Fey

## Physiology

These small flying creatures have a vaguely humanoid shape with a minute body that ranges in size from five to seven inches in height. They have small mouths and small noses, but their angular eyes are far larger proportionally to their body than a human or elf’s being roughly double in size. They have pupil-less eyes and their eyes are mostly completely green, though variations and mutations do exist with various colors.

Fey have two sets of wings colored like a butterflies, a major set and minor. The major wings stretch about a foot from wingtip to wingtip, while the minor wings about eight inches from wingtip to wingtip. The minor wings have hanging tips that stretch down past the the legs of the creature. The wings coloration is dependent upon the environment the Fey reside in, most common are blues, reds, purples and greens. The coloration seems to be adapted against blending in and to draw as much attention as possible to them.

All wings produce a mild bioluminescent at night as they fly, glowing the color of the fairies wings. The wings are visually reminiscent of butterfly wings, with thousands of tiny scales layered over each other. These scales are a fairy's natural defense system as well, as to small predators who would hunt them will find the ingestion of the wings deadly. However it is not potent enough to be deadly to larger creatures and produces a mild to moderate hallucinogenic effect upon exposure to intelligent creatures. This hallucinogenic effect scales based on size and amount of exposure, with small folk like Halflings and children having a stronger reaction to smaller doses. If a person were to gather enough scales and consume them, they could prove fatal but more likely will result in permanent sensory damage.

All fairies possess arms and legs resembling that of the sentient races of the world. However unlike most species they are not the primary form of locomotion, instead using them mainly to manipulate the environment or grasp objects. It is possible for them walk bipedally but it is uncommon and not done for long due to their legs being weak from lack of use. They can carry an object roughly their own weight for short distances.

## Intelligence

Fey are capable short bursts of higher level thought such as is found in mammals such as gorillas and chimps, and are especially clever in evading prey or luring humans. However when under the compulsion of their instincts it is all consuming and even when well fed and rested Fey have difficulty focusing on any one thing for too long.

## Mutations

Some Fey are born with eyes of the corresponding color can see magical and non magical sources of energy of their corresponding affinity.

Faded Orange - Attracted to sources of heat. Most common among the Fey to the frozen North. (Thermal)

Pearl White - Attracted to windy areas. Most common among Fey that live near cliff faces. (Kinetic)
Light Blue - These Fey exists in Forest, and flock around places where lightning has struck. (Electrical)

Lilac - These Fey are attracted and steal if possible small lodestones that can be carried. Often setting their nests nearest a surface source. (Magnetic)

White Gold - These Fey are attracted to light sources at night. As such they are the most likely to interact with humans. (Penumbral)

Green - They Fey appear most commonly in forests, and make up the majority of Fey eye colors however they appear to be drawn to nothing in particular save their forest homes.(None)

Other - Rumors of other rarer colors exist, however these reports are unconfirmed. Thusly it is not known where these fey might even be found, if they do indeed exist.

## Sexual Dimorphism

Males tend to be slightly larger than females, males standing about four inches tall from foot to head (wing span not included), with females being roughly four fifths the size of males. Males increased weight limits how much they can fly long term meaning male Fey tend to rely on flying to a safe height and then gliding to their locations.

## Climate

Fey can be found in all corners of the Eastern Kingdoms though they tend to avoid large human settlements and prefer the moderate climes to the south, with very few indeed making homes in the colder north. No known Fey reside in the Firelands, as the ash and soot make it difficult for them to fly, and there is nothing for them to eat, on top of the climate being far too hot for their wings to cool them off, resulting in their death via heat exhaustion.

## Habitat

While Fey live in almost all corners of the world, they prefer places with limited human interaction. Thus they make their homes far from human habitation in places where they have ready access to a combination of food, water and if applicable the item’s or climes they are drawn to.

## Diet

Fey live off a mixture diet of small insects, nuts and other edible plants. Small creatures with exceptionally voracious appetites, if they cannot find a food source they will as a last resort feed off crops tended to by humans.

