#fae don’t usually wear shoes and they don’t decorate their wings (makes it hard to fly)

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Visiting the faeries, they offered for him to borrow some clothes

Loosely refrences this

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Fairy Social Ladder

The Fairy Caste System

The subspecies of Fairy you are determines your social status and many of your life choices. Anti-Fairies and the Refracted rarely care what subspecies you are, but many Fairies avoid socializing with people who aren’t in their league. Walk into any Fairy school and you’ll notice that friend groups usually contain members of closely-ranked subspecies rather than roommates.

The social ladder was designed by the Eros family long ago according to Fairy fertility cycles. Back then, its main purpose was to help parents betroth their children to a partner whose heat cycles and instinctive social behaviors would line up well with theirs, and to help sort out messy legalities like inheritance rights. This morphed into the caste system we know today. The social ladder is mentioned often in my fanfics, especially Origin of the Pixies.

Fairies take the species of their father and the crown of their mother. If both parents have wings, their children will have blended wings; if only one parent has them, most of their offspring will have wings but it’s possible for one to be born without. Many low-class drakes search for higher-class damsels so their offspring are treated as higher status than they really are upon closer inspection. 

Naiad - A wingless Fairy (one born without or one who no longer has wings); the von Strangles ceremonially cut their wings off

The social ladder was far more strict before H.P.’s time. Back then, Fairy children had to memorize the social ladder and greet others according to whether they ranked above or below them. In modern times, Fairy World no longer demands such behavior, but the social ladder still plays an influential role in Fairy culture.

As Poof’s generation grows, the social ladder gradually becomes less important. School teachers deliberately seat kids who would not normally socialize near one another in an attempt to upend the system. In the future, the social ladder may be scorned and rejected altogether.

You can view the original social ladder posts with screenshots HERE on my main blog (Didn’t want the pictures here due to length)

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1) Common Fairies (Faedivus fae)

Patron: Dragonfly (Free-tailed bat; peregrine falcon)

Crown: Six-pointed floating crown

Heat Cycle: Fertile 18 months every 500 years

Shape of Nymphs: Balls

Ambassador Token: A pocket copy of Da Rules listing only major cloudland laws

Food Weakness: Rump roast

Holotype: Finella Sunbeam

Common fairies are the highest-ranking species in Fairy society. They have elaborate courtship rituals involving dances, and a bonded pair will notch the costas in one another’s wings in the same pattern, individual to the pair (The notching tradition has since spread to other subspecies, but it originated with the fairies). Common fairies are the only subspecies capable of swiveling their wings independently, which makes them the fastest and most agile fliers in the Seelie Court. However, their wings cannot fold directly backwards. Due to sharing genetics with dragonflies, fairies panic around live fish unless exposed to them frequently from a young age.

2) Cherubs (Faedivus ciconiidae)

Patron: Stork (Common raven)

Crown: None naturally

Heat Cycle: Fertile 12 months every 500 years

Shape of Nymphs: Ovals

Ambassador Token: A decorative metal arrow about four inches long, piercing two small "hearts"

Food Weakness: Pancakes

Holotype: Aphrodite Eros

Despite their stork genetics, cherubs are classified as a fae race. The majority work with the Eros family, spreading love throughout the universe. Curiously, they’re obsessed with counting seeds. Cherub wings carry the most dominant genes in the Seelie Court; if you mate with a cherub, you’re guaranteed to get a baby with feathered wings unless something goes horribly wrong.

3) Nixes (Faedivus pisces)

Patron: Dobsonfly (Greater bulldog bat; great horned owl)

Crown: Very tall points

Heat Cycle: Fertile 8 months every 500 years

Shape of Nymphs: Round; chronically damp to the touch

Ambassador Token: A single fancy fork, spoon, and knife

Food Weakness: Lobster bisque

Holotype: Horace Sapphiro

Nixes are stereotyped as the socialites of Fairy society; they are associated with music, poetry, and plays. They typically want their way and are infamous for drowning people who stand against them. Their clothes are always wet, and they lose their ability to do magic when their damp coats are removed. Nix damsels have fish tails. Nixes are responsible for creating coin sith (fairy dogs), though you won’t find a nix who’ll take the blame for it.

