Fairy

Valahiru, The First Fairy

Faerieland
The Wild Hunt
Tuatha Dé Danann

**Fairies**, also known as **Faeries** or the **Fair-folk**, is a race of supernatural beings who originated from the elusive world of Faerieland. They are considered to be one of the more powerful races within the supernatural world due to their immense magic and powerful artifacts.

## Overview

A **fairy** is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, German, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.

The label of *fairy* has at times applied only to specific magical creatures with human appearance, magical powers, and a penchant for trickery. At other times it has been used to describe any magical creature, such as goblins and gnomes. *Fairy* has at times been used as an adjective, with a meaning equivalent to "enchanted" or "magical". It is also used as a name for the place these beings come from, the land of Fairy.

Myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin, but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources. Various folk theories about the origins of fairies include casting them as either demoted angels or demons in a Christian tradition, as deities in Pagan belief systems, as spirits of the dead, as prehistoric precursors to humans, or as spirits of nature.

A recurring motif of legends about fairies is the need to ward off fairies using protective charms. Common examples of such charms include church bells, wearing clothing inside out, four-leaf clover, and food. Fairies were also sometimes thought to haunt specific locations, and to lead travelers astray using will-o'-the-wisps. Before the advent of modern medicine, fairies were often blamed for sickness, particularly tuberculosis and birth deformities.

## Appearance

Fairies are known for their unearthly beauty, with many of them described to be extremely attractive with delicate and regal faces. Though they mostly resemble human beings, some have extraordinary features such as wings, horns, oddly colored-eyes or skin. A common aspect among them is their pointed ears.

And while they often possess extended youth and lifespan, they aren't truly immortal as they could still die and be killed. Their lifespan is estimated by many researchers to be around 3,000 at least to 5,000 at most. However, due to their immense magic core, which they could expand, improve, and perfect through time and various other methods, their lifespan could be greatly extended into the millions.

They commonly incorporate flora and multiple forms of vegetation as part of their ensemble.

## Characteristics

Fairies are most well-known in both the mundane and supernatural worlds for their cunning and cruel sense of humor, as well as their delight in tricking others. They frequently seek to bargain with mortal beings, offering someone their heart's desire but never mention that said desire comes with a terrible cost.

They are committed to notions of honor and etiquette. While they are always exactly to the letter of any promise they have made, they deliver these results with great irony and often use clever wordplay to their advantage in order to create loopholes for them to exploit.

They are unable to lie. They might, however, tell what they believe is true, even if it is not. They may expertly weave lies into sentences by using methods such as not telling the whole truth, letting others assume things, or not correcting the people with whom they're speaking; this does not, however, apply to the half-fairies who possess the ability to lie as easily as any other being.

Fairies are also capable of manipulating one another. There have apparently been times when these either playful or serious manipulations, specifically resulting from problems or conflicts between powerful fey, bleed into the world.

## Community

### Sidhe Courts

Following the War of Yára at-Alda, the faerie government was separated into two Courts, each holding power over half of Faerieland, with sovereigns presiding over specific territories on Earth and other magical worlds and dimensions. Their combined power can affect the human world through the barrier of the Faerieland, and maintaining the balance of power is greatly important to most members of the supernatural community.

Each Court is ruled by an Archfae King and Queen, a Faerie Knight, and a Faerie Lord/Lady, all of which must be of noble or prestigious background. A member of either one of these Court is called a "Sídhe", which roughly means "High One" in Old Faerie, and led to their most well-known names - The Sidhe Courts.

#### Seelie Court

The **Seelie Court** (シーリー・, *Shīrī Kōto*) is the Sidhe Court that rules over the northern and western areas of Faerieland, more commonly known by the common fair-folk as the **Summerland**. They are ruled over by King Oberon and Queen Titania - also known as the Archfey Halcyonae and Eyseire, alongside Ser Robin "Puck" Goodfellows and Lady Reiya Clarion.

The fairies of the Seelie Court expect courtesy and favors to be fulfilled, otherwise, they demand retribution and avenge what they consider insult or offense, regardless of how small and/or harmless they really are. Despite their facades of benevolence, they are in fact quite deceptive and self-serving, as well as prone to mischief and trickery. They are well-known for employing - if not even breeding - half-fairies solely for the purpose of using them as diplomats and ambassadors to the Unseelie and other Factions.

According to Ilvadari, the Seelie Court is the more stuck-up and judgemental out of the two Courts, and is well-known among the commoners for their discrimination toward the Wyldfey and non-Faerie beings, in addition to their contempt to the less human-like fairies.

#### Unseelie Court

The **Unseelie Court** (アンシーリー・コート, *Anshīrī Kōto*) is the Sidhe Court that rules over the eastern and southern areas of Faerieland, more commonly known by the common fair-folk as the **Winterland**. They are ruled over by Queen Mab - also known as the Archfae Olórin, alongside Ser Milori Winterfell and Lord Elphane Bheara.

In modern media, fairies of the Unseelie Court are often portrayed as the "nastier" counterpart to the Seelie Court, much to their annoyance and complete inaccuracy, as it is the result of centuries of pro-Seelie propagandas. While they do often perform acts of trickery and foul-plays, these actions are much more light-hearted and resemble actual pranks in comparison with their "light" counterparts, who use their pranks as means of physically and mentally tormenting whoever annoyed them without breaking any laws.

Among the common fair-folk, the Unseelie Court is well-known and loved for their acceptance toward the Wyldfey and non-Faerie beings, partly due to Mab's lover - The Dadga, one of the principal gods of the Celtic Pantheon. Because of this, the Court and the Wyldfey often intermingle with each other to the point where one might even call them allies.

#### Wyldfey

The **Wyldfey** (ワイルドフィー, *Wairudofī*), or **Wild Fairies**, are fairies unaffiliated with either of the Courts and prefer to live a nomadic life, completely separated from the rest of the faerie world. Most of the Wyldfey are Hravan-fairies, part-fairies, and descendants of the fairies who were exiled from Faerieland, and were thus greatly discriminated against by the rest of the fair-folk, especially by the Seelie Court.

## Trivia

* The Unseelie Court is the only Court that doesn't have a King.
* Many fairies had been mistaken by ancient humans for pagan gods, and vice versa.
* They often choose objects from the natural world to send their messages in—acorns, leaves, flowers.
* Their secrets are sometimes encoded and told in ballads by human musicians, an example of which is the tales of Thomas the Rhymer — being both a story and instructions on how to break someone out of Faerieland.
* Fairies are known by many other names, with their primary title "fairies" taken after their homeland, the world of Faerieland. Other than faeries, fey and Fair Folk, they are also known as the Kind Ones, Little People, Good Neighbors, and some other euphemisms, partly because of their enormous variety and partly because of age-old superstitions about invoking them by name.