I've heard a lot of folks pushing for this idea - myself included - but nothing has really come of it.

I think it would be an utterly smashing idea of we had it so fairies started off life as tauric caterpillar-people. The fairy/insect link tends to be forgotten these days, and I think this would be the perfect way of keeping it together. Besides the obvious cute factor. XP

I know there's the issue of different insect bases having different larvae, but we could just assume that all fairies begin life as more or less the same type of grub-person and metamorphose into their different styles.

I REALLY think this idea would add a fun facet to fairies in general.

Oooh, I likey.Would they have any abilities to defend themselves?

If I remember Karbo told me fairies birth in the same way of reproduction and birth as human.

Perhaps that's the official word, and the one that I've gone with by assumption, but I'd like to see these cutely crawlies about.

And if you think about it, giving fairies a cute, vulnerable stage could help balance their cute, predatory one. In other words, they'd be more likely to become prey until their metamorphosis, and then the tables are turned. As for defense mechanisms, how about a pseudo-shrinking magic by use of silk? In other words, a "String Shot" attack that, on contact, can momentarily shrink a predator long enough for them to crawl to safety. But- given that they would not yet have wings, this would be more of an emergency reservoir of magic left over from the mother, like a magical yolk sac of sorts. Any thoughts?

I know I've thought about this too. I think it's a good idea. I've always thought that faires have been treated more as humans with wings, than human/insect hybrids. they just have more human-like traits than the others. the "larvae" phase would be adorable ^^. they could stay in this form during their toddler years. it wouldnt nessesarily be a long phase, but it would last a couple years, then the larvae would metamorphose and emerge as small children...and grow normally from there.

also, this could help explain why Crisis would have been taken in by fairies. Nagalings would have a similar appearance to fairy larvae, and might have made it difficult for Temi to leave her to die.

Gwada, I'm gonna be honest with you. I can only understand about half of what you say in these debates. The other half I try to compensate for by blathering on endlessly.

But your point about them hating insects actually supports the part insect thing. Have you ever considered that maybe Felaryan insects are resistant to fairy magic BECAUSE of their link?

But at the end of the day, fairies as insect people = cool. Fairies as a generic fantasy race = lame. Deal with it.


The fact that Felarya ISN'T a generic fantasy world is prettymuch the entire reason I love it. Cliches are thrown out the window, and demihuman races only exist because they fill in animal niches. It's a world where all the animals are huge, and part human. And that's the way I LIKE it.

So I hope you do realize, every time someone tries to toss in an element that seems too generic fantasy, I'm going to fight tooth and nail to correct it.

^Once again, I agree!