Feywild
The Feywild, also known as the Plane of Faerie, or simply Faerie, is a parallel "echo" of the Prime Material Plane suffused with potent magic and unrestrained emotions.
It is said to be the place to which the surviving Antarians fled during the The Great Deluge.
The Feywild is a place of unrestrained and awe-inspiring natural beauty. The plane is always bathed in twilight of the setting (or perhaps rising) sun, with lanterns and fireflies providing additional, haunting lights.
The Same But Different
Visitors to the plane find that all sensations, both sensory and emotional, are heightened. Smells are stronger, colours are more vivid, and sounds are clearer, but at the same time shadows are darker and impulses are harder to control. As an "echo" of the Prime Material plane, its geography is similar although not entirely identical to that of the lands of The Azure Sea, but the natural landscape is markedly more dramatic and beautiful in the Feywild, with mountains standing straighter and sharper, rivers flowing clearer and faster, flowers blooming brighter and more fragrantly, and weather manifesting in supernatural ways. While most Prime locations and landmarks have analogues in the Feywild, sites of civilization in the Prime can be so unimportant in the Feywild as to be easily missed, while natural landmarks might be significantly more majestic or extreme. Navigating the Feywild is further complicated by the fact that distances do not always make sense. While two landmarks might be the same distance apart as in the Prime when travelling in one direction, they might be inexplicably further or closer on the return trip. Further complicating any visit to the plane is the fact that time does not flow the same in the Feywild as on the Prime. While any visitor may experience time flowing as normal, it is often the case that more time is passing in the Prime, sometimes of the order of weeks, months, or years longer than expected, although it is also possible for little or no time to have passed instead.The Courts of Fey
Within the Feywild are numerous demiplanes created by the Archfey; independent realms that are each formed to reflect the whims and and emotions of its creator. They grow or shrink in size depending on the power of their Archfey, occasionally leading to discontent among their leaders when borders of neighbouring domains overlap with one another. Most but not all fey served one of two godlike Archfey queens, Titania the Summer Queen or the Queen of Air and Darkness, who share an ancient and bitter rivalry. Those who belong to Titiana's Seelie Court are known as seelie fey, and are generally good-aligned and represent or celebrate the beauty of nature. They are known to be honourable toward visitors to the Feywild, if a bit mischievous, but they do not welcome non-fey to join their Court. Those who belong to the Queen of Air and Darkness's Unseelie Court are known as unseelie fey, and are generally evil-aligned and represent or celebrate the darker and more macabre aspects of the natural world. They are generally more dangerous and untrustworthy in their dealings with visitors, however they are known to be more welcoming of non-fey into their Court.
The land of Fairy Tales by Magali Villeneuve
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