### Hunting

Fey while living in small groups, hunt separately or in mated pairs as a rule. They prefer to hunt from dusk till dawn, sleeping during the day as the sunlight is too harsh for their sensitive eyes. They prefer insects and small plants for their daily needs but gather seeds that they store near their nests in preparation for winter months.

## Behavior

Fey are mischievous by nature and drawn to small things that glint in the light such as bright ribbons, small coins, earrings or anything that is light enough to be carried by them. Settlers in the frontier might find small items misplaced or heavier items knocked off hooks by a scavenging fey.

Fey tend to be both blessing and curse to farmers who live on the Frontier. As Fey will at first hunt all the insects feeding on the farmers crops, however if the insects run out they might resort to nibbling on the farmers more delicate crops. This can be prevented by leaving a small gathering of insects, or colorful tokens. A farmer who leaves the Fey continuous offerings may find his gift rewarded beyond the sparing of his crops, and depending on the Fey who have been known to return the offering with one of their own from their gathered hordes.

Farmers who attempt to remove Fey by force, or have killed one of a mated pair will find his crops targets of a Fey’s anger. Young crops either eaten or pulled up from the ground, larger plants stems eaten at the base to point of death or in extreme cases luring a person into danger. Be it luring the unsuspecting at night by virtue of their glowing wings into a bear den, to forest spiders, or towards worse creatures. A hunt for the remaining Fey of a mated pair must be carefully done or lest the hunter be lured into a trap.

Fey mate in early springtime, during which the male and females will find a source of drinkable water and proceed to take turns displaying their colorations, flight ability and general stamina in a sort of mating dance above the pool. They prefer small ponds, or cut off sections of a lake, the more remote and pure the water the better. They gather in large numbers at this time and will attempt to garner attention. The Fey focused as they are on mating will ignore other nearby creatures so long as they do not interrupt their dance, or make threatening moves towards them.

## Lifespan and Aging

Fey can live approximately three to six years afterwards depending on availability of food, prevalence of predators and climate. They give live birth after two months after mating which happens in early spring, and will reach adulthood in another two months. Fey cannot fly until approximately one month of age, during which time they are completely dependent upon their parents for food. The next two weeks they learn to fly with their parents and another two weeks hunting and foraging with them, until they are kicked out to live on their own. At five years of age, Fey find it difficult to fly for long distances and will naturally die of old age regardless of environment at around six years.

## Other

Fey are often blamed for any number of farmers misfortune whether they are responsible or not. They are also blamed for bad dreams, as some believe they are the source of a Fey flying too close to you when you sleep. Fey’s vindictiveness when wronged result in many foul rumors of them luring children to their deaths or carrying them away to make more fey of them.

If observed via Eviscism detect energy spell they will see small amounts of Evicism energy around each Fey, along with a corresponding bit of energy of color that matches their eye except for green eyed Fey which will merely have the faintest traces of red. This is due to the Fey using a type of evicism themselves though it is completely instinctive and cannot advance past this level or expand a spell list.

Fey have access to the following Apprentice level spells with a spell pool of 5 mana, with a second use putting them into Overuse Category Exhaustion. The below describes what the spell does and how it would work for their body.

Dazzle - They create a small flash of light best described as a small camera flash in intensity around their body. Helpful for escape from larger predators.

Compass - They have an internal compass and know which way is north, kind of like birds but this is for a mammal.

Temperature Control - They can raise or lower their body temp by 3 degrees F. Straight forward would allow Fey to survive in slightly more hostile climes for short periods of time.

Shock - They can create a small static shock around their body, a last ditch effort used by the Fey to escape predators who do not fear their poisonous scales.

Detect Energy - This ability is inherent to their eye color mutation, with green eyed Fey the most common unable to detect any energy.

###### Credits

Immerael

Lady Alec