4) Leprechauns (Faedivus leipreachán)

Patron: Click beetle (Brown long-eared bat; great green macaw)

Crown: Green hats

Heat Cycle: Fertile 4 months every 500 years

Shape of Nymphs: Somewhat clover-shaped

Ambassador Token: A cooking pot

Food Weakness: Potatoes

Holotype: Sienna Partridge

Leprechauns tend to congregate around Ireland and stereotypically wear green. They’re associated with rainbows and sometimes with greed. In return for releasing them after capture, they are obligated to give you any 49 things you ask for, such as pieces of gold, kisses, smacks to the face, or even years of service (Most people demand gold, not knowing they have other options). The one thing they can’t give is forty-nine children. They lose their ability to do magic if turned upside-down. Generally, leprechauns can only produce children once, and only crossbred leprechauns have wings.

5) Eastern Elves (Faedivus cobble)

Patron: Honeybee (Bumblebee bat; elf owl)

Crown: Blue or green pointed caps with spikes around the base

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Dodecahedron

Ambassador Token: Two wooden slippers

Food Weakness: Honey

Holotype: Thomas Kite

Eastern elves are the elf subspecies most likely to reside in Fairy World. They have the special ability to turn a piece of any nonliving material they desire into shoes or clothes (sans a few particular materials such as smoof); because of this, almost all of them work in Fairy World’s clothing industry. Although they don’t commonly become godparents, they frequently interact with humans by working on their projects at night. Eastern elves are the only elves to naturally have wings. They lose the ability to do magic if you take away their shoes 

6) Western Elves (Faedivus coquito)

Patron: Honeybee (Bumblebee bat; elf owl)

Crown: Blue or green pointed caps with spikes around the base

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Dodecahedron

Ambassador Token: A baking pan

Food Weakness: Honey

Holotype: Chestingwood Brown

Western elves are probably the most common fae to roam Earth, and are majorly concentrated around Europe and the Midwestern United States. They can summon cookies out of thin air when pleased (no wand required), though they grow immune to the intoxicating effects of sugar with age. Western elves can’t poof and do not naturally have wings, but they can travel through trees. They keep their eyes on humans and report back to Fairy World. Western elves lose the ability to do magic if you take away their shoes.

7) Northern Elves (Faedivus septentrio)

Patron: Honeybee (Bumblebee bat; elf owl)

Crown: Blue or green pointed caps with spikes around the base

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Dodecahedron

Ambassador Token: A small white pouch that holds more than you’d expect

Food Weakness: Honey

Holotype: Lachlan Buckle

Northern elves are best adapted for life in the cold, hence their name. Since they have natural skill with tools, wood, and cloth, they work closely with Kris Kringle spreading holiday joy to humans all over the world. Northern elves can’t poof and do not naturally have wings, but they are excellent organizers and are thought to take great pride in their work. Most northern elves are drones who defer to Kris Kringle as their gyne; only the Head Pixie rivals that man for high high number of devoted, careful workers. Northern elves lose the ability to do magic if you take away their shoes.

8) Selkies (Faedivus arctocephalus)

Patron: Seals (Lesser bulldog bat; goose)

Crown: Pink coral

Heat Cycle: Fertile 8 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Scallop

Ambassador Token: A pink seashell

Food Weakness: Clam chowder

Holotype: Grace Swiftly

Selkies turn into seals if they wear their sealskin coats, and are “forced” to follow any orders given to them by someone else wearing their coat. Anti-selkies and selkie refracts do not have coats and merely reflect their counterpart. Selkies wear crowns of pink coral and their wings function more like fins and aren’t great for flying with. Their patrons are all seals, though the species of seal can vary.

