Lore

Imarel Faerie-Folk - by T.A. Saunders ©2015 v1.0

Faerie-Kin

Because the Nyseeli have a sliver of Zorah's divine power, they also tend to reflect her desires to create life. However, as Fae are creatures of dreams and whimsy, they also tend to create creatures that make no sense whatsoever. These Faerie-Kin, or Fae Creatures are as bountiful as Fae themselves are, are as elusive and because they are creations of Fae, are likewise protected by, and bound to Zorah's Rule. Some examples of these creatures include:

Bumblebears

Imagine a bear with a bee's thorax, stinger and wings, with an insatiable need for honey. About the size of a normal bumblebee, bumblebears are more or less content to leave mortals alone, unless honey is found nearby. Then, all bets are off. Bumblebears will swarm whole areas for a small pot of honey, they themselves as creatures have no ability to make (because whatever Fae dreamt them up never thought far enough in advance to actually give them the ability to make their own honey). Bumblebears have stingers, but rather than delivering a painful sting, the sting of a bumblebear induces idiotic laughter for 1d4+1 rounds. Like all bees, the bumblebear dies if it stings, but like all Fae, is reborn the next day.

Button Owlgryphs

The Button Owlgryph, or sometimes simply called Buttongryph, has a ten inch wingspan and is suitable for a Nyseeli to use as a steed. Ranging in colors from tawny, to silver, white and black, Button Owlgryphs for whatever reason, subsist solely on the buttons, snaps and clasps from clothing. It doesn't matter if they're made of wood or Vocorium, they will find a way to eat it, even at the expense of picking them off of people's clothing to do so. If forced to defend themselves, their claws and beek induce small, painful cuts, not unlike a paper cut, that has a 50% chance to put the victim into an itching fit for 1d4+1 rounds, long enough certainly to make off with a button or two!

Dragon Squirrels

While seemingly nothing more than a strangely green-tinged flying squirrel, the Dragon Squirrel is an altogether different rodent. Rather than being able to simply glide on air currents, Fae magic allows the Dragon Squirrel full flight, at a moment's notice, making them very agile flyers. They also have tiny, vicious hooked claws, that allow them to stick rather well to anything, or anyone they choose, which is part of their more mischievous purpose. Unlike regular squirrels, that feed off of nuts, and berries, dragon squirrels feed off of the sound of people's voices. Their most common mode of attack is to glide down from a tree, land on a person's back unnoticed, and breath a little puff of Faerie Dust on their victim, making them forget (85% chance) that the squirrel ever landed on them. Then, as the person talks, the Dragon Squirrel devours the sound, rendering the speaker mute to all who might otherwise hear them. Dragon Squirrels are repelled by a mixture of boiled cabbage, slightly spoiled pumpkin pulp, with vinegar.

Goaticorns

Imarel does not have unicorns, but it does have the legendary goaticorn, largest of all Fae-Kin, aside the Shei. No more than ten goaticorns roam the world at any one time, making them a rare find, but those that do, are (ill-)fortunate indeed. While normal goats quite enjoy grazing on grass, the mighty goaticorn requires massive quantities of wheat or barley, which they eat in very strange patterns that are referred to as crop rings. These strange edifices gnawed into some poor farmer's field, are places of power of the goaticorn, where it is said their horn is the centrifuge of the magic created in crop rings. It is through this magic that goaticorns bless any farmer who suffers their presence with bountiful harvests. Goaticorns are repelled by old, smelly boots, which must be thrown at them, while they are not looking. If done thrice, the Goaticorn will never return…but may leave a pile of poo larger than any animal should be able to possibly release from their innards.

Pigoats

Pigoats are a fae-kin born of fae mixing goats up with pigs and vice versa one too many times. Appearing as a medley of the two to create a perfect living garbage disposal, Pigoats are capable of eating almost anything—usually with the exception of the living—regardless of how it might appear to mortal sensibilities. Resembling a stout pygmy goat with a piggish nose and tail, they come in a variety of colors—sometimes their tatty wool is even rainbow-colored. (Credit to S.A. Robles)

Screeching Meowls

The body, taloned rear feet, and eyes of an owl, with the head, front paws and tail of a cat, the Screeching Meowl is a surprisingly docile Fae-Kin.  Content to eat spiders, bugs and the occasional field mouse, they aren't usually a bother to anybody. They enjoy small fruit most of all, such as berries or grapes, as well, and will often overcome their own timid nature to eat such things out of one's hand if they are still and don't make many sudden movements.

The Screeching Meowl gets its name from the terrible, deafening shriek they can emit, if they are feeling threatened, or Old Gods forbid, some damned fool attempts to take fruit from them. This screech has a 85% chance to stun any unfortunate soul within 50′ of the Fae-Kin for one round, and deafen for another 1d10+1 rounds.

Screeching Meowls are attracted to crinkling paper, and open knapsacks. Conversely, they are repelled by cold iron, as all Fae, and are also repelled by the bold presentation of an unwashed left sock, red in color. A right sock, or one of another color simply does not suffice.

Thimble Hippos

The Thimble Hippopotamus are really nothing more than tiny hippos, that have far better dispositions than their much larger counterparts. They aren't particularly troublesome, preferring to eat only scraps of food or crumbs from messy mortal eaters during the night, especially little blobs of spilt jam or any sort of cookie crumb.

They do however make their nests out of paper and fabric scraps, so they can stay warm and cozy during the day, when they sleep. If such is not made readily available to them, Thimble Hippos will hunt it out from clothing, rugs and especially blankets (the warmer the better). Thimble Hippos will defend themselves with a painful bite to fingers or toes, or if they are made unusually upset, they may release a flatulence that puts the musk of a skunk to shame (75% to cause nausea for 1d4 rounds).