Fairies are empowered by fey energy, which is practiced via The Tradition, a form of poioumenonic craft drawn from the collective narrative of the world.

All fairies start as fairies. Shortly after birth, the parents of the child will find a Name and give it to their child. This name will determine what kin the child becomes. As the child ages, if it is not careful, or if it doesn't become more powerful, it will lose its Name and lose its kin. A fey without a Name becomes a boggin, which is the fey word for a miro.

So fairies are split into kin (determined by Name, assigned after Naming); nation (determined by the culture they are raised in); courts (determined by their personal allegiances and temperament); and queendoms (determined by geopolitics - essentially, the country they belong to).

There are five Courts:

• Seelie Court: orderly but still dangerous fey, ruled by Belphoebe, the Queen of All Fairies, most powerful of fairies
• Unseelie Court: disorderly and very dangerous fey, ruled by the unseelie queens, who struggle for power, Bahee, Oonagh, and Morgaine.
• Kindly Court: benevolent fey, ruled by Fionnuala, the Mother of Ancients, benevolent bringer of kindness
• Unkindly Court: unruly and less predictable fey, ruled by Nicnevin, the Queen of Dread, Belphoebe's evil sister, and Aibell, the Queen of Turmoil, cruel wailing bean sith.
• The Four Courts: nature's fey, determined by the four seasons, ruled by four queens - Mab, the Queen of Summer; Cliodhna, the Queen of Winter; Surata, the Queen of Spring; and Jevgeņija, the Queen of Autumn. A subset of these is the fairy court of the Green Moon, ruled by Queen Diaga. There are also underwater (ruled by Gennet), sky (ruled by Penney), and underground courts (ruled by Gwenhidw).

Individual fairies can belong to any court, depending on their disposition, though depending on their Name (and thus the energies they are attuned to), they might be more likely to be in one court or another. For instance, most fairies with celestial essences are in the Kindly Court. There are many Queens within a Court, though some Queens are more dominant than others. Queens rule Queendoms, which are countries.

Aetherial Fey Kin:

• Askafroa, those with lunar names (lunar aether)
• Atomy, those with aerial names (kiiric yihi)
• Avalonian, those with vibrant names (ashar)
• Bean Nighe, those with deathly names (poarta)
• Coblynau, those with creative names (genesis)
• Daoine Coinnle, those with names of light (the bright)
• Faun, those with natural names (viridian aether)
• Fenodyree, those with harvest names (tmakikan)
• Frosky, those with wintry or snowy names (hvittdogg)
• Green Child, those with botanical names (prasinofos)
• Knocker, those with earthy names (kazaddarean)
• Lauma, those with autumnal names (tykva vlast)
• Macalla, those with sonic names (sonic aether)
• Mari-Morgan, those with primordial names (anumun)
• Mooinjer Veggey, those with names bound to islands (ikehua lyua pele)
• Nixie, those with watery names (conflueverant)
• Poskakushka, those with fiery names (lahab al'qalb)
• Psiludzie, those with bestial names (nzwara murazvo)
• Sanziana, those with vernal or flowery names (hasken fure)
• Scath Tire, those with shadowy names (true shadow)
• Sprite, those with summery or solar names (ma'dhahabi)
• Taranis, those with stormy names (bijalee)
• Tire Realta, those with starry names (qeernariji)

Ambrosial Fey Kin:

• Changeling, those with mortal names (mortal will)
• Spiorad, those with spiritual names (spirit energy)

Celestial Fey Kin:

• Anjana, those with virtuous names (holy virtue)
• Bannik, those with communal names (yahas)
• Bonaghjente, those with musical names (euphony)
• Brabarn, those with joyful names (euphoria)
• Brownie, those with names that smack of hearth and home (hegnh)
• Bugul Noz, those with ugly names (dumaqu)
• Chead Bhean, those with matrilineal names (aemoa)
• Daoine Saor, those with free names (liberation power)
• Glaistig, those with hopeful names (Elysian essence)
• Heldig, those with serendipitous names (serendipity)
• Kith, those with familial names (banaru)
• Klogen, those with experienced names (euskepsia)
• Mikroslaos, those with peaceful names (iremia)
• Nuosirdis, those with honest names (waarheid)
• Pienikansa, those with brave names (tenyocan)
• Prowder, those with protective names (juaih)
• Rdecaoseba, those with healing names (curacion)
• Tire Ildaite, those with colorful names (radiance)
• Trow, those with working names (euergasia)
• Tylwyth Teg, those with just names (lhair)
• Xana, those with inspirational names (euphotonia)

Infernal Fey Kin:

