The Fae

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**The Fae,** also known as the Hidden Ones and the Fair Folk, are a group of supernatural beings that exist in the Fae World, a parallel dimension of magic and monsters.

## History

### The First Meeting

When the Gods first created our world, they didn't just create the Humans. They also created the Fae, beings imbued with magical powers. In the ancient times, the Humans occupied their villages and the Fae kept to the forests. Humans were weary of the Fae, believing them to be demons or devils. When the Fae King first heard of this misconception, he immediately went to the Elders of each village and explained that the Fae were *not* demons and were simply intelligent beings like them. Many friendships were struck from this meeting and some of the Fae even taught certain humans sacred Earth magics and practices. This would give rise to the Druids. The Fae would also share their most sacred item with the Humans; the Faerie Dust, a mineral with many magical properties.

### The First Fae-Fomorian War

But things were soured when the Fomorians, a race of beastly giants from a deadly island far out in the sea, sailed to the mainland. Buarainech, the King of the Fomorians at the time, wanted some of the Faerie Dust to save his slowly crumbling island and made it clear that he was willing to take it by force. The Fae King denied him any amount of the Faerie Dust which enraged him. Buarainech declared all out war with the Fae. The Fae-Fomorian War lasted for five years. In that time, the land was descimated due to the fighting. There were many Fae and Human soldiers fighting against the Fomorians, one of which was Jack Nimble who had managed to bring down a Fomorian with only an axe.

The long war finally came to an end when the Fae King and Buarainech fought together. The two sustained great wounds during the battle and both would succumb to their wounds. The Fae were victorious and the Fomorians were forced to retreat back to their island. Once they got home, the Fomorians appointed Buarainech's son, Balor, as the new king. Meanwhile, back in the mainland, the Fae were crowning their own new King. Their new King was Oberon, a Fae soldier and the Fae King's second-in-command. Seeing the damage they had done to the Human World, they decided to retreat into their own World. With help from the Druids, the Fae created an alternate world called the Fae World.

Throughout the many decades proceeding this, the War would become myth to the humans while the Fae remembered it all too well.

### The Romans and Their Monsters

When the Romans invaded Scotland, they had unknowingly brought some creatures from their homeland with them. These creatures were Centaurs, half human half horse beings. When they got to Scotland, they retreated to the Fae World and integrated themselves into it. The Fae World then created a home for them, a land that would become known as Centaur Country.

## Classifications

There are many different classifications of Fae but the main types are Seelie (good Fae) and Unseelie (bad Fae). Seelie Fae work to encourage and even inspire humanity while still being a bit mischevious. Unseelie Fae work to harm and hurt and even kill humans.

### Seelie Fae

* Faeries
* Hobgoblins
* Gnomes
* Leprechauns
* Centaurs
* Huldras
* Grove Pixies
* Sprites
* Unicorns
* Elemental Sprites

### Unseelie Fae

* Oak Trolls
* Goblins
* Ogres
* Troll-Witches
* Manticores
* Basilisks
* Wulvers
* Wyverns

### Aqua Fae

(It should be noted that some Aqua Fae, like Kelpies, are considered Unseelie.)

* Merrows
* Selkies
* Kelpies
* Fossegrims

### Deathly Fae

Fae that are closely associated with or act as harbingers of Death.

* Wraiths
* Banshees
* Black Shuck

### The Ancients

Ancients are considered some of the oldest Fae in existence. Some believe that they aren't actually Fae and are a completely seperate species entirely.

* Dragons
* Elementals