Faeries are generally the tiny people with wings, and elves being the Tolkien stereotype. Fae, in it’s modern usage, is almost used to refer to mischievous tricker types, whether that be elf-like trickers or any type of spirit, elemental type beings or monsters.

Euphemisms such as “hill folk,” “the gentry,” “wee folk,” “good folk,” “blessed folk,” “good neighbors,” or “fair folk” abounded, and “fair folk” was shortened to “fairies.” Other names worth noting in the Irish fairy lore are Banshee, Leprechaun, and Puca.

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Elves hang out in the same places as Fey, but they are not themselves Fey. Technically, they are humanoids. They have a greater affinity to fey than any of the other races in the PHB.

While both elves and fairies are fae, we are different tribes, actually a variety of different tribes as there are different tribes of both elves and of fairies. And this is not even counting the varieties of pixies, brownies and other related kindred.

In mythology, fairies (fae) are easily one of the most confusing and misunderstood creatures. The word “fairy” originates from the French “faerie”, a spelling which is still used occasionally to this day. In addition, fairies as a whole are also known as “the fae”.

Fairies are really hard to kill and stories about them dying are rare. For the most part they’re treated as forces of nature and since you can’t kill nature, you can’t kill a fairy.

Apologize if you say them and change the way you speak in respects to the Fae. All Fae are different, though, and not entitled to having to forgive you, especially depending on the deed you are using those words to disregard.

But if you must interact with faeries, here are some tips to follow.

• Never eat food that they give you. Eating their food will do two things.
• Never give them your name. Names hold power.
• Never stand in a fairy ring.
• Never be rude to a faerie.
• Never accept a gift from the Fae.

How to Get Kidnapped by the Fae.

1. Go to Ireland, Scotland or the Isle of Man. If you go to Ireland, do not tread on the Fairy Mounds uninvited.
2. Prepare Your Offerings. Fairies like sweet and rich food: dishes of honey, beer, milk and cake are all acceptable offerings.
3. Wait (or Search)

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Dark Bo

Ruled by the Summer Court, and, to a lesser extent, the Spring Court, the fae of the Seelie Court are those who are of a generally amicable predisposition. Despite this, they are prone to mischief and are known to overreact (by non-faerie standards) to situations.

If the father is human and the mother is fairy, it’s called a hury. If the father is fairy and the mother is human , it’s called a faiman.

It can appear as a dwarf creature typically having green clothes and hair, living underground or in stone heaps, and characteristically exercising magic powers to benevolent ends; as a diminutive sprite commonly in the shape of a delicate, beautiful, ageless winged woman dressed in diaphanous white clothing, inhabiting …