9) Swanee (Faedivus cygnus)

Patron: Swan (Black scoter duck; swan)

Crown: Winged caps

Heat Cycle: Fertile 8 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Round; feathery

Ambassador Token: A bathrobe

Food Weakness: Toast

Holotype: Lia Lazulia

Swanee are similar to selkies, although they have feathered robes instead of sealskins; ‘swanee’ is a more gender-neutral term for the swan maidens of myths. They are bound to whomever wears their feathered robe. Anti-Swannee have horns under their hats; according to their culture, only the most dominant anti-swanee may display their horns. Anti-swanee do not have anti-robes and merely reflect the relationships of their counterparts.

10) Aluxo’ob (Faedivus milpa)

Patron: Owlfly (Jamaican greater-eared funnel bat; American crow)

Crown: Large, extravagant metal and fabric crown

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Bells

Ambassador Token: A colorful puzzle pyramid with rotating sides

Food Weakness: Popcorn

Holotype: Marion Ru

Aluxo’ob are associated with wisdom. They pride themselves on hard work, love puzzles, and are completely invisible unless you look directly at them. They also have the ability to hear what you say about them in conversation no matter where you are. They frequent the Mesopotamia and South American areas of the word. Because they lose power if shut indoors with no open exits, they tend to be claustrophobic. The plural form is aluxo’ob; the singular is alux.

11) Qalupalik (Faedivus crepito)

Patron: Cockchafer (Northern ghost bats; willow ptarmigan)

Crown: Simple three-pointed crown

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Round; stark white until they shed exoskeleton

Ambassador Token: A small, fuzzy blanket

Food Weakness: King crab

Holotype: Philip Na

Qualupalik frequent the northern areas of the United States and Canada. You can hear them coming from a ways off in flight because their patron is the cockchafer. They are associated with cleverness, patience, innovation, and wilderness survival. They wear coats called amautis and steadily lose magic the longer they’re outdoors with their hoods down. Historically they engaged in changeling children traditions, though this is now frowned upon.

12) Imps (Faedivus gryllidae)

Patron: Cricket (Spotted bat; cricket warbler)

Crown: None naturally; usually bald; have two antennae

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Rectangular (Vertical)

Ambassador Token: A wooden flute

Food Weakness: French fries

Holotype: Archer Clay

Imps have antennae and no natural crowns, although crossbreeds will show the crowns of their mothers. Their wings chirp if they become flustered or excited because their patron is the cricket. They bounce a lot when they walk and have a special influence over temperature. They lose the ability to do magic if you hold the tips of their antennae together so they touch.

13) Habetrots (Faedivus embroidera)

Patron: Cuckoo wasp (Dayak fruit bat; Australian white ibis)

Crown: Pointed hat with a star at the tip; damsels also have two ribbons trailing from their hats

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Round; fluffy

Ambassador Token: A pair of knitting needles

Food Weakness: Lamb chops

Holotype: Brendan Wulhave

Habetrots, although there aren’t a lot of them, tend to frequent the rural areas of Fairy World, mostly tending sheep and various magical farm animals. Their specialty is knitting and sewing. They have the highest turnover rate of any magical being due to the fact that they can have blood drawn by and be killed by magical objects. Like their insect counterparts, they’re considered beautiful but elusive. They curl into balls of fluff when startled.

14) Barbegazi (Faedivus diaemus)

Patron: Snow scorpionfly (Honduran white bat; black-capped chickadee)

Crown: Five-pointed crown

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Slightly pine tree shaped

Ambassador Token: Thick snow boots

Food Weakness: Granola

Holotype: Andréa Nightly

Barbegazi have large bare feet which they use for snowboarding down mountains. The white bat-like wings of full-blodded barbegazi are recessive and are not often passed to their offspring. Barbegazi more common on Earth in the north than in Fairy World. They do not function well when it’s hot and stick to cold parts of the world. Despite their bat-like wings, they are clearly Seelie Courters; they do not have any bat instincts, and instead have the instincts of snow scorpionflies.

