On occasion, an elven child will be born different. Such a child will be smaller, more introspective and more magical. These special elves often leave elven society to live in the wilds of the forest. Typically, a faerie will inhabit a wood and rarely leave their chosen forest. For reasons unknown, only female elves may be born with these characteristics and they become known as faeries. Although there are rumors of even rarer male faeries.
A typical faerie will grow no more than two feet tall and weigh a mere thirty pounds. Proportionally, a faerie’s wings are larger than a normal elf’s and, hence, a faerie is capable of true flight, unlike normal elves. Faeries are blessed with a great affinity for magic. Their skill at weaving spells surpasses even the elves and corvenians. Faeries are often referred to as fae.
Generally speaking, faeries are good and compassionate creatures, that love all living things. Faeries are very close to nature and greatly concerned with protecting the natural world and the forest in which they dwell. They oppose any who would enter their wood and defile the wildlife or creatures therein. They use their potent magic against orcs, trolls, evil men and other fiends that would despoil the natural order. Faeries are friends to elves and will often come to to the aid of an elf in need.
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