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This category enumerates the varieties and some individuals of the native race of Pelithos.

Fey (Commontongue), also Tuatha (Feytongue \tuˈwɔθə\ for people), idiomatically from fated, referring to their apparent immortality.

The earliest Fey came into existence during the Shattered Age, as Elf explorers journeyed through the Verging Wild to find Arcadia and became naturalized from Integral creatures to Strange creatures. The vast majority of Fey population came into existence during the early Dark Age, however, when many of the Elves of Pelithos went upon The Midnight Road to avoid corruption from the Endless Night.

Fey are a fundamental transformation of Mortal, Integral Elves into a Strange creature. They are the only known instance of a Mortal species becoming Strange en masse.

The category of Fey includes a base species: the Sidhe are the form of Elves when they are first transformed from Integral to Strange. This is the form that Fey stay in unless they join one of the Fey Courts. Upon joining a Fey Court, the Fey begins following a Strange Philosophy developed by a Fey God. These philosophies are so profound, they actually reshape the Fey, and are the source of Fey varieties.

Fey society is broken into 15 groups: 7 Bright Courts, 7 Bleak Courts, and the general Sidhe populace. The Bright and Bleak courts co-exist in a form of constructive antagonism. Each Court itself is a philosophical exploration for meaning, which Arcadian culture feels deprived of, existentially, and it is this quest for meaning that is the founding organizing principle of Fey society, in the same way that a quest for some abstract concept of prosperity might be considered a general organizing principle of Mortal societies.

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