15) Far Darrig (Faedivus mus)

Patron: Rats (Desert long-eared bat; golden eagle)

Crown: Pointed hat; does not float

Heat Cycle: Take after the non-far darrig parent

Shape of Nymphs: Look like rats with pointed hats

Ambassador Token: A bronze brooch in the shape of a proud rat

Food Weakness: String cheese

Holotype: Alfred Indigo

Far darrig love to play, and luckily they’re easily entertained. Perhaps unluckily, their sense of humor tends towards comedic slapstick. They often lack boundaries, but it’s rare for one to continue bothering someone after they’ve been politely asked to stop. They can jump quite high. Beneath the practical jokes they’re real sweethearts and fiercely loyal to anyone they’ve fallen in love with, rarely putting themselves and their own wants first in any situation. They also like snuggles an awful lot. They always take their wings and any insect behaviors from the non-far darrig parent

16) Korrigans (Faedivus myrmeleontidae)

Patron: Antlion (Indiana bat; bowerbird)

Crown: Pointed hat with a ribbon or two curling off the back

Heat Cycle: Fertile 4 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Oval; resemble pine cones

Ambassador Token: A curious wand that creates bubbles out of soap

Food Weakness: Maple syrup

Holotype: Arietta Moonbeam

If you think korrigans are pretty in the shadows, wait until you see them in direct sunlight- their hair will turn white, their eyes will turn red, their wings will shrivel, and their skin will wrinkle. Furthermore, spending too many minutes in the sun will drop them to their knees, and they won’t be going anywhere without someone carrying them. They usually travel in the form of a ball of light or bubble. Korrigans cannot name all seven days in the week if asked to do so.

17) Sylph (Faedivus flavus)

Patron: Eastern amberwing (Yellow-winged bat; common barn owl)

Crown: Tall pointed hats with brims, covered in yellow stars

Heat Cycle: Fertile 4 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Cupcakes

Ambassador Token: A writing quill made from the feather of a peacock

Food Weakness: Soy sauce

Holotype: Luisa Highcrown

Sylph are creatures of the air and rarely touch the ground. They have the largest wing:body ratio among the fae. They’re stereotyped as studious and shy. Sylph hold power over the wind, though their talents are often lackluster in other areas- particularly where water is concerned. If you splash even a little water on a sylph, they’re powerless and mostly immobile until they dry off.

18) Banshees (Faedivus turgidus)

Patron: Cicada (Giant golden-crowned flying fox; three-wattled bellbird)

Crown: Very large crowns with very tall points

Heat Cycle: Fertile 4 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Look somewhat ghostly

Ambassador Token: A tome briefly outlining various languages and monetary systems used by various Alien races throughout the universe

Food Weakness: Deviled eggs

Holotype: Brigid Lightwish

Aside from the part about how they go into anxiety attacks around people who are going to die soon, banshees are pretty regular Fairies. Damsels generally don’t like other banshee damsels and often refuse to speak to one another. As a general rule, male banshees are all mute and don’t like calling attention to themselves. Banshees frequent the Ireland area, usually in the skies whereas the leprechauns prefer the ground. If you cover a banshee’s mouth with your hand or another object, they’ll be immobilized.

19) Duende (Faedivus denudo)

Patron: Housefly (Philippine naked-backed fruit bat; rock dove)

Crown: Very tall points

Heat Cycle: Fertile 4 months every 100 years

Shape of Nymphs: Oval (Horizontal)

Ambassador Token: A set of elegant bookends shaped like dragonflies

Food Weakness: None (Unless they’re a crossbreed)

Holotype: Cosmo Elkwood

Duende have no natural crown, and no gravitational field to hold a crown even if they’re crossbreeds. They tend to have very weak levels of magic, but are kindly souls who are considered trustworthy, especially with children (they’ll lead lost children through forests and back to their parents). On an unrelated sidenote, don’t let them clip your toenails unless you want to lose that foot.

20) Gnomes (Faedivus poacae)

Patron: Aphid (California leaf-nosed bat; American flamingo)

Crown: Pointy caps, usually red

Heat Cycle: Fertile 12 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Round; chronically damp to the touch

Ambassador Token: A flower pot enchanted to ensure any seed planted will indeed survive to maturity

Food Weakness: Maple syrup

Holotype: Mallardi Fern

Gnomes have the greenest thumbs in Fairy World and take it upon themselves to look after plants; the majority of gnomes are found on Earth rather than the clouds. They will break out in hives if they come in contact with soap; too much exposure for too long can make them violently ill and even kill them. Gnomes can shapeshift into any kind of plant (but no animal or object) even without a wand. They’re stereotyped for having a phobia of fire. Gnomes and pixies have a long rivalry for biological reasons (aphids vs. wasps).

