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Over at the fantasy forum I found someone asking about the lifespan of faeries.

Okay, so in this years novel, it’s looking at spanning probably two to three years. Now faeries age differently to humans in my world. 1 human year effectively equates to 9 faery years. Much like 7 dog years equals 1 human year.

So in the beginning of this years story, I plan on having a fae give birth to twins. A rare feat for the fae folk. But I’m wondering if at the end of that 1 human year there’s still be a very baby-like infant or something more akin to a 9 year old child. Faery wise of course.

I know at least with dogs, after a year you still have a very juvenile and playful animal.

Any insight or suggestions would be much appreciated.

What follows here is my responce to that question. May it help you.

As said by another poster: I suppose the simple answer would be “Your world, your rules,”

In your story you can create characters that do, act, and live however you please.

However, if you are seeking a historically accurate answer, here it is:

You don’t say which type of faes you are writing about, good “Modern/Victorian” fairies or evil “Ancient/Celtic” faeries, you used to ancient spelling but the modern lifespan. Sounds like you are refering to modern day flower fairies and not the traditional faeries, right? You well notice that fairies (which are small and usually good) and faeries (which are large and often evil) are not the same thing, though many mordern day authors inncorrectly interchange the spellings of the two.

Tiny butterfly sized flower fairies are said to be short lived. They are also said to be cute, wish granting, kind, lovable, and generally happy. Often they have wings, wear frilly dresses, and fly. These types of fairies have been around about 120 years. Some are said to have the lifespan of the flower they repesent (daylily fairies would live one day, for example)

Traditional faeries are quite differant. They live for centuries, some living over 1,000 years. Usually they are closer in size to humans, though shorter 5′ – 5’4″ on average. They are often not very nice… if you are kind and good and totally unjudgmental of them, they well be kind to you (in their own way, of course). If you do anything to offend them though, they well be a surge on your head, setting fire to your home, sending nature to destroy you, call down thunder and lightening, leaving thorns and toads in you bed, souring your milk, spoiling your food, and generally making your life a living hell. This is how faeries have been spoken of for nearly 3,000 years.

Traditional faeries live hundreds or thousands of years; they rarely mate (except for Sirens who mate every chance they can) and thus bear children only once every 50 or 60 years, which is why they are so very rare. Often they do not marry until they are 200 or 300 years old, as they are considered to young to marry if younger. Faeries look like adults at about 18 years of age, much like humans do, however, they often act very much like small children until they reach well over 100 years of age, because they in fact still very young and very much children.

Unlike Fairies, Faeries never have wings and rarely wear cloths at all; if they do wear cloths they are often torn and raggard. They enjoy playing pranks and are called tricksters by some traditions. They take great pleasure in the pain and suffering of human, and will often befriend a human who is not well like by other humans, so that they can torture the lives of his enemies. As for physical looks, they rarely age past 35 years old, and even a 700 year old faerie can pass themselves off as a 35 year old human.

oh… I’ve spent most of my life studying and writing the history of faeries, that’s how I know this info

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Over at the fantasy forum I found someone asking about the lifespan of faeries.

Okay, so in this years novel, it’s looking at spanning probably two to three years. Now faeries age differently to humans in my world. 1 human year effectively equates to 9 faery years. Much like 7 dog years equals 1 human year.

So in the beginning of this years story, I plan on having a fae give birth to twins. A rare feat for the fae folk. But I’m wondering if at the end of that 1 human year there’s still be a very baby-like infant or something more akin to a 9 year old child. Faery wise of course.

I know at least with dogs, after a year you still have a very juvenile and playful animal.

Any insight or suggestions would be much appreciated.

What follows here is my responce to that question. May it help you.

As said by another poster: I suppose the simple answer would be “Your world, your rules,”

In your story you can create characters that do, act, and live however you please.

However, if you are seeking a historically accurate answer, here it is:

You don’t say which type of faes you are writing about, good “Modern/Victorian” fairies or evil “Ancient/Celtic” faeries, you used to ancient spelling but the modern lifespan. Sounds like you are refering to modern day flower fairies and not the traditional faeries, right? You well notice that fairies (which are small and usually good) and faeries (which are large and often evil) are not the same thing, though many mordern day authors inncorrectly interchange the spellings of the two.

