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

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 ConceptSorted ascending Method Primary Occupation Primary Species
Taia Analysis of the story, critique, finding meaning     Arist (Insinsi)
Vishvaas Belief in stories     Vaundaakh (Plant Folk)
Stagma Celebration and mirth, wine and food, indulgence   Cupbearer (Servant) Zile (Insinsi)
Ausa Character, perspective   Voelva (Witch) Andlit (Metahuman)
Deanta Crafting, fey creation     Munlaithe (Spirit Folk)
Crossing energy Crossroads, thresholds, passages, doorways     Troll (Spirit)
Caercallan Cycles, witchcraft   Cailleach (Witch) C'hoar (Akhoata)
Costat dret Daydreams, imagination     Saultak (Construct)
Fiach Debts, payments, and deals     Bodach (Deneg)
Dream energy Dreams, illusions, imagery, imagination   Imager (Esotericist) Miro (Insubstantiate)
Glunta Fey ancestry, the original stories     Yrothrean (Akhoata)
Karom Fey animals and beasts, creatures of legend and story     Bhrocaire (Animal Folk)
Fuil Fey blood     Suighaiste (Plant Folk)
Corpatha Fey body     Euzhvil (Terata)
Aendern Fey change, the changing of stories, the evolution of legends, change within stories, character growth and narrative and plot     Aithris (Akhoata)
Fiain Fey chaos, wildness, confusion, the improbable and impossible     Ubh-oga (Terata)
Ethereal essence Fey connection, bonds, relationships within stories, connected stories   Bondsmage (Esotericist) Barhana (Spirit Folk)
Maru Fey death, stories and omens of death and endings     Banbas (Akhoata)
Nihaya Fey destruction, the wildness, the breaking of stories, post-modernism     (Alien)
Mothu Fey emotions, how stories make us feel, the emotional connection to stories     Patrail (Spirit Folk)
Faeriefire Fey fire, flames that only work if you believe in them     Tanyow (Akhoata)
Sopper Fey fungi, hallucinatory mushrooms     Caipin (Fungal Folk)
Vekontan Fey glass, seeing the world through distorted views based on the stories you know     Mionghaire (Spirit Folk)
Eorna Fey harvest, the cycle of planting, cultivating, feeding, growing, harvesting, feasting, and scarcity     Buinner (Deneg)
Sioc Fey ice, stasis      
Leighis Fey life     Kornek (Construct)
Airghead Fey metals, fairy silver, magical and legendary metals     Gamman (Deneg)
Mion Fey microbes, stories and legends of disease or microbial beings     Bagand (Insinsi)
Ainm Fey Names, identities from outside reality     Ancient (Inmortal)
Kiroku Fey paper, papers that change and shift with the story     Lioar (Plant Folk)
Nasheebane Fey patterns, the patterns found in the tapestry of fate, patterns in stories that allow predictions     (Fungal Folk)
Zelenilo Fey plants, stories of plants     Duilleog (Plant Folk)
Arcane shadow Fey shadow, secrets, mysteries, doubt, uncertainty   Arcanist (Spy) The Hidden (Deneg)
Anam Fey souls, the essence of legends and stories     Anamnighean (Akhoata)
Sreang clarisi Fey sound, fairy music, music that shapes and changes the story, stories about music, music that tells stories     Glaochan (Spirit Folk)
Croilar Fey spirits, stories about stories, metafiction     Spirit (Spirit)
Solas na realta Fey starlight, the cosmos of the fey     (Alien)
Dreamstone Fey stone, solidity     Cloch bheo (Construct)
Kikota Fey truth, true stories, objective tales, journalism     Cyclops (Spirit)
Coimhlint Fey war and conflict   Laochra (Warrior) Breseli (Terata)
Gorm domhain Fey waters, enchantment, becoming different, liquid     Gwalc'het (Construct)
Tapalae Fey winds, the shifting of tales, gas     Goota (Deneg)
Faeriewood Fey wood, the wood of faerie trees, stories carved in wood      
Fey plasma Fey-aligned plasma, geas, quest     Corcraneach (Insubstantiate)
Fool's way Foolishness, beginnings, the start of the story and the journey   Fool (Fool) Comezar (Spirit Folk)
Fairy light Illusory lights, fey light, whisps, distraction, confusion     Disgleir (Metahuman)
Word, The Language and communication, the First Language, the recording and telling of stories, understanding   Melek'ineti (Messenger) Kalati (Insubstantiate)
Argitsu Lucid dreaming     Ceimneoir (Alien)
Fortune Luck, good or bad, risk, chances, happenstance   Rambler (Gambler) Pesperian (Metahuman)
Nakkal Mimicry, copying     Maslacher (Insubstantiate)
Unfugl Mischief, trouble, chaos, pranks, hoaxes, tricks   Grinning Mage (Grifter) Gremlin (Spirit)
Lammat Nonlinear stories, lateral thinking   (Transporter) Saccad (Insubstantiate)
Izvebda Performance     Arzour (Metahuman)
Sijjits Plot, conflict     Caggee (Terata)
Mana Raw magic   Mage (Esotericist) The Cunning (Spirit Folk)
Tutelary energy Setting, place, location, the story of where you are   Tutelar (Guard) Minotaur (Spirit)
Lancaulam Sex magic   Cori (Sensaulist) Mealladh (Akhoata)
Poioumenon Stories, legends, myths, folklore, the narrative itself   Fabulist (Storyteller) Archon (Inmortal)
Ley line Structured magic, the flow of magic through the world   Wizard (Esotericist) Leyling (Insubstantiate)
Dybtanke Subconscious, fey mind     Smaoingh (Insubstantiate)
The Lore Superstition, changing lore, the differences between stories, the way stories evolve     Draymir (Construct)
Symbolism Symbolic magic, symbols and their meanings, ideas and themes, philosophy   Symbologer (Esotericist) Thaumar (Insinsi)
Rownolygly Sympathetic magic     Meallta (Construct)
Unnanays Synthesis, the uniting of stories     Henede (Construct)
Boasting energy Talltales, hyperbole, boasts     Jactan (Deneg)
Kor That which has been, that which came before, the past, history   Arrangist (Esotericist) Yokai (Spirit)
Fate That which will be, the future, thread, fey fabric   Seer (Seer) Jinni (Spirit)
Tajo The end of the story, the coda, the ending, the last word     Claudent (Insinsi)
Fey energy The fundamental energies of legends and the fey, of Faerie, or that which is outside reality   Wyrder (Esotericist) Fairy (Spirit)
The Tradition The fundamental structure of stories, the commonalities between tales and legends      
Tahalana The journey, fey travel, the story as you go along, the middle of the story   Cardbearer (Vagrant) Naga (Spirit)
Seychas The present, the now, moments   Momentarian (Monk) Hodiern (Insubstantiate)
Fuinneamh The Wild Hunt, the collecting of debts, the gathering of the dead, the end of the story   Saoiste (Hunter) Wild Hunt (Spirit)
Wild mana Untamed magic, magical chaos, uncontrollable, unpredictable magic   Wild Mage (Esotericist) Wild talent (Metahuman)
Topic revision: r1 - 06 Jun 2026, SallyJaneBlack
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