21) Satyrs (Faedivus satyrus)

Patron: Goat (Long-legged bat; Andean flamingo)

Crown: Very tall points

Heat Cycle: Take after the non-satyr parent

Shape of Nymphs: Giant balls of colored fluff with pink faces

Ambassador Token: A stylus and quill sharpener

Food Weakness: Applesauce

Holotype: Primrose Starfall

Satyrs don’t seem like traditional Fairies. Their feet are hooves and they grow thick, colorful hair around their chests and lower body. Their culture prizes this fluffy hair and its actually against their beliefs to wear clothing unless donning a disguise. Satyrs have wide diets and their habitat ranges throughout the cloudlands as well as Earth; satyrs are a species who interact regularly with humans. They always take their wings after the non-satyr parent.

22) Wraiths (Faedivus phasma)

Patron: Head lice (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat; cockatiel falcon)

Crown: None naturally

Heat Cycle: Fertile 12 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Flat below and rounded on top

Ambassador Token: A handspun tablecloth of white lace

Food Weakness: Poppy seed muffins

Holotype: Cain Lightray

Wraiths have translucent skin, so one can view their organs. They turn colors depending on what they eat (like their patron insect, head lice). Pure wraiths have no natural wings or crown; some crossbreeds might have wings, but they are always incapable of flight. The more bold colors touching a wraith’s skin, the sicker they get. Since Fairies turn to dust upon death, transparent wraiths are very popular among institutions studying biology. They’re incredibly rare.

23) Goblins (Faedivus avaritia)

Patron: Fungus gnat (Little goblin bat; rook)

Crown: Five-pointed crowns, each point tipped with a small ball

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Mushrooms

Ambassador Token: A large silver coin shaped like a star

Food Weakness: Mushrooms

Holotype: Leroy Lang

Goblins are thought to be both oblivious and greedy with a fascination for gold, gems, and other precious, shiny things. Fungi are their main food source, and they’re often viewed as a scavenger race. Most live underground or on the fringes of Fairy society due to heavy negative stereotypes towards their species. They are impervious to cold and cannot freeze. They overheat easily if not careful.

24) Kobolds (Faedivus auxiliaris)

Patron: Ladybug (Egyptian fruit bat; red-billed oxpicker)

Crown: Colorful top hats (Many colors, but never green)

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Diamonds

Ambassador Token: A ladybug crafted from a ruby

Food Weakness: Candy corn

Holotype: Morley Arrowsmith

Kobold culture is tight-knit and highly encourages charity and friendship in every way. They strive to please and are always excited to help you. Their goal is to complete work quickly and look for more, but the work quality is often questionable. You’ll hurt they’ll feelings if you say so and they may lash out if you deny their help. Their magic doesn’t work near cobalt. They have an affinity with fire.

25) Ishigaq (Faedivus caecus)

Patron: Ice crawlers (Silver-haired bat; blue jay)

Crown: Cloth with a long feather sticking out behind it

Heat Cycle: Fertile 10 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Slightly snowflake shaped

Ambassador Token: Five elaborate miniature candles and a tiny candelabra for them

Food Weakness: Truffles

Holotype: Cosmo Comet

Ishigaq are traditionally a mountain-dwelling species who thrive in Fairy World’s icy mountains. They never leave footprints and only crossbreeds have fingerprints. All ishigaq are either blind or have very poor eyesight. When shadows are dark enough, they act as physical barriers their race must swim through or walk around.

