Fae Varieties

Fae are a category of magical beings that inhabit the natural world. They can be both benevolent and malevolent.

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

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

Brownie
Brownie live in peoples houses and will do simple chores if they are left alone and allowed food.

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

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 utilise fae magic. They can fulfil many roles within the fae court.

Gnome
Gnomes are hard-working and wisened humanoid fairies with limited spellcasting abilities.

Goblin
Goblins are small, ugly creatures long ago cast out from fairy society. They are mischievous beings with a compulsive desire to steal and trick humans.

High Fae (Aos Sí)
High Fae are the most powerful of all the fae races. They are great spellcasters and name-stealers who rule over the fae courts of fairyland.

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.

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.

Nixie
Nixies are a race of malevolent river-dwelling fae.

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.

Sprite
Sprites are fae that resemble floating motes of light.