Faeries

• Also known as Little People, Green Men, Good Folk, Lordly Ones.
• Native to a different plane but got stuck in the main one? Permanent portals connect planes?
• Visit newborns and give them gifts?
• Can be seen by non-humanoids.
• Magic power is known as glamour.
• Full moon = celebrations
• Can be seen if looked through a hole in a stone made by a brook.
• Fairy markets.
• Fairy gold - currency.
• Weapons: Swords, spears
• Sometimes their goodwill can be problematic.
• Graceful, sensitive, tactful.

Basic Information

Anatomy

• Small humanoid.
• Can magically change size.
• Have gossamer wings.

Ecology and Habitats

• Lives in hollow hills or mounds.

Dietary Needs and Habits

• Vegetarian.
• Wide, varied diet.
• Food: Honey, cheese, eggs, berries, fruit, grain, vegetables.
• Love cake.
• Hate milk, too thick.
• Dink spring water, dew, and nectar.
• Too impatient to grow own food.
• Not good cooks.

Biological Cycle

• Tend not to leave homes during cooler months.

Additional Information

Social Structure

• Live in troops or alone.
• Ruled by Faerie Queens. There are kings bt they are more of a consort.
• All the queens meet up once a year to tell stories, sing, and gossip.
• Queen has strict discipline of troops and supreme enchanting powers.
• Rebellious Faeries are exiled by the Queen until they cn complete a task.
• Males protect home from Pixies and Goblins.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

• Widespread in their plane/realm.

Civilization and Culture

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Their language consists of twittering, prattling, and murmuring.

Common Dress Code

• Fashion conscious.
• Queens and attendants wear elaborate clothes made of spidersilk and dew.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

• Compete with Nymphs, Dryads, and Pixies.
• Stereotypes: Flimsy and insubstantial.
• Conflict with orchardists, gardeners, beekeepers, and farmers.
• If farmers and such tolerate tolerate them taking food they will try and help, if not they will make their lives miserable.
• View humanoids as clumsy and stupid.
• Love gossiping about humanoid love affairs.
• Love inspecting humanoid items.
• Sometimes steal humanoid babies and leave a changeling in its place. Not sure why, many theories.