Pixies

Author: WindStruck

They do exist! Pixies are the most iconic species of fey and technically are the most populous of the "civilized" kind. They're also potentially the most elusive all the same. The reason being their innate invisibility. Pixies are a small race; they are bigger than the itty bitty sprites, but smaller (and far less powerful) than the Sidhe Lords. They stand between two and a half and three feet tall. Pixies usually live in small, cozy homes up in trees. Collectively, their "villages" can be spread around over a mile. They are predominantly foragers and vegetarian, and they like celebrations and merriment. As has been passed down in old wives' tales, they are known to sometimes pull pranks on unsuspecting travelers. Despite being small and peaceful, they still defend their territories from unwanted intruders. Pixies also have a number of other supernatural qualities.

In addition to the ability to turn invisible, spells and natural objects have great difficulty inflicting harm on them. Iron, the bane of all fey, works well if you must fight one. In fact, any other metal works in a pinch too. Pixie dust, a product from their wings is also highly magical. It can be used to aid in most magical rituals. Even large quantities of it can be used by completely inept people to get strange results, like temporarily turning invisible or levitation. But in order to even get that much pixie dust, it comes at a steep price. It could take months to fill up a bottle after painstakingly collecting it every day. It's much faster and easier to just rip their wings off and grind them up. In fact, like dryad hair, pixie hair also has magical properties as well. And their blood... thus, this is all a major problem for Fey and a big reason (among numerous other ones) why they tend to avoid civilization. A greedy and unscrupulous alchemist or wizard with no regard for life would easily see such Fey as a walking gold mine. Sure, not everybody is like that. But it only takes one.

Pixies are a potentially immortal race. Forever young, never aging... so long as their will to live goes on. Sooner or later though, they may experience something which jades them. When the world no longer seems like such a happy, beautiful place, when paranoia and pessimism finds its way into their minds as often seen in most adults, that is when a pixie fully matures. This is usually the time they start thinking about children of their own. The children bring joy back into their life, and often times a family can persist for centuries. Unfortunately, pixies still do meet their untimely ends... More often than not by poachers or putting themselves in dangerous situations due to their curious or adventurous natures. There are also apex predators such as Dragons too.