Faeries

Faeries are fantasy creatures whom are normally portrayed as having insect-like wings and being about an inch tall, usually wearing short skirts and tunics made out of natural material and/or plants. They are often spelled incorrectly as 'fairy', or sometimes referred to (under their more correct name) Fae or faefolk.

This, however, is rarely the truth. They are winged, but not all have insect-like wings. The wings can be bat-like or bird-like, or not be there at all, occasionally. Faeries are not always one inch tall. They can be just about anywhere from one inch to five feet tall when fully grown. Some age at a normal human rate, but others age at about half the speed of a normal human, causing some to appear to be a four year old human at age fifteen, for example.

Faeries do not wear stereotypical clothing. Some do by tradition, but it is not abnormal to see humans dressed according to their traditions. Faeries can wear any type of clothing that fits that they wanted to wear.

Faeries do have magickal powers and an element (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Storm, Ice/Snow, Spell, Rune, or Plant) that they have an affinity for, and their powers are aligned to. They occasionally follow paths (Good, Evil, Darke, or Neutral) that they also behave according to.

Faeries are pretty much like humans only winged and with stronger, more natural, powers. Humans do not always have strong powers due to their common absence of belief in any kind of magick. Faeries do not always play wooden flutes and dance in faerie circles, though they do love music and often play an instrument.

Like ghosts, faeries can sometimes haunt magickal places and keep humans from destroying the magickal shield barrier of power, such as magick circles, forests, and otherwise. They do not appear and scare the human, though, because that would invoke their curiosity. Instead they mentally give the human a message to leave the place, a bad feeling about it maybe, or a reminder or direction away from the place.

They do not have oddly colored skin. They never do. They eat plants, yes, and are herbivores, but that is just like being a vegetarian. Faeries only eat natural plants, however. They cannot eat processed or chemically affected plants. They never eat meat, as their stomachs cannot handle it, and it is against their fae traditions besides.

Faeries have been around for a long time, farther back than humans. They have evolved much but not too much. They are knowledgeable and know much about spells, runes, and potion-making. They cannot be captured and kept as a pet as that would be cruel, barbaric kidnapping due to their human resemblance. Faerie blood does have magickal properties but only to good use, and any good-hearted person would never take the blood of a faerie, unless it were given willingly to them by the faerie him/herself. Faeries can be male, against common (and stupid) belief.

Faeries can live up to around 5 to 300 years, depending on the type of faerie. The small ones live shorter lives, but the larger ones can live very long in forests or among humans (while disguised) as long as they are not discovered. Sickeningly enough, there are faerie hunters out there, but gratefully very few.

Signed,

FlameStar NightDarke

~Those who do not believe fantasy, are the ones who are fake.~

Dragons

Dragons are very real creatures that are normally portrayed as fire-breathing vicious beasts with claws and horns and wings. However, this is not true. (Note: Chinese dragons are taken in a different view, graceful and honorable beings.)

Dragons are actually very kind and gentle most of the time. Normal (Western) dragons have wings, horns, fangs, claws, scales, all that. Some breathe fire. They have elements, just like you and me, one out of Water, Air, Earth, Fire, or Storm. Some are minor elements such as Ice/Snow, Plant, Spirit, Spell, or Rune. Very rarely do they have an affinity for an Independent Element (one that is not marked officially as an element but is a specific channel of magick one is best represented with). Fire elemental dragons can breathe fire all the time. Sometimes other elements can as well. They have special magickal abilities aligned with their element as well. Dragons sometimes pick sides to be on (Good, Evil, Darke, or Neutral) and will follow that path with a strong heart. They can be stubborn and persistent from natural instinct.

There are also vicious and mean dragons, though. Evil dragons are like this. Also, there are Battle Dragons. They are bred to protect and attack. Mostly they are as gentle as a normal dragon, but not when attacking.
Since there are rumors of the magickal properties of dragon blood or scales or otherwise, there will be dragon hunters if one unworthy hunter were to see a dragon. This is why they are invisible and only appear to certain chosen, true-hearted people. This sounds like a stereotypical fairy tale - I tell you it is not. Dragons make excellent pets to those they have chosen as a Dragon Keeper. Dragon Keepers must be of fair heart, good intention, and responsible. Dragon Keepers find eggs to hatch or sometimes merely sense the presence of a dragon near them.

They do not always look like the stereotypical western dragon. Some have feathered wings instead of leathery, and some have no wings at all. Others have oddly shaped or absence of tails, and few have no scales - instead, there are feathers, or even fur (these are rare however). There is great variety in the appearance of dragons, due to diverse interbreeding. Another untrue stereotype is their kidnapping of fair maidens. They are not even close to being that immoral.

Dragons are studious and curious, and know very much due to their long evolution line. They also are very complex and live a long time. Humans have not yet reached this high point in evolution, don't worry, you'll get there eventually! Dragons can live up to anywhere from 1,000 years to 15,000 years! Very few live even a few years longer. They are very tough and can protect themselves naturally very well; their scales are thick and protect well, and their natural fighting weapons work great too.

Dragons make great pets because they are docile yet protective. Their owners can count on their being loyal. Before deciding to be a Dragon Keeper if you are chosen, you must make sure of the honesty of your dragon, and their personality as well. They can be mean if you do the wrong thing. Some let you name them, and others do not - they have their own name for you to call them by. You must listen to a dragon, and if you pay it due respect, it is bound to treat you the same.

If you accidentally Keep (accept a dragon to be a Dragon Keeper for) the wrong dragon, a trickster or liar, quickly abandon it in a place where it cannot survive on its own. This sounds mean and evil but it is the right thing to do - dragons who are liars or tricksters are corrupted or Darke. Stay away from them...they aren't safe. (Darke is a form of evil but much more evil than regular evil. It is so evil it gets its own path. Darke is basically really evil, cruel, mean, and unjust, with no difference between right and wrong.)

Signed, 

FlameStar NightDarke
~Those who do not believe fantasy, are the ones who are fake.~