Tiny butterfly sized flower fairies are said to be short lived. They are also said to be cute, wish granting, kind, lovable, and generally happy. Often they have wings, wear frilly dresses, and fly. These types of fairies have been around about 120 years. Some are said to have the lifespan of the flower they repesent (daylily fairies would live one day, for example)

Traditional faeries are quite differant. They live for centuries, some living over 1,000 years. Usually they are closer in size to humans, though shorter 5′ – 5’4″ on average. They are often not very nice… if you are kind and good and totally unjudgmental of them, they well be kind to you (in their own way, of course). If you do anything to offend them though, they well be a surge on your head, setting fire to your home, sending nature to destroy you, call down thunder and lightening, leaving thorns and toads in you bed, souring your milk, spoiling your food, and generally making your life a living hell. This is how faeries have been spoken of for nearly 3,000 years.

Traditional faeries live hundreds or thousands of years; they rarely mate (except for Sirens who mate every chance they can) and thus bear children only once every 50 or 60 years, which is why they are so very rare. Often they do not marry until they are 200 or 300 years old, as they are considered to young to marry if younger. Faeries look like adults at about 18 years of age, much like humans do, however, they often act very much like small children until they reach well over 100 years of age, because they in fact still very young and very much children.

Unlike Fairies, Faeries never have wings and rarely wear cloths at all; if they do wear cloths they are often torn and raggard. They enjoy playing pranks and are called tricksters by some traditions. They take great pleasure in the pain and suffering of human, and will often befriend a human who is not well like by other humans, so that they can torture the lives of his enemies. As for physical looks, they rarely age past 35 years old, and even a 700 year old faerie can pass themselves off as a 35 year old human.

oh… I’ve spent most of my life studying and writing the history of faeries, that’s how I know this info

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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YAAA! NaNoWriMo forums are back online!

Over at the fantasy forum I found someone asking about the lifespan of faeries.

Okay, so in this years novel, it’s looking at spanning probably two to three years. Now faeries age differently to humans in my world. 1 human year effectively equates to 9 faery years. Much like 7 dog years equals 1 human year.

So in the beginning of this years story, I plan on having a fae give birth to twins. A rare feat for the fae folk. But I’m wondering if at the end of that 1 human year there’s still be a very baby-like infant or something more akin to a 9 year old child. Faery wise of course.

I know at least with dogs, after a year you still have a very juvenile and playful animal.

Any insight or suggestions would be much appreciated.

What follows here is my responce to that question. May it help you.

As said by another poster: I suppose the simple answer would be “Your world, your rules,”

In your story you can create characters that do, act, and live however you please.

However, if you are seeking a historically accurate answer, here it is:

You don’t say which type of faes you are writing about, good “Modern/Victorian” fairies or evil “Ancient/Celtic” faeries, you used to ancient spelling but the modern lifespan. Sounds like you are refering to modern day flower fairies and not the traditional faeries, right? You well notice that fairies (which are small and usually good) and faeries (which are large and often evil) are not the same thing, though many mordern day authors inncorrectly interchange the spellings of the two.

Tiny butterfly sized flower fairies are said to be short lived. They are also said to be cute, wish granting, kind, lovable, and generally happy. Often they have wings, wear frilly dresses, and fly. These types of fairies have been around about 120 years. Some are said to have the lifespan of the flower they repesent (daylily fairies would live one day, for example)

Traditional faeries are quite differant. They live for centuries, some living over 1,000 years. Usually they are closer in size to humans, though shorter 5′ – 5’4″ on average. They are often not very nice… if you are kind and good and totally unjudgmental of them, they well be kind to you (in their own way, of course). If you do anything to offend them though, they well be a surge on your head, setting fire to your home, sending nature to destroy you, call down thunder and lightening, leaving thorns and toads in you bed, souring your milk, spoiling your food, and generally making your life a living hell. This is how faeries have been spoken of for nearly 3,000 years.

Traditional faeries live hundreds or thousands of years; they rarely mate (except for Sirens who mate every chance they can) and thus bear children only once every 50 or 60 years, which is why they are so very rare. Often they do not marry until they are 200 or 300 years old, as they are considered to young to marry if younger. Faeries look like adults at about 18 years of age, much like humans do, however, they often act very much like small children until they reach well over 100 years of age, because they in fact still very young and very much children.

Unlike Fairies, Faeries never have wings and rarely wear cloths at all; if they do wear cloths they are often torn and raggard. They enjoy playing pranks and are called tricksters by some traditions. They take great pleasure in the pain and suffering of human, and will often befriend a human who is not well like by other humans, so that they can torture the lives of his enemies. As for physical looks, they rarely age past 35 years old, and even a 700 year old faerie can pass themselves off as a 35 year old human.

oh… I’ve spent most of my life studying and writing the history of faeries, that’s how I know this info

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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