#faewild

[anonbeadraws]

illustration commission for @jen-kellen: a pact being made between a scoundrel and a helpless genasi in the faewild, but for whose benefit really? com info

[barkyshark]

Blythe's eldest sister Synofe demonstrating her flawless rendition of the Flickering Step - a traditional winter satyr dance.

Heralding the darkest days of winter to come, satyrs adorn their horns with a multitude of candles and become living altars to invite a warmth of spirit that will endure throughout the harsh season.

Performing the lively dance without extinguishing a single candle is the mark of one who is especially strong in spirit - one who manages to snuff every candle is marked for a winter of hardship, or even a grave illness.

[the-faerie-courts]

• Land and the Sea •

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[ciaocifer]

he's successfully convinced the forestfolk that he's a demon

[faeriedaez]

After the recent funny post about 4 inch tall fairies in @anim-ttrpgs's Eureka, I ended up sharing some of my "head canons" about fairyland within the Eureka universe, specifically as they related to little tiny fairies, (which henceforth I shall refer to as Garden Fairies.) The lead writer of Eureka, enjoyed my head canons well enough that he encouraged me to share them on tumblr! I'd like to emphasize, although these ARE "head canons" they are all informed by mechanics and flavor texts from the actual book, so if you like these vibes PLEASE check out Eureka, and I'll leave another link at the bottom of this post.

So in Eureka, it is emphasized that the only monsters which are available as player character options, are those which can passably disguise themselves as regular humans, so the Fairy Investigators have to be (relatively) regularly sized, right? But that however does NOT exclude the possibility for the more modern idea of a Garden Fairy as the sort of monster which CAN'T be ran as a player character.

My head canon is thus, an inconceivably long time ago, a Curse of Reduction was placed upon the Family Names of all the Families who were of sufficiently low strata within the incomprehensible hierarchy of fairy society. So even "to this day*," all fairies of low enough standing are tiny little Garden Fairies! I think many of them will often Remove the Curse from themselves in private, but they are expected to reapply it before appearing in "polite" society.

I think, due in part of their status and thusly being the constant butt of the jokes of regular fairies of standing above them, that (many, but not ALL) Garden Fairies would be kinder to Humans and Changelings. This fits rather well with the pop culture understanding of Tiny Fairies.

I think it is also important to note that I conceptualize ALL the stratification of Fairy society as a sort of compulsory play... It's all rules for the sake of rules. Norms for the sake of norms. Social Class for the sake of Social Class! The "lower class" fairies aren't actually expected to be performing any kind of LABOR. That's why the society can afford to have it's lowest class be tiny in the first place! It's stratification simply for it's own sake. It's a game, it's rules and roles and playing it right! It's who can play what way, whose jokes can be played on who. But if you don't play right, the consequences can be life or death regardless.

This is part of what makes changelings stand out so thoroughly; an inability to intuit the rules. This also thoroughly emphasizes changelings as specifically children from families of middling to higher standing. Which I think fits very neatly within the implications of Eureka's Fairies and Changelings to begin with.

This is all why I love Eureka's approach to Fairies and Fairyland. The implications of the flavor and mechanics are JUST enough to paint this picture to me, and its the same sort of picture that growing up reading so many fairy tales from disparate times and places painted to me. Which makes sense! Given how Eureka fairies were constructed.

I think this head canon also makes room for a lot more types of fairytale fairies! These little "Garden Fairies," families of lower standing... THESE are the sorts of fairies who would live in the walls of a cobblers house and come out at night to help repair the shoes.

Anyways, if you're reading this post and you aren't ALREADY a Eurekahead, check out the game, I promise you won't regret it!

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Beta Mar. 1st 2025 by Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery

A TTRPG for deep character roleplay, realistic combat, player deduction, and secret monster antics!

*my head canons on the subjects of the incongruity of chronology between fairyland and the Human World are vague and obfuscative as everything we've discussed here, and probably best left for another post. But they can be summarized as one can summarize all of Eureka's Fairyland: It never QUITE makes sense and sounds closer to a bedtime story than "lore." Anyways, Check out my Eureka OC post about Briar, a lot of what I've talked about here is touched upon!

[sanctuscurra]

I can FINALLLYYY post this!!! Art i did for a friend!! Art of his dnd characters wife, Wisteria!!! Princess of the unseelie court~ 03/12/2026

[jadensageillustration]

Illustrated for the wonderful @ceilingcow, it's Sidereal & Cinnamon! Truly a delight to draw these two 🧡💜

[pathesis]

I did Titania too for funsies♥ QUEEN OF THE SUMMER COURT 🦋🌿🌞🧃⛱🌊🍦 thank y'all for all the sweet tags on my Autumn court post ;w;)/