Dark Fae

**Dark Fae** are evolved versions of their extinct ancestral demon species created by Dakodas. They are brutal, merciless, and strong.

Dark fae children are taken from their parents the moment they are born. It is rare for a dark fae couple to yearn to go back to each other. Darklings are given to the masters, where they train to fight for their species one day.

## History

Millennia ago, there existed only two prominent species: humans and demons. The fae were created to be superior to their human origins, and the dark fae to their demon origins, through the blessings of the Spirits. Except, it didn't take long for the dark fae to completely annihilate their weaker ancestors. The fae, the humans, and the dark fae lived together throughout the seven kingdoms. Three races mixed with little conflict. Until the dark fae developed a taste for human blood. They found it gave them strength and speed that could surpass fae temporarily. They had to keep feeding to keep the effects. When humans started to become targets, killed for their blood, harming them became outlawed in every kingdom except Valgard. It was the one kingdom with a dark fae king, Mordecai. He went to war against the rest of Ungardia. It was the darkest age the realms had ever seen, and rightly named as such in history. With human blood in their system, they could take out an army even outnumbered five to one. But word of the carnage got to Salenhaven, and amid fears it wouldn't stop with Ungardia, they joined the cause. Together, two great continents wiped out the dark fae for good.

They were believed to be long extinct, wiped out by the during the Dark Age but the remaining dark fae banded in Mortus Mountains and revived their species, some through procreation and some through transitioning. To rely on full-bred dark fae would take many millennia more to form the army they require after their near annihilation. The Silverfairs are strong and pure, but the Blackfairs, add a lethal capacity to their forces.

While all the dark fae are forced to coexist, the exponential divide between the Silverfairs and Blackfairs always puts tension in the air and tests dominance. To maintain any semblance of peace under the mountain, and to prevent them from destroying each other, both bloodlines have rules set by the masters to abide by. They are prohibited from fighting in malice, and from killing without cause.

During the full moon ritual, out of the dozen fae captured to be turned, they are fortunate if they successfully transition a couple of them into the Blackfair ranks. The others are so hideously disfigured from the ritual they are kept for when quick savagery might be useful on the battlefield and the rest simply die, too weak to withstand the change. There were many in the Blackfairs, and some in the Silverfairs, who seemed to have completely given over to the madness that lived within them all. No shred of humanity remained; they had turned into the most lethal and savage of them all.

## Bloodlines

* Silverfairs
* Blackfairs

## Known Dark Fae

* Zaiana Silverfair
* Maverick Blackfair
* Mordecai
* Amaya Silverfair
* Tynan Silverfair
* Acelin Silverfair
* Kellias Silverfair
* Drya Silverfair
* Selain Silverfair
* Jesper Blackfair
* Berrik Blackfair †
* Rex Blackfair †
* Finnian †
* Lennox †
* Tap for more dark fae characters

## Trivia

* Dark fae weapons are partially crafted of Magestone to affect the fae.
* Fae are considered sister species of the dark fae due to their similarities.
* With human blood in their system, the dark fae can defeat an army five-to-one.
* Dark fae are stronger and superior versions of the eradicated demon species.
* *In darkness may you triump* is the official saying of the dark fae.
* Dark fae have sharp, elongated canines. While the Silverfairs can retract them, the Blackfairs cannot.
* Humans are a drug, their blood a means to strengthen the agility of dark fae.
* The masters order to tear away the wings of any dark fae who tries to escape.
* Many dark fae harbor the gift of glamouring. To tell them apart requires knowing the shift in scent or how to check their blood.
* Zaiana Silverfair and Maverick Blackfair are two of the very few who possess any magick among the dark fae.

## References

*A Sword From the Embers*, Chapter 44
*A Throne From the Ashes*, Chapter 1
*A Throne From the Ashes*, Chapter 5