Spriggan

The **Spriggans** (影妖精族 (スプリガン) , *Supurigan*, lit. Shadow fairy family) are one of the nine races in ALfheim Online.

## Background

Spriggans are associated with the color black and have the ability to fly like other races. They also have the ability to use Illusion Magic and Treasure Hunting Magic.

The Spriggans were fans of Kirito, and thus have all chose variations of "Kirito" for their names. This obsessiveness became so great that when the real Kirito logged into the game, he spent hours attempting to input any available username containing "Kirito".

They are extremely unpopular with other races, with more spiteful players referring to them as "filthy" or "trash". This is because, when the Race War started, the Spriggans' leader, Kirito Prime, attempted to get the instigators, Sakuya and Eugene, to talk things out and stop the violence, to which Sakuya and Eugene responded by committing genocide against the Spriggans.

This resulted in all Spriggans receiving a reputation for lying, stealing, begging for change, and not minding their own business. This got to the point where none of the Spriggans wanted to play the game anymore, effectively making xVx\_K1r1t0\_xVx\_KillMe the "Last of the Kiritos".

## Abilities

**Flight:** (飛行, *Hikō*) Like all other races, the Spriggans are capable of using their wings to fly. The vibration of their wings is known to make a sound resembling that of a wind instrument.

**Illusion Magic:** (錯覚の魔法, *Sakkaku no Mahō*) Though capable of using other types of magic, Spriggans are the masters of Illusion and initially start with Illusion-attribute spells.

**Treasure Hunting Magic:** (宝探しの魔法, *Takarasagashi no Mahō*) Spriggans are able to use magic to detect hidden treasure.

**Wall Run:** (ウォールラン, *Uōruran*) As one of the lightweight races, the Spriggans are capable of using the skill Wall Run, that, as the name suggests, allows them to temporarily run on walls. The normal limit is a distance of ten meters but those with an extremely high sprinting speed are known to be able to run for about thirty meters.

**Multi-Weapon Wielding:** (複数の武器を振るう, *Fukusū no Buki o Furū*) The Spriggans are capable of wielding any type of weapon.

**Night Vision:** (暗視 (ナイトビション) , *Naito Bishon*) Spriggans are known to have night vision, allowing them to be able to see in near total darkness. They are also capable of casting a buff that gives others the same abilities.

## Differences from the Original

In the original, Kirito chose to be a Spriggan because of their black clothing. In the abridged version, Kirito chose to be a Spriggan randomly due to avoid any wasted time. They also aren't treated as harshly in the original, due to the racial angle being an abridged series original.

## Trivia

* Spriggans come from the Cornish faery lore from Cornwall, England. Spriggans were depicted as grotesquely ugly, and were said to be found at old ruins and barrows guarding buried treasure and generally acting as fairy bodyguards. They were also said to be busy thieves. Though usually small, they had the ability to swell to enormous size (they were sometimes speculated to be the ghosts of the old giants).
* During a livestream, YamatoSFX joked that the Spriggans spent their time telling each other stories about Kirito.