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.

## Types of Fairies

### Archfaeries

The **Archfaeries** (アーフェアリズ, *Āfearizu*), also known as the **First Faeries** (最初の妖精, *Saisho no Yōsei*), the **Faerie Gods** (妖精の神々, *Yōsei no Kamigami*), and the Elder Fey (フェイ長老, *Fei Chōrō*), are the fourteen original faeries personally created by Sephira.

The Archfaeries possess immense powers, beyond that of regular faeries and on-par with the Deity. They are regarded as the personifications of nature itself, controlling the aspects of the natural worlds at their fingertips.

They all speak in the language known as **Ilúvatar** (イルバタール, *Irubatāru*), which is older than any written language known to humanity, and is stated to possess unknown magical powers within every word and syllabi.

The Archfaeries, in order of their creation, are:

* **Valahiru:** The first male Archfaerie created by Sephira, bearing the titles of "Valahiru the Blessed" and "Valahiru of the Miracle". He resides within his castle known as Ainur on top of the Arda mountain located in the center of Avalon, which is rumored to be high enough to look upon the First Heaven itself.
* **Tintallë:** The first female Archfaerie created by Sephira, bearing the title of "Tintallë the Starry One". She resides with her husband/twin-brother Valahiru within the castle Ainur. A festival is held on the 102nd day of the 12th month in her honor.
* **Aldaron:** Aldaron is the Archfaerie who bears the title "Aldaron the Faithful". He is the first Archbishop of the Church of the Great Mother - a religion of the faeries that worship Sephira, the creator of the fair-folks. He dwells within the Aista Temple, which located on the base of the Arda mountain.
* **Miravael:** Miravael is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Miravael the Dreamer", and was the creator and original rulers of various minor realms under Avalon's controlled.
* **Námo:** Námo is the Archfaerie who bears the titles of "Námo of the Waves" and "King of the World underneath the Sea". He rules over the oceanic faeries from his castle Belegaer, which is rumored to located underneath the Ulluböz Sea. In the myths and folklore of the fey, Námo is also the judge of the souls of deceased faeries, deciding who will be sent to Heavens and live with the Angels and who will be banished to his underwater prison, eternally damned under the waves.
* **Therindë:** Therindë is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Therindë the Weaver" and "Seeress of Lanya". She is the creator of the Palantír - a faerie artifact that wields the power to see the past, the present, and the future. She resides within a small wooden cottage, located within the Valley of Eämbar - the place where Sephira first created the Archfaeries.
* **Halcyonae:** Halcyonae, more commonly known nowadays as Oberon, is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Halcyonae the Radiant". He is the King of the Summer Court, ruling over half of Avalon.
* **Eyseire:** Eyseire, more commonly known nowadays as Titania, is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Eyseire the Beloved". She is the Queen of the Summer Court, ruling over half of Avalon. She is most well-known for being the one who created the Leylines - the spiritual paths underneath the Earth which immense natural spiritual and magical energy running through them.
* **Valinórë:** Valinórë is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Valinórë the Just" and "The Divine Faerie Abriteter". He is known to be the one who created the Sanyë Code - the most ancient and revered set of rules of the fair-folk. He is the husband of his older brother Námo, yet reside within his own castle Helcë on top of the Inga mountain - the tallest out of the mountains on the Sína Islands.
* **Olórin:** Olórin, more commonly known nowadays as Mab, is the Archfaerie who bears the titles of "Mab of the Snowy Lands" and "Queen of the Wintery Winds". She is the Queen of the Winter Court, ruling over half of Avalon. She is the wife of Dagda, the former Chieftain Deity of the Celtic Pantheon and former leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann tribe.
* **Belegarë:** Belegarë is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "Belegarë the Ever Young" and "Belegarë of the Eternal Youth". He is the guardian of the Apples of Nessima, which could grant whoever eats it eternal youth and vigor. He is also known by the epithet "Raust", roughly meaning "Hunter" in the ancient Faerie language, as he is the founder and leader of the **Roimë** - a group of elite followers of Belegarë who dedicated their lives to hunting, patrolling, and protecting the borders of Avalon and its sovereign lands, such as Emhain Abhlach and Cockaigne.
* **Tlephóri:** Tlephóri is the closest thing the faeries have to a Devil figure, bearing the title of "Queen of Wickedness" and "The Dark Faerie". The last known sight of her was in Scotland in the early 14th-century Scotland, where she cursed the Stewardson Princess into falling asleep for a thousand years, creating the basis for the fairy-tale Sleeping Beauty.
* **Yvardir:** Yvardir is the Archfaerie who bears the title of "The Lord of Warriors" and "He who Brought Wars". He is the one who started the legendary War of Yára at-Alda, rumored to be because of his annoyance to the period of peace Avalon was having. He is currently imprisoned underneath the Mando ranges - the mountain range created by the collective power of Oberon, Titania, and Mab which runs across the mainland of Avalon, splitting the land into half.
* **Cuiviénen:** Cuiviénen, also known as Saint Mother Ammë, is the Archfaerie who bears the title "Mother of the Fey" and "The Fairy Godmother". Following the instructions of Gabriel, she created all the lesser, regular faeries. Her current status is unknown, however, rumors of her living in the human world and helped pure-hearted maiden with her faerie magick had shown up since the 4th-century.

## 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.

Known members of the Summer Court are:

* **Oberon**: King of the Summer Court.
* **Titania**: Queen of the Summer Court.
* **Puck**: A Knight of Summer, and the official Court Jester.
* **Rohan**: A Knight of Summer, and the bastard child of Titania and Tamlin.
* **Tamlin**: The former consort of Titania.
* **Pan**: Former Greek God of the Wild. During the late 1700s, he made a deal with Oberon to become a faerie, saving him from his fate of fading away due to humanity destroying nature. He is currently the sovereign of **Vírië Oialëa**, also known to the humans as Neverland.

#### 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.

* **Mab**: Queen of the Winter Court.
* **Dagda:** King of the Winter Court. He is the pagan god of fertility, agriculture, wisdom, virility, strength, magic, and the Druids of the Celtic Pantheon. He is also the former Chieftain Deity of his Pantheon, as well as the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann tribe of gods, he passed down his title and position to his younger brother Lugh and retired to Avalon to live with his wife Mab.
* **Balor:** Knight of the Winter Court, infamously known to human legends as the "Balor of the Evil Eye". He is the pagan god of evilness, droughts, and the scorching sun of the Celtic Pantheon, and the former leader of the Fomorians - a tribe of malevolent supernatural beings. He was originally slain by his grandson Lugh with the assist of the Primordial God Aether, but was later revived as a faerie by Mab with the assist of a former wielder of the Sephiroth Graal. Small portions of his consciousness are sealed within the two Sacred Gears - Forbidden Balor View and Accursed Balor View.
* **Fenris:** Knight of the Winter Court, infamously known in Norse mythology as the wolf that will devour Odin during Ragnarök, only to be killed by the god Víðarr as a means to avenge his father's death later on. Unlike the myth, however, he was sent to the faeries to be raised, far away from the influences of the Æsir gods under the commands of Odin, who had come to care about him as if he was his own grandson. He is the leader of the Narmae, and the member in Vali Team.

#### 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.