Fey Magic

Fey magic derives from legends, myths, folklore, fairytales, stories, and dreams. It is the magic of the fey, of story cycles, of the narrative of all things. It is magic that derives from customs and the Tradition, the orderly forms of stories, and the Lore, the superstitions and informal practices of stories.

The Lore and the Tradition

There is a Lore and a Tradition for almost every kind of fey energy, except for Nos (always Tradition) and Fiain (always Lore).

Fey Names

There are many ways to wield fey magic, but ultimately, it derives from the Names of fey concepts. Some are much more common than others. Below are the most common Names, the concepts they represent, and the commonest methods used to wield them.
Name Concept Method Linked Names Subaspects Primary Occupation Primary Species
Aendern Change Living a mischievous life and thus being able to invoke it at the right moment        
Ainm Name Invoking Fey Names via rhyme and spell Anam, Corpatha, Dybtanke, Mothu      
Airghead Metal          
Anam Soul   Ainm      
Arcanum Shadow Drawing from secrets Tacitum Secrets, mystery, doubt, uncertainty    
Bruadarchlach Earth     Solid dreams    
Caercallan Trinity Witchcraft Glunta      
Ceangal Connection Bonding using the ethereal liquids found in rare places, connected with feathered whips Tahalana      
Coimhlint War Invoking interpersonal conflicts and stories of war to gain powers of war Vishvaas      
Corpatha Body   Ainm, Fuil      
Croilar Spirit   Vishvaas      
Deanta Creation Using charms, spells, and knacks of crafting from old stories        
Dybtanke Mind Communing with the subconscious with drugs Ainm, Moemoea, Sopper Subconscious, instinct, intuition    
Eorna Harvest Invoking the stories of the Harvest        
Fiach Exchange Making deals with powerful fey Nos, Rompu      
Fiain Chaos The Lore Aendern      
Fuil Blood Blood rites and rituals Corpatha, Fuinneamh      
Fuinneamh Hunt Riding with the Wild Hunt Fuil, Maru      
Garbitua Water Bathing or being washed in fey waters, and thus altered        
Glunta Ancestry Telling ancestral tales until they tell themselves back to you Caercallan      
Karom Animal          
Khayt Thread Weaving the threads of fate Maru, Nos, Tamall Tajo, Fate    
Kikota Truth   Kiroku      
Kiroku Paper   Kikota      
Lasair Fire          
Lec'h Place Embodying and learning the story of a place to draw its power and protect it        
Leighis Life          
Lonraigh Cosmos/Star          
Maru Death Weaving or invoking omens of death and the endings of things Khayt Tajo    
Mion Microbe          
Moemoea Dream Capturing dream images in mirrors and releasing them Dybtanke, Sopper      
Mothu Heart Using charms, poems, rhymes, chants, words, and other spoken magicks to evoke emotions Ainm      
Nasheebane Pattern   Fiach, Khayt, Nos      
Nihaya Destruction          
Nos Order The Tradition Khayt, Nasheebane      
Rompu Plasma Geases, quests, and compulsive spells Fiach, Nos, Vishvaas      
Seanchas Fey The Lore and the Tradition        
Sioc Ice   Nos      
Soilsiu Light          
Sopper Fungus Taking fey mushrooms and hallucinating for the rest of your life Dybtanke, Moemoea      
Tacitum Silence Keeping mysteries mysteries and invoking them via silent movements and gestures        
Tahalana Journey Gathering stories along a journey into magical cards Ceangal Seychas    
Tamall Time Either living in the moment or drawing from the past        
Tapalae Wind Learning to sense the winds of fortune and following them Fiain Fortune    
Teadaithe Sound Playing fey music on specially made instruments or speaking the First Language   Communication, music, word, language    
Vekontan Glass Gathering merriment in special glass cups Moemoea, Mothu Boasting, Stagma    
Vishvaas Belief Believing in stories, telling them, and drawing from them Coimhlint, Croilar, Fiach, Rompu Poioumenon, story, plot, performance    
Zelenilo Plant/Wood          
Topic revision: r3 - 06 Aug 2026, SallyJaneBlack
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