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