Fairies:

Fairies live in mostly the southern forests of Amerouk, although some do live in the north. There are four races of fairies, Mountain Fairies, Grass Fairies, Water Fairies and Forest Fairies. Forest Fairies make their homes in trees, Water Fairies live in small hollows in the ground near water. Mountains Fairies in miniature caves in the lower parts of the mountains, and Grass Fairies in the tall grass or tree stumps. All 4 are generally quiet and shy and most of the time they only come out at night in order to hide from humans. A fairy’s duties are to take care of the creation as assistants to the King. They help keep the balance in place. It is the Kings duties to handle the large things, like protecting forests from being sawed down for lumber, but the fairy’s duties to do the small things, such as replanting rare plants so that they can keep thriving. Or a Grass Fairy’s duty to keep small animals like mice alive and thriving. They all have special abilities to go with these duties, varying on what guild of fairies they were born into.

Fairies are only ever female, they are small, ranging from 4 to 5 inches in height, hair can come in either black, blond, brown, or red. Their faces are small and dainty, red-haired fairies usually have a few freckles. Their wings are white, and about half the size of their body. Fairies make clothes out of things such as leaves and flower petals, sewing them together with blades of grass. It is said that once clothes by fairies are made, the flower petals and leaves will not turn brown and die because of the fairy’s magic. Their magic give them the ability to fly, and fairies have a natural, sparkling light because of their magic.

Fairies are also the bridge between humans and animals, as they can talk to animals and the creatures will understand their words. The creatures can talk back, and the fairy will understand too.

They eat things such a mushrooms, berries, and wild nuts.

When a fairy dies naturally, usually at the age of 30 years or so, a new, young fairy about 2 inches tall, is given from Azéan to an older fairy who then proceeds to raise the young one and teach her about the elemental guild they were born into and how to take care of nature. However, if a fairy is killed unnaturally, a new one will not be born. They are hard to kill, because they are small and can dodge and hide.

Fairies at first appearance seem very shy and unpredictable, but once they become known, they can be very helpful in navigating through places such as swamps or forests, grassy meadows or even mountain tops. They help the forests, waterways, etc. grow and prosper. These gifts from Azéan to the world are to keep His creation alive.

There you have it! The fairies of Amerouk. Later a post might be coming with more about each individual type of fairies.

Cooooooooooool! I like them! That reminds me, I should post my own sub-forum

So are the fairies *Sob* dieing out, then?

Never fear, Milly dear! They are not completely dieing out. Some were killed during King Dakai's reign. But the fairies are still plentiful, just a few less in number.

*Sighs in relief*

Interesting. I've never thought of fairies in that light before.
So...how big are the fairies? Do the four clans ever meet in one place to discuss things? I'm assuming they'd be allies, rather than enemies, since they are hunted, etc?

eru

That fairies range from 4 to 5 inches in height. So they are rather small. I hadn't thought about the four clans meeting together before, as their are a different clan of fairies for each woods, mountain range, large grass land, etc. it would be a little hard for them to meet. But I might need to think about that idea a little more.
And yes, all fairies are peaceful with each other, but since fairies don't travel great distances it is a little rare for fairies of different clans to be friends, though not completely uncommon.

OK *nods* That makes sense, I suppose, since they are little. How is their local clan defined? Do they have a leader/someone who keeps order?

From what you wrote it sounds like there is a separate forest clan for each forest/ a separate grass clan for each grassland, is this correct? Or am I misunderstanding you?

eru

I think that's what she meant

OK, that's what I thought

eru

Yep, as Alina already said, that's what I meant. I must have been tired when I wrote that. I don't think it made as much sense as I thought it did.

I know how that goes Anyways - we figured it out now

eru

It's fine! I understood it

This thread is to be locked and archived in a couple of days. Why? Well, because I realized something. These fairies have absolutely nothing to do with anything else. They are the only non-human race, and that doesn't even make sense, nor fit with my story. I may use the idea again one day, but not for Amerouk.

You're getting r-rid of them??

*Hugs Calista* Yeah. They won't be a part of Amerouk any more, though I might still use them someday. Or put them up for adoption.