Pixies

**Place of Origin**

Places where magic is concentrated, such as wild magic wells in nature, or a library.

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**Rarity**

Uncommon, though when found they are almost always in clans of about twenty pixies.

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**General Overview**

Pixies are nearly the opposite of their cousins, the Fairies. They are nocturnal humanoids with moth-like wings. They are generally found in colonies of about twenty. These colonies, also known as infestations, are either found around wells of wild magic or are in the rafters and attics of Aramoorians. They reproduce by laying eggs that, unlike birds, require magical energy to incubate.

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**Race Alignment**

Chaotic, generally Neutral, rarely Good. Often mischievous and self-centered when dealing with non-Fae races. Pixies born within a colony often value community welfare a great deal.

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**Powers, Abilities, and Affinities**

Pixies, like their other Fae cousins, have a natural affinity for magic; in particular, illusions. They can learn other forms of magic, albeit with time.

Pixies have wings and generally have a flight speed similar to human walking speed. However, they can perform quick 30 mph dashes in a pinch.

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**Weaknesses and Liabilities**

Iron and Silver is toxic to the touch for Pixies; so much, in fact, that it burns their skin on contact. In order to touch these metals, they must use protective clothing.

Strong winds completely prevent controlled flight, as a Pixie cannot generate enough force with their wings in order to keep themselves in the same place in a windstorm. Breezes will slow them or aid them, but that is something they can’t control without specific magicks. Likewise, it is nearly impossible to fly in rain showers due to the increased weight and pressure of the water.

Pixie bones are weak due to them being hollow. Without the decreased weight from hollow bones, they wouldn’t be able to fly.

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**Appearances**

Pixies have mothlike wings that show a mixture of silver, black, red, purple, orange, and white. They generally spout antennae and lack a nose or ears, though this trait is sometimes lost.

**History**

Long ago, the Fae races were all just one progenitor race. It is said that the Fair Folk are the survivors of that race, and are the most alike to them, but not much is known about them. What is known is that they, at some point, ended up splitting into two separate races, what would become the Fair Folk and what would become the Fairies.

The Fairies has a pleasant enough life in the wilds of the Aether, but one unintelligent sap had to ruin it.

Their name is lost to history, but they were a fairy unlike the rest. They hungered for wealth and hoarded coins and treasures. They were extremely bold and had found what he considered to be the greatest treasure of all: the magic crystal of a powerful transmuter wizard. At first, the fairy succeeded in his heist-until he dropped the crystal.

Unfortunately for the fairy, this wizard was not only vengeful, but he was home that day. He cursed the fairy before he could escape, as well as half of his kind alongside him. Their colors shifted, personalities flipped; almost every aspect of their being reversed in mere moments.

The newly made pixie was sent off by a swatter.

When he returned to his newly-reformed old kind, they shunned him. They could tell he had caused this; he had a penchant for trouble already. He cast his lot and failed; he deserved no sympathy because he gambled with lives that were not his own**.**

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**Created by NuclearNyan**

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