Fae, or faelings, are the rough equivalent to fairies in most fantasy worlds. Except for a few scholars in the field of interdimensional studies, humans know very little about them. They are of the chaos realm and are agents of it, regardless of temperament or outlook.<\/p>\n
Pronounced “fee” or “fee-ling.” The sound of the “ae” diphthong is repeated in the words below:<\/p>\n
On the fantasy world of Menelon, the fae<\/em> can manifest almost anywhere, at any time, though they tend to congregate in elven woods where powerful “faeling circles” are present. These interdimensional portals are closely guarded by the elves, and the fae<\/em> tend to use them as superhighways to travel the worlds.<\/p>\n Fae<\/em> do not normally appear to any of the mortal races, but can be caught and observed unawares. They may disappear when they realize they are being watched, or shift appearance to look like a wisp of smoke or a cloud of mist, or they may stay and chat for awhile, especially if it’s a daeling and the human thought to bring along a bribe.<\/p>\n Among humans, it’s considered risky to have dealings with the fae<\/em>. Many of the malevolent types can shapeshift almost at will, and baelings<\/em> will often masquerade as daelings<\/em>\u00a0or even graelings<\/em> to cause chaos and confusion among mortalkind.<\/p>\n Within each elven wood is a “faeling\u00a0<\/em>circle<\/a>,” an interdimensional portal that is maintained and used by the elves for study and for interdimensional travel. The circles are also studied by human scholars, and some can be found living in proximity to the woods where they occur, but the elves are otherwise very protective of these places, and restrict access to them to those who have earned their trust. The biggest, most powerful faeling<\/em> circles that are known to exist above-ground are in the wood of Tinhellerin and the Sylantian Wood. Less powerful circles exist in the elven wood in Fernwall. The elven enclave on the Sea of Orahn is adjascent to the faeling circle in the center of the underwater basin, is guarded below the surface by the sea elves (seanosain<\/em>) and above by the elven city of Orahn, which is built on a rocky outcrop at the edge of the basin. There are also many less powerful circles, like the one in the elven wood in Fernwall<\/a>; and numerous dimensional “soft spots” all over the planet, most of which are unusable to the elves in their current state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":5115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_metpub_seo_title":"","_metpub_seo_description":"Fae, or faelings, are the rough equivalent to fairies in most fantasy worlds. But only a few scholars in the field of interdimensional studies know about them.","_metpub_seo_focus_keyword":"","_metpub_seo_keyword_2":"","_metpub_seo_keyword_3":"","_metpub_seo_canonical":"","_metpub_seo_schema_type":"WebPage","_metpub_seo_og_title":"","_metpub_seo_og_description":"","_metpub_seo_og_image":"","_metpub_seo_sitemap_changefreq":"","_metpub_seo_noindex":true,"_metpub_seo_nofollow":false,"_metpub_seo_needs_review":false,"_metpub_seo_sitemap_include":true,"_metpub_seo_sitemap_priority":0.5,"footnotes":""},"wiki_cats":[296,242],"wiki_tags":[212,297],"class_list":["post-1596","yada_wiki","type-yada_wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wiki_cats-nonhuman","wiki_cats-species","wiki_tags-elves","wiki_tags-folklore"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tFaeling<\/em> Circles<\/h4>\n