My essay on all of the Fae of Lantia
Bonni Kinkelfew, class 13
by Scathàn of Orst
There are lots of different types of Fae the different parts of Lantia. Some say there's even say in the mirror realm they call their sideline tied to what gets confusing. They’re mostly human on the other side and other weird things. I’d like to go someday and see it all. Maybe than I can write another essay on the different Fae they have there. But these are the types on this side:
There’s us. We are Callandra’s Chosen. The Great Mother Callandra chose us to be the guardians and to the land and everything that grows here. When we die, we join her in the Great Wood. She teaches that we should respect ourselves, each other, and our world. We’ve been here a long time, since our world began, almost. We used to fight between ourselves like other races but we’ve grown out of it and are at peace. We leave the other races alone to figure things out for themselves and would prefer it if they’d leave us alone but it doesn’t always work like that. See, they see we’re peaceful and think that means they can push us around and we won’t fight back. Then they see how very wrong they are. We’re the only fae with horns and our skin can go real hard if we’re threatened so we’re not that easy as they think to bully. We know lots about herbs. Everything about herbs in our Lantia and a lot too about the other Lantia as we often send groups out to go looking for anything new. I hope when I’m older I’ll be able to go with one of those groups, it must be very exciting.
The scariest Fae are the Arapaeia. There’s certain times when men have to be very careful they don’t go into their area or they’ll be stolen. But they know most about the geography of Lantia and how the two Lantias are linked and how it all works. They’re a bit like birds but a lot bigger and far more scary.
The Nightcrawlers are dangerous too. They’re why we have a rule if you’re ever caught out in the dark, you never call your friends by their real name. Bad things happen if the Nightcrawlers find out your name. They’re really hard to see as they’re all dark but with just enough light bits so you can’t tell there’s something there unless they want you to.
Then there’s the Nereid and my parents say they’re a tragedy waiting to happen. There’s four types. The Choma are earth Fae and long long ago they used to be above all the other Nereid but then something made them sick and a lot of the important ones died. Then the other three who didn’t like having to do what they were told, they started fighting for power until everything was turned upside down. The Water Fae –Nero, were in charge for a little while but one day – still long ago – they just stopped being in charge. They said they didn’t want to anymore because the cycle had to be broken or they’d end up weak like the Choma. They tried to make the Fotia and Yfos see it too but they both wanted to be in charge now that the odds were better. So the Fotia and the Yfos started a big fight and they started making the Choma fight for them and were very mean to them until they became like they are now. There’s a Nero that comes by our town sometimes to see if we know anything about the Fire and Air Fae fighting. I overheard one of them saying that there was a fifth group of them that think were kind of new but weren’t sure but were something to do with the cycles of power and balance. I asked my father but he says it’s silly and just the Nero making excuses for not trying to stop the other two.
There’s Stropabans too. They’re not bad and don’t make any trouble as long as you don’t make trouble with them. They have a white stripe down their faces and cam be very helpful but they always like to get presents in return. It’s bad to forget to give them presents of if the presents aren’t as good as what they did for you. It makes them angry and they can be very not-helpful too. There was a girl once who got some help from one of them to find a herb. She promised to bring back a present the next day but she thought they wouldn’t be able to find her and she didn’t want to go out again so she didn’t. Except they did find her and they swapped all her crushed herbs so she couldn’t tell they’d done it and that meant she was using the wrong thing for everything. Things like that kept happening until she gave them their present.
There’s Cusian’s too. They’re great fun and some come around in caravans and put on shows sometimes. They’re brilliant at singing and dancing and plays and balancing and juggling and all sorts of funny things. But when they’re not making shows, I always thought they looked a bit sad. They make everyone else laugh but I’ve never seen them laugh themselves. I asked one why once and she said there are a lot of ways to punish people. I think she meant they were being punished for something.
The last type of Fae I want to talk about are the Silent Eyes. They watch things and they talk to each other by blinking their eyes because they don’t talk with their mouths. They don’t hear anything either. They come trade with us a lot because we’re very good at not needing to talk but can understand what people want by how they move. They make really pretty jewellery and decorations and we give them mixed herbs for medicine or just for food. I saw one swap letters a Nero too so I think they do some watching for the Nero too, so I think they do some watching for them.
There are other Fae in Lantia, but these are the ones I know about or we’re allowed to talk about.
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(OC Author - Conan Daly)