get involved in the Court system, which he broke by joining Albion's Seelie Court.
* Davix and Olphix expected the An Fnwy curse to cause Crielle to be Unseelie, and were surprised when it turned out to be Gwyn.
* Davix calls himself a thaumaturge, and noted that Gwyn could have been one, as well.
* Davix has stated that his heartsong was once mischief.
* When Davix and other mages swept the Unseelie Courtlands ahead of attacking the Court itself, they traveled astride winged horses.
* Olphix and Davix stole a heartsong from another seventh son of a seventh son who was not Mosk or the Raven Prince and died in the process, and seemingly attempted to do the same to a number of other fae, whom they likely killed instead. Olphix said of the heartsong theft: 'The first were ours, the last was mine, and this one is yours'. Since the twins stole the Raven Prince's heartsong three times, but only stole one heartsong from the fae who died, it seems that they stole his heartsong *after* they stole from the Raven Prince.
* The Nain Rouge noted that before Davix and Olphix, the class system was different, and largely based on age or earning favor, not fixed, as it was after Olphix and Davix changed it. She also notes that with Davix dead, the system can't be changed back.
* Davix noted that it took centuries to make his Mages' Motley, versus the present world of fae, where it only takes decades. Davix implied that the Mage's Motley, something only Mages are allowed to wear, which they must make themselves, is actually clothing that his species wore (whichever now-extinct species of fae Davix and Olphix are a part of). This was possibly a lie, as the Motley was stolen knowledge from the vench. (see: *Magic*)
* In the dreamspace where Davix resided, he has a throne made of ice.
* Davix stated that 'Davix' and 'Olphix' are the names the twins gave themselves.

## Image Gallery

Fanart of Olphix and Davix by colorfulbluebirdcollector https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/173546490388/you-ask-what-ive-taken-from-him-olphix-saidFanart of Davix by brenoftarth https://brenoftarth.tumblr.com/post/183579100709/i-love-davix-and-olphix-okay-okay-they-comeFanart of Davix and Mosk Manytrees by brenoftarth from "The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas", Chapter 1: The Past Revisited https://brenoftarth.tumblr.com/post/183205092469/stranger-i-sorely-beg-of-you-but-have-you-seen
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5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 October 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/27929826. Chapter 4: Splendour.
6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 January 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/90349834. Chapter 23: Collapse.
7. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 September 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/63940123. Chapter 1: The Ice and the Dryad.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 August 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10409742. Chapter 56: Islands.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 April 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/57536779. Chapter 31: Whatever It Takes.
10. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 January 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/30419052. Chapter 12: Empty Whispers.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 2 August 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/47541529. Chapter 11: Lessons.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 January 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/42417629. Chapter 1: The Past Revisited.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 August 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/48516644. Chapter 13: The Glory of the House of Atros.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 July 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/46372144. Chapter 9: Lies of Omission.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 24 October 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/50374646. Chapter 17: Just Like You.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 September 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/37093806. Chapter 28: Like Batteries.
17. ↑ 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.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 February 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7205945. Chapter 29: Classless.
19. ↑ not\_poignant. "The Nightingale and Terho the Mouse-Lad." *The Fae Tales Verse, Archive of Our Own,* 5 May 2014. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1571246.
20. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 29 June 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/34995836. Chapter 23: The Arrow's Path.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 February 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/7438151. Chapter 31: Rupture.
22. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 31 July 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/10152347. Chapter 54: Fraught.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 26 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9517437. Chapter 49: Battle.
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 27 April 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/33382401. Chapter 20: Night Terrors.
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 29 March 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/43252853. Chapter 3: Pushed Over.
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 February 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/53990812. Chapter 25: Reversals.
27. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 21 November 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/51287020. Chapter 19: Evolutions.
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 January 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/53470720. Chapter 24: Bound Together.
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 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.
30. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/92776732. Chapter 26: It's Love.
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 28 April 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/96646797. Chapter 31: Two Hundred Years.
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 June 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/99730371. Chapter 35: A Prophecy.
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 7 July 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/100527858. Chapter 36: The Light Fades.
34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/102149304. Chapter 39: Impossible Things.
35. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 18 November 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/29092809. Chapter 8: Hand of God.
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 March 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/55060255. Chapter 27: Risk.
37. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 1 December 2017. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/29432541. Chapter 9: A Meeting.
38. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 April 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/8357779. Chapter 40: Intervention.
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 15 June 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/34608941. Chapter 22: Twisting and Turning.
40. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 March 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/32210853. Chapter 17: So It Is.
41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 13 April 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/33001740. Chapter 19: Stronger Than Love.
42. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Nascent Diplomat.” *The Lone Wolf. Archive of Our Own,* 22 July 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/24162271/chapters/101415984. Chapter 22.