• Alp-luachra, those with unjust names (fusei)
• Bananach, those with names of power and dominion (corrogatio)
• Bean Sith those with cacophonic names (cacophony)
• Bodach, those with infernal names (infernum)
• Bohoken, those with sorrowful names (mollesse)
• Corrigan, those with names never born (pravum)
• Daoine Crualach, those with ambitious names (razdavit')
• Dusios, those with vain names (peccatum)
• Fear Gorta, those with hungry names (sterisi)
• Fear Liath, those with inhumane names (gossamer light)
• Ftitnies, those with powerful, abusive names (hollow energy)
• Fuath, those with hateful names (feirua)
• Gan Ainm, those with unmentionable names (uafas)
• Gent Petita, those with foul names (brown aether)
• Jende Ona, those with patriarchal names (tandh)
• Kilmoulis, those with greedy names (drenante)
• Mincinosi, those with False Names (bedrog)
• Redcap, those with chaotic names (ibbissu)
• Sleigh Beggey, those with destructive names (slitna)
• Smamennesker, those with eldritch names (Eldritch energy)
• Spriggan, those with oppressive names (imperium)
• Trasfu, those with unlucky names (misfortune)
• Vermehla, those with angry names (baleblood)
• Vila, those with envious names (thorn energy)
• Vodnik, those with vile names (vile energy)
• Wrede, those with painful names (arnum)
• Xuclador, those with exploitative names (quaestus)
• Zaboraveni, those with forgetful names (stravomenos)

Nommic Fey Kin:

• Boaxente, those with emotional names (emotional resonance)
• Fear Dearg, those with bloody names (blood energy)
• Suddig, those with psionic names (psionic energy)
• Vemeesst, those whose names bare their souls (soul energy)

Paradoxical Fey Kin:

• Colt-Pixie, those with swift names (momentum)
• Daoine Maithe, those with complex names (complexity)
• Inimised, those with paradoxical names (paradox)
• Pixie, those with ever-changing names (flux)
• Psotnik, those with systemic names (vonzot)

Poiomenonic Fey Kin:

• Adhene, those with magical names (mana)
• Aos Si, those with fey names, the most powerful fey (fey energy)
• Bluecap, those with connected names (ethereal essence)
• Bocanach, those with catalytic names (ayase)
• Cogar, those with secret names (arcane shadow)
• Fay, those with fey names, the lesser fey (dream energy)
• Groac'h, those with names of perspective (aura)
• Habetrot, those whose names are spun from fate (fate)
• Kornandon, those with liminal names (kutsegula)
• Leprechaun, those with lucky names (fortune)
• Puca, those with mischievous names (unfugl)
• Satyr, those with happy names (stagma)
• Scealai, those with legendary names (poioumenon)
• Tuath, those with historical names (kor)
• Urisk, those with wandering names (tahalana)
• Vadleany, those with symbolic names (symbolism)
• Yalley, those with communicative names (ginginyuneti)

Shebvic Fey Kin:

• Behendig, those with criminal names (gemtkhereg)
• Fadas, those with orderly names (shavev mashkalran)
• Firbolg, those with belligerent names (d'qiarsea)
• Hocserelo, those with valuable names (mashoaab)
• Kleine Leute, those with neutral names (shebv heya)
• Saor Dumha, those with structural names, the mound builders, (cu'ucuch'ik)
• Shkathet, those with skilled names (kakraohy)
• Vindingrijk, those with resourceful names (menab'e)
• Vough, those with mighty names (oalkhaylaoataa)

The Wild Hunt are related, but a separate species than fairies.

Nations are more complex, but they tend to feature a large number of fairies of the same kin, but since there is a cultural and generational aspect, different kin are not uncommon within a nation.

Queendoms are the countries of Lyrilla. Queendoms have land and borders. Courts are political alliances. All Queendoms are ruled by a Queen, but not all Queens rule a Court. A Queen of a Court has dominion over other Queens in her Court and over any fairy in her Court, even if they are not in her Queendom.

Any other type of faerie you wanna try out, tell me and we'll say you got a rare name! Suggestions include brunaidh, bwbach, bwbachod, bwcas/buccas, couril, crion, deuadai, dunter, frau welts, goayr heddagh, goric, grigs, gruagach, gwragedd annwn, gwyllion, hechiceras del ebro, hob, ijanas del valle de aras, kabouter, kielkropft, klokers, korrig, lesiy, lutins, max glashtyn, moras de carmona, mozas del aqua, nozigan, ozigan, paotred ar sabad, pay(n) (Armenian), plentyn cael, poulpikan, se irim, silkie, slau si, teuz, tomtes, torrigan, uisce, uruisg, viejuca de vispieres, viltans, wassermenn, wechselbalg, and wechselkind.

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