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The Fae, also known as Fairies, Faeries, the Fair Folk, or by titles such as the Gentry, were a class of magical humanoids, often winged and pointy-eared.
Nature
The Fae were long-lived and magical. (PROSE: The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)
The Fair Folk had a weakness to “cold iron”, (PROSE: Morning After) including members of the Little People such as Leprechauns and Brownies, considered a subtype of the Fair Folk in at least some universes.
The Fae took debts extremely seriously; in some worlds, anyone who was owed something to a member of the Fae was invited to their funeral should they die with the debt unpaid, to ensure that things would be worked out with the deceased's heirs rather than have the debt keep hanging over their legacy. (PROSE: The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)
History
In the Strange and Wonderful House
The Strange and Wonderful House's Anteroom was lit by a “chandelier” whose light source was actually a group of fairies who sat on the fixture. Their falling fairy dust created a magical pillar of cold white fire in the centre of the room, into which guests to the House could step to find themselves transported to the room of their choice. (PROSE: Our Strange and Wonderful House: The Anteroom)
In Abúi's universe
In one universe, fairies, or more accurately “faeries”, were naturally small, frisbee-sized pixies, but could shift to human size using “size glamours”. One, Abúi, who ended up stranded out of her home dimension. Abúi's kind of Fairies had dragonflike-like wings, sharp teeth and large, pointy ears. They were less concerned with nudity than most humans, although they still wore clothing as a default. Abúi's body was covered in intricate blue tattoos, although it is unclear if this was representative of general Fairy fashion or a particular quirk of hers. (COMIC: Incognito)
In the world of Little Noodlington
When trying to get Abúi back home, Sven Allestädes once accidentally landed her and Tash Spicer in a distinct fantasy world, in a magical forest that was part of a kingdom centred on the city of Little Noodlington. The people of Little Noodlington were exclusively magical humanoids of various species. This included a fairy, Jai-Jai. Although outwardly similar to Abúi's kind, there were a number of differences between the two which Jai-Jai soon took notice of. Jai-Jai's wings were somewhat different, and she had a greater knowledge of magic, thinking that Abúi was not “a proper fairy” for not understanding some “obvious” principles about spellcasting. Unlike Abúi, she called herself a “fairy”, as opposed to a “faerie”. Jai-Jai displayed the ability to turn into a small glowing orb of light while flying, and to create an invisible “wall of force” with a wave of her hands, although it was not strong enough to withstand the sheer physical force of a raging Troll. Jai-Jai acknowledged that her best friend Sprite, a nymph, was a superior spellcaster to herself. (COMIC: Enchanted)
In the Prime Universe
In the Prime Universe, “faeries” up to mischief were among the beings one might meet in the Forest. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
In the Collapsed Cosmos
In the Collapsed Cosmos, there existed a realm of Faerie, home to many different kinds of members of the Fair Folk. They were ruled by a Queen of Faerie who was a former lover of Jenny Everywhere. These fae were of human size as a default, and did not usually seem to have wings, but had specific traits, such as hearing sound frequences that no other beings, mortal or immortal, could perceive. (PROSE: The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere)
Jenny's fire-breathing cow
One version of Jenny Everywhere owned a fire-breathing cow. She had frequent dealings with “the Gentry” and did not seem to take them very seriously. On multiple occasions, the Prince of the Fair Folk himself stole her cow from her. (PROSE: Morning After)
Pixie Pristine
Pixie Pristine was a pixie, also referred to as a fairy or faerie, from one universe. She appeared as a human-sized woman with blue butterfly wings, and had various magical powers. Fairies from this world generally couldn't have children with mortals, hence the existence of changelings, although there were exceptions. After she got into trouble with the “faerie bigwigs” of this world, Pristine faced having her voice taken away as payment for a perceived offence. Jenny Everywhere helped her escape to another, nearby universe. (PROSE: Family Business)
In Dimension 77
Dimension 77 was a world where “the old tales” of Earth were true, though humanity had forgotten it by the 21st century. Faeries existed, including good and evil ones, as did the Little People, including Leprechauns and Brownies. All were bound by “ancient laws” governing such matters as the wishes owed by a member of the Fae to someone who saved their life. Jenny Everywhere once saved the Lurigadawne of Tipperary, a Leprechaun, from a “black magician” who had imprisoned him in a cage made of cold iron. Over a century later, Jenny returned to his home and found it empty, being watched over by a Brownie in repayment of an old debt owned by the Brownie's “clan” to the Lurigadawne while the Lurigadawne attended to some secret business. (PROSE: The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)
In Bethan's world
In the world where Jenny Everywhere borrowed the hen Bethan from King Arthur's court, Morgan Le Fey was known as “Morgan of the Fae”. (PROSE: The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth, a mysterious structure in one universe, was ruled by the Goblin King Jareth who was once described as an “Unseelie Fae King”. Jareth had a close kinship to his Labyrinth. A highly magical being, he could teleport, and also change at will from the form of an owl to a handsome man with a gaunt face and a shock of blond hair. When he was excited, his magic would swirl around him in the form of a flurry of sparks, a phenomenon over which he had no control. (PROSE: Everywhere's The Thing!)
In Universe Gemini
In Universe Gemini, one of Zed Hudson's superhero “colleagues” was Power Pixie, a human-sized fairy-woman with pointed ears, small dragonfly wings, and even antennae. She carried a magic wand with which she could perform such magic as summoning weapons into existence. (COMIC: Zed Vs. The Internet)
On the Makara Isles
A fairy was encountered by Jenny Everywhere in the course of her adventures in the Makara Isles in one universe. Jenny heard her name as “Carry On”, though she may have been mistaken. (PROSE: Jenny Everywhere's Twitter)
In Skyler's universe
In one universe, home to the fairy Skyler, fairies existed in a distant “fantasy home-land”. They were human-sized, but had a single pair of insect-like wings and improbable hair colours such as green or pink, though this may have been a fashion choice rather than innate. Similarly, at least two fairies exhibited coiling golden markings on their chest and thighs, but whether these were natural pigmentation or tattoos of some kind is unclear. (COMIC: Old Fairy Friends)
Other
“Some sort of fairy” was one of the patrons of the Interdimensional Black Market who unsuccessfully bid on Tracker-764 when he was put up for auction by the Queen of the Black Market. (PROSE: Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market)
References
Kate Five once derisively referred to Red Giant as “the Red Fairy” instead. (COMIC: Kate Five vs Symbiote - Chapter 6)
Alistair Neezley once claimed that one of his adventures saw him being cursed by a “cheesecake fairy”. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
Sven Allestädes once stated that he thought of himself as something like Greta Överallt's “Fairy Godfather” after he helped her learn to use her shifting powers. (COMIC: 24 Hour Comic 2019)
In the 97th Cosmos, Dragons only existed as “fairy stories”. (PROSE: The Resurrection of the Wellsians)
When she appeared in the meeting place of the Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes, an accusatory King Roquat asked Jenny Everywhere whether she was a fairy or a witch. (PROSE: The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)