Fairy!

Okay! Since I finished that FOREVER long post on Love Languages, I decided to celebrate by doing a completely random post on my favorite topic: FAIRIES!





There are so many kinds of "Fairies" I could devote an entire blog to just describing them... The basic categories are:

• Fairies
• Sprites
• Pixies

I could go crazy with how many other fairies there are that are a category all by themselves: undines, sylphs, and the Selie Court to name a few.









My personal favorites of the fairies are forest fairies. They are wise and mysterious, and they live in my favorite place... the forest. These forest fairies are the makers of fairy rings. They have a great feast at the threshold of each season and never forget a kindness done to them...









Water fairies are just behind forest fairies. They are very fast and are often mistaken for dragonflies. Water fairies aren't as mischievous as pixies, but do tend to prank passers by. They are, after all, fairies.




















So those are my top for normal (if anything faerie is "normal) fairies. Of coarse there are warriors in faerie land. As odd as it sounds, they do ride horses into battle, but fairies NEVER carry iron or steel (this includes swords.) Fairy weaponry is very unique. The "swords" are made of some special alloy unknown to humans and are thoroughly encrusted with magic. A test to weather or not the "fairy" you are up against is a fairy or an elf is to find their reaction to iron. Elves are one of the few faeries that iron does not affect.








As I think of more things I'll probably update this post, but the easiest thing to remember when determining the strength of a fairy is

1. Likeness to an insect: the more "human-ish" the more powerful.
   
2. Size: the larger the fairy the more powerful.
3. Wings: if the fairy does NOT have wings, odds are it is part of the Selie Court. These fairies are THE MOST POWERFUL fairies. Do not even think of trying to trick them -- It will most certainly mean your doom.

I know this is supposed to be about fairies, but I just have to throw in... I'm an elf. You heard me right, Christine Ericson is an Elf. Want to see my picture? I am currently under apprenticeship to be a healer and am the Lady of Hanalith.