26) Amazons (Faedivus galla)

Patron: Fowl ticks (Anti-Fairy and Refract patrons unknown)

Crown: Feathered headdress

Heat Cycle: Fertile 6 months every 50 years

Shape of Nymphs: Five-petaled flowers

Ambassador Token: None; they want no business with Fae politics

Food Weakness: Chicken

Holotype: Karia

Amazons are a small population who have secluded themselves in Fairy World’s Cherish Jungle. They’re capable of crossbreeding, although rarely do since they’ll be thrown out by their own people for it. Amazons worship a chicken goddess called the Cycling Hen and wear colorful headdresses. They don’t like visitors, and not a lot of people even remember they exist. They lose most of their energy if their headdresses are removed.

27) Trolls (Faedivus troglodytarum)

Patron: Termites (Hoary bat; burrowing owl)

Crown: Fertile 12 months every 25 years

Heat Cycle: Fertile every autumn

Shape of Nymphs: Troll (No exoskeleton, just tough troll skin)

Ambassador Token: A hand-carved storage box for a wand

Food Weakness: None

Holotype: Libindi Rata

Trolls are a Fairy subspecies with green, blue, or gray skin who generally live underground. Unless someone else brought them along, you’ll never find trolls in Fairy World- they can’t climb the Bridges and they can’t poof. Their stone cities are really something to be admired. Some say trolls grow more beautiful with age, but trolls would probably be offended to hear you imply they aren’t beautiful now. Although not quite as offended as they might be to find out people still believe they’re uncultured swine- they’re actually very proper people with great pride in their politeness.

28) Púca (Faedivus virens)

Patron: Emerald ash borers (California myotis; chestnut-tailed starling)

Crown: Three-pointed crown

Heat Cycle:  Fertile 8 months every 25 years

Shape of Nymphs: Like fresh loaves of bread

Ambassador Token: A pair of strong walking shoes that will always be the wearer’s size

Food Weakness: Corn chips

Holotype: Fletcher Reed

Púca always have some tint of green skin, and usually antennae, as well as natural three-pointed crowns. Being creatures of luck, they are heaily associated with Anti-Fairies; they share a repulsion for known good luck charms. However, they wander on their own and are not attracted to bad luck like Anti-Fairies are. There are very few of them in existence.

29) Dwarves (Faedivus taenarius)

Patron: Harvester ants (Dwarf little fruit bat; kiwi)

Crown: Very tall points

Heat Cycle: Fertile only in warm weather

Shape of Nymphs: Don’t seem to have one

Ambassador Token: A large gem; type varies by zodiac year

Food Weakness: Mushrooms

Holotype: Quartz Glaswin

The majority of dwarves are crossbreeds, with a gender ratio skewed towards males. Dwarves are magical “dead zones” who even drain the magic out of magical objects they spend enough time around. They’re immune to the magic of others unless said other is really focused, powerful, and willing to expend so much energy. Dwarf bites are venomous; they won’t cause death like a brownie bite, but are very painful and the after-effects last a long time. They sometimes abduct lawn gnomes. Generally, dwarves suffer from agoraphobia.

30) The Huldufólk (Faedivus cibus)

Patron: Crane fly (Nathusius’s Pipistrelle; blue-footed booby)

Crown: Striped pointed hat that doesn’t float

Heat Cycle: Fertile only in cold weather

Shape of Nymphs: Pentagons

Ambassador Token: A tin pail with a colored stripe around its middle

Food Weakness: Sugary cereal

Holotype: Lorian Weidenburker 

The huldufólk are descendents of elves who thrive in Iceland. They are the only fae species who still practice the changeling children tradition; huldufólk are completely incapable of producing milk for their offspring and often rely on humans to do it. Mostly, they can only digest milk and grain products, so they eat a lot of cereal. According to myth, you should never accept food from one of the huldufólk no matter how sweet and tempting it may appear, lest you end up cursed. The huldufólk are stereotyped as heavy partiers; despite this, they can barely fly two yards without getting totally exhausted.

Note - The following five subspecies are known as the red-flag races; Fairies highly discourage mating with them, the cherubs do not legally uphold marriages to them, and they are each seen as dangerous in some way.

