Fae Varieties

Fae are a category of magical beings that inhabit the natural world and the fairyland. They can be both benevolent (seelie) and malevolent (unseelie). They are further classified into the more human-like greater fae and the diminutive lesser fae.

Aos Sí
Aos Sí are the greatest of the greater fae. They are great spellcasters and name-stealers who rule over the fae courts of fairyland.

Arkan Sonney
Arkan Sonneys are small fae pigs that grant good luck to anyone who manages to catch them.

Baobhan Sìth
Baobhan Sìth are greater fae of the unseelie courts that have hooves instead of feet and can transform into ravens. They are only able to be in the mortal realm at night.

Barghest
Barghests are lesser unseelie fae who resemble black dogs with flaming eyes. They can become invisible and perform ritual magic, but cannot cross water.

Bluecap
Bluecaps are seelie fae that appear as blue flames that lead miners to mineral deposits if a payment is given to them. They also warn of cave-ins.

Blue Men of the Minch
The Blue Men are lesser fae that inhabit the west coast of Scotland. They enjoy taunting sailors during storms by jumping around and yelling that their ship will crash.

Bloody Bones
Bloody Bones are skeletons reanimated by nixie magic to emerge from water and attack.

Boggart
Boggarts are lesser unseelie fae that spread evil in the mortal realm by stealing things and contaminating food. They are also complicit in the switching of human babies with changelings.

Boobrie
Boobries are shapeshifting fae that rob ships. They can become sea birds, water bulls, and water horses.

Brownie
Brownies are lesser seelie fae that live in peoples houses and will do simple chores if they are left alone and allowed food.

Brag
Brags are trickster goblins who take the form of donkeys.

Bugbear
Bugbears are similar to goblins, but are the size of humans. They are still classed as lesser fae.

Buggane
Bugganes are fae giants with scruffy beards and tusks who are able to conjure storms.

Bugul Noz
Bugul Noz are fierce nocturnal goblins with sharp claws and teeth.

Cat Sìth
Cat Sìth are fae that appear as black cats with a white spot on their stomach. They can steal the souls of the recently deceased by sleeping on their graves, but can also be benevolent.

Ceffyl Dŵr
Ceffyl Dŵrs are cousins of the Kelpies who mimic pegasi. They temp people to ride them, and then kill then my turning into vapour while flying.

Changeling
Changelings are shapeshifting fae swapped with human babies by the unseelie courts. Many times, changelings do not discover their true nature until adulthood.

Clurichaun
Clurichauns are cousins to the leprechauns that are known for their alcoholism, often raiding breweries and pubs. They can cast jinxes on people.

Cù Sìth
Cù Sìth are unseelie fae who appear as sheep with green wool. They can bark like dogs, and anyone who hears three barks dies of fear.

Dullahan
Dullahans are fae with the ability to detach their own head. Many of the Dullahan are horsemen for the unseelie courts.

Fachan
Fachans are a race of fae giants with one eye, one leg which they hop with, and one arm which protrudes out of their chest.

Fairy
Fairies are a common type of fae with the ability to fly and to use innate magic. They can fulfil many roles within the fae court.

Far Darrig
Far Darrigs are shrewd rat-featured men who act as thieves for the unseelie courts, including sometimes switching babies with changelings. When not on the job, the rejoice in their horrific pranks.

Fenodyree
Fenodyrees are fae that have been exiled from their court and cursed into an uglier form.

Glaistig
Glaistigs are unseelie fae who resemble female satyrs. Their singing voices are hypnotic and used to lure travellers into their lair.

Glashtyn
Glashtyn are a race of fae with horse heads and human bodies.

Gnome
Gnomes are hard-working and wisened lesser fae of the seelie court with spellcasting abilities.

Goblin
Goblins are small, ugly creatures who either serve the unseelie courts or live on the outskirts of fae society. They are mischievous beings with a compulsive desire to steal and trick humans.

Grindylow
Grindylows are humanoids with stained, scaly skin that live in marshlands. They eat humans, particularly children.

Gwyllion
Gwyllions are ethereous fae that gather near unused roads.

Hedley Kow
Hedley Kows are mischievous shapeshifting fae with no true form.

Hob
Hob are miniature men that help in farmwork, but will cause chaos when offended. They will leave a place forever if given clothes.

Joint-eater
Joint-eaters are bizarre river-dwelling fae that take the form of newts and crawl into a persons body to steal parts of the food they eat.

Kelpie
Kelpies are unseelie animals who appear as horses. They tempt people to ride them, and then drown themselves in the nearest body of water.

Kilmoulis
Kilmoulises are gnomish women who live in mills and eat through their noses.

Klabautermann
Klabautermanns are seelie fae that help people steer their ships during rough weather.

Kobold
Kobolds are a small shapeshifting variety of fae that resemble small ugly men in their true form.

Leprechaun
Leprechauns are small bearded man, often dressed in green. They have the ability to change a persons luck, as well as to create gold and walk on rainbows.

Ly Erg
Ly Erg are malevolent unseelie fae that appear to be soldiers with bloodied hands. Anyone who accepts a Ly Erg's invitation to fight will be dead within a fortnight, win or lose.

Moosleute
Moosleutes resemble gnomes, but covered in a layer of moss. They steal from people, but compensate them accordingly. They are expert healers who know all the properties of nature.

Nixie
Nixies are a race of unseelie river-dwelling fae. They enjoy tricking people into drowning themselves, but will attack if their patience is tested.

Petch
Petches are gnome-like fae that are blind and extremely strong.

Pixie
Pixies appear similar to fairies, but differ in being more aggressive and territorial. They also lack much magical power.

Púca
Púcas are shapechanging creatures who grant good or bad fortune. They live in coastal areas.

Shellycoat
Shellycoats are unseelie river fae which are covered in rattling shells.

Simonside Dwarf
Simonside Dwarves are not really dwarves at all, but rather unseelie fae who lead travellers astray with lit torches.

Spriggan
Spriggans are the hybrid offspring of a fae and a giant. They have the bodies of very old men and the heads of newborn babies.

Sprite
Sprites are fae that resemble floating motes of light with no physical body.

Tommyknocker
Tommyknockers, or just Knockers, are 2ft tall men with wrinkled skin. They are cleptomaniacs who steal whatever they can.

Tylwyth Teg
Tylwyth Tegs are greater unseelie fae that raise children who have been replaced with changelings. They may also seduce and marry human men.