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