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The Fae

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“A Shaped otherworld where time runs strangely and named things were made to be”

also known as Fae, Faen, Faen Realm, Fairy, the Fae lands

Appearance§

The Fae is a place of perpetual twilight, half-light bordered and entered through grey standing stones that function like doors into another world. In Felurian's domain it is lush and dreamlike, all twilight eyes, cushions, and sensual abundance, with the moon visibly tied to its sky. In the Fae the stars differ from the mortal sky and the time of day shifts with the direction one travels. Faen beings appear human-like but uncanny, mercurial and beautiful; Bast in his true form is markedly less human than the man at the inn, his goatish legs hidden by glamour. Native Fae magic is visual and tactile, glamourie and grammarie weaving shadow into things, as with Kvothe's shaed.

Description§

The Fae, or Faen Realm, is a world separate from the mortal Four Corners, inhabited by long-lived Faen beings and reached through certain standing stones, especially greystones stacked to form a gate. Time runs differently there, so a visitor's stay may correspond to far more or far less mortal time; Kvothe returns from what feels like a long span with Felurian after only a few mortal days, yet comes back with a full beard. The realm was made by the Shapers and did not exist from the beginning; Felurian recounts that the Namers pooled their power to weave the Fae as a single tapestry, a world with its own sky, and that war broke out only after one of them stole the moon. Its native arts are grammarie, the art of making things be, and glamourie, the art of making things seem, both distinct from mortal sympathy. The Cthaeh, a malevolent oracle bound to a tree, dwells in the Fae, and every Fae knows its nature. Felurian takes Kvothe into the Fae and becomes his lover; he survives, names her by singing her name in four hard notes, and returns subtly changed and touched by fae, a quality that fades over time. Bast is a young Faen prince, Bastas, son of Remmen, Prince of Twilight and the Telwyth Mael, about 150 years old yet still young by Faen standards. The Fae are creatures of passion, and iron harms them on contact.

Relationships§

  • Visited By Kvothe — Kvothe enters the Fae, survives, and returns touched by fae
  • Woven By Naming — Felurian says the Namers pooled their power to make the Fae with its own sky
  • Made By Shaping — the realm was made by the Shapers and was not part of the world from the beginning
  • Home Of Bast — Bast is Faen, Prince of Twilight and the Telwyth Mael
  • Home Of The Cthaeh — the Cthaeh, a malevolent oracle bound to a tree, lives in the Fae
  • Predated By Theft The Moon — war broke out only after one of the Namers stole the moon, predating the Fae
  • Home Of Felurian — Felurian, a Fae of immense age, takes Kvothe into the Fae as her lover
  • Native Art Grammarie — grammarie, the art of making things be, is a native Fae art
  • Native Art Glamourie — glamourie, the art of making things seem, is a native Fae art
  • Origin Of The Shaed — Felurian weaves Kvothe's shaed from shadow in the Fae
  • Separate From The Four Corners of Civilization — a world separate from the mortal Four Corners
  • Reached Through Greystones — reached through standing stones, especially greystones stacked to form a gate

Established facts§

  • The Fae is a world separate from the mortal Four Corners, home to long-lived Faen beings.
  • Time runs differently in the Fae than in the mortal world; a stay there does not match the time elapsed outside.
  • Kvothe returns from a long-feeling stay with Felurian after only about three mortal nights, yet comes back with a full beard.
  • The Fae is reached through certain standing stones, greystones, or waystones, especially stones stacked to form a gate.
  • The realm was made by the Shapers and was not part of the world from the beginning.
  • Felurian says the Namers pooled their power to make the Fae as a separate world with its own sky.
  • War broke out only after one of the Namers stole the moon, an act that predates the Fae.
  • Grammarie is the native Fae art of making things be; glamourie is the art of making things seem; both are distinct from mortal sympathy.
  • Iron harms creatures of the Fae on contact, and they can also be bound by amber.
  • Felurian, a Fae of immense age and power, takes Kvothe into the Fae and becomes his lover; his survival and return are presented as remarkable.
  • Kvothe names Felurian by singing her name in four hard notes rather than speaking it.
  • Kvothe leaves the Fae subtly changed and touched by fae, a quality others can sense, which fades over time.
  • The Cthaeh, a malevolent oracle bound to a tree, lives in the Fae, and every Fae knows its nature.
  • Bast is Faen, Bastas, son of Remmen, Prince of Twilight and the Telwyth Mael, about 150 years old yet still young by Faen standards.
  • Bast uses glamourie to disguise his goatish legs as human ones.
  • In the Fae the stars differ from the mortal sky and the time of day shifts with the direction one travels.
  • Dragons once existed in the Fae alongside raum, dennerlings, and trow, but Bast believes none remain.
  • Some of the Fae are older than all mortals, predating the human races of Temerant.
  • Among the Fae, the ability to lie varies by kind, with some bound to truth and others adept at deception.
  • Things of the Fae, including its wood, are half-alive and aware in their nature.
  • Kvothe departs Felurian's realm through a greystone gate.
  • Faeries who visit the mortal world prefer old, pristine places and cross at standing stones.
  • The Fae are creatures ruled by their passions and are not known for making the best decisions.
  • Felurian forbids Kvothe from speaking of the Chandrian within the Fae, treating their names as dangerous even there.

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