Fairy

Fairies are minor denizens of the courts of the Faerie. They are witless and simplistic, considered amongst the lowest of all beings. They resemble the typical appearance of fairies in legends, with butterfly wings and such. Taking on one as a familiar is seen as a stupid thing to do.<ref>“I can talk, if it helps,” he said. “You were talking about Faerie. Court Faerie deal with prominent families and powers. Around here, you’re not getting a Faerie familiar unless you’re a member of the Duchamp family. You could get a fairy, that’s F-A-I-R-Y, but then you’re talking about the witless, minor denizens of their realm. Foot high things with butterfly wings. Going that route would be dumb.” - Excerpt from Breach 3.5</ref>

They are not sentient and only take on human shape to elicit sympathy.<ref>“They aren’t sapient,” Durocher said. “They have brains only large enough for one thought. They evoke sympathy by being human in shape. They’re best compared to spiders, spinning simple glamour as the spider spins webs.”- Excerpt from Summer Break 13.10</ref>

Trivia

The feature of faries haveing butterfly and insect wings dates roughly back to the sixteenth century.^{[citation needed]}

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