31) Will o’ the Wisps (Faedivus lepidoptera)

Patron: Moths and butterflies (Six-spot burnet motht; greater bird-of-paradise)

Crown: Six-pointed floating crown

Heat Cycle: Fertile from late winter to early summer every 500 years

Shape of Nymphs: Cones

Ambassador Token: A vase filled with chamomile

Food Weakness: Butter

Holotype: Ilisa Maddington

Will o’ the wisps are famous for their flashy butterfly wings and paralyzing saliva. There’s a stark contrast between the drakes and damsels. Female wisps keep harems and are seen as domineering, while and most males are seen as dumb (most likely due to all the inbreeding that occurred not long ago). Betrothing your child to a will o’ the wisp is out of the question for most parents to begin with. Notably, wisps possess a watered-down poison called the Kiss of Frost, which is capable of paralyzing the limbs if it gets in the mouth. It’s only potent while a female wisp is in season, and they can’t utilize it until they’re young adults.

32) Finfolk (Faedivus lympha)

Patron: Minnow (Soprano pipistrelle; pacific gull)

Crown: Wetsuit with a star on the head

Heat Cycle: Fertile all year round

Shape of Nymphs: Conch shells

Ambassador Token: Salt and pepper shakers shaped like leaping fish

Food Weakness: Worms (Especially candy ones)

Holotype: Moira Plunge

Finfolk have no natural crowns and no wings. Historically, they’ve kidnapped people and dragged them underwater, turning their caprives into spouses and servants. If a finwife pairs with a finman, both become drastically weaker and less attractive; they generally try to marry outside their subspecies. On land, they must always wear “wetsuits” (They cannot breathe if their gills aren’t kept damp). They aren’t often seen on land.

33) Pixies (Faedivus quadratum)

Patron: Paper wasp (Spectacled flying fox bat; purple-crowned fairywrens)

Crown: Broken crowns which they cover with pointy gray hats

Heat Cycle: Infected with Wolbachia pipientis; adults asexually produce a nymph approximately every 500 years. Though they can’t reproduce the natural way, pixies do grow more interested in seeking partners for 18 months of their 500-year cycle.

Shape of Nymphs: Hexagons

Ambassador Token: A simple silver key dangling from a bracelet of coiled phone wire

Food Weakness: Animal crackers

Holotype: Fergus Whimsifinado

Pixies are an all-male, asexually-reproducing species who are all genetically identical. They carry the Wolbachia bacterium which renders them all asexual and incapable of reproducing with any other species. Pixies live by a corporatism or dictator system of government and are led by the Head Pixie. Covering a pixie with inside-out clothes will shut them down like a butterfly net, and wearing inside-out clothes will prevent a pixie from using any magic on you. Anti-pixies are green and yellow, while pixie refracts are brown and purple.

34) Redcaps (Faedivus ruberconlis)

Patron: Robber fly (Eastern red bat; cardinal)

Crown: Tall pointed cap that must be regularly coated in blood

Heat Cycle: Fertile all year round except in very cold areas

Shape of Nymphs: Pyramids

Ambassador Token: Clay that never dries out

Food Weakness: Roast beef

Holotype: Whittle Snowla

Redcaps have three additional eyes hidden under their hats. They will die if their hats are off their heads too long and, once they come into their adult wings, they must regularly soak their hats in blood to survive. Despite the name “redcap,” their hats can be various colors depending on what they’ve killed and how close they are to needing to kill again. They are immune to all poisons.

35) Brownies (Faedivus mundus)

Patron: Assassin bug (Common vampire bat; cassowary)

Crown: Colorful fabric hats

Heat Cycle: Fertile all year round

Shape of Nymphs: Octagons

Ambassador Token: A water bottle that resists acid and always stays cold

Food Weakness: Ham

Holotype: Ky Braddocki

Brownies fall at the bottom of the social ladder mainly because of their venomous bites. Their saliva contains inrita, a substance that drains magic; they can easily disable magic locks by licking around them, allowing them to sneak inside buildings easily. Inrita is deadly to Fairies and can paralyze Anti-Fairies and Refracts. Though dangerous, they are also seen as helpful since their instincts prompt them to clean constantly.

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