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Feywild Reading List - Recommendations?
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TwinBahamut
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, of course. 
Just keep in mind while you are reading/watching it that, in the original production, Shakespeare's faeries were almost certainly double-cast with the same actors who played the burly carpenters. Shakespearian faeries are closer to bugbears and trolls than pixies.
Just keep in mind while you are reading/watching it that, in the original production, Shakespeare's faeries were almost certainly double-cast with the same actors who played the burly carpenters. Shakespearian faeries are closer to bugbears and trolls than pixies.
If we're including artwork, Stephanie Law's stuff is absolutely exquisite.
Jürgen Hubert
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Another resource on fairies is the Arcana Wiki entry on them. Granted, it's not very long yet - but hey, you could add your own information to it!
If we are talking game supplements, there's also the Fair Folk from Exalted to consider. They are rather scary - they see the whole of existence as a story with them as the protagonists, and others are only as important as their parts in their story. In their native realm, they actually shape the environment to suit their stories, and thus there is nothing of true permanence there.
I recommend getting the Wyld sourcebook for Exalted, as well as the upcoming "Graceful Wicked Masques.
If we are talking game supplements, there's also the Fair Folk from Exalted to consider. They are rather scary - they see the whole of existence as a story with them as the protagonists, and others are only as important as their parts in their story. In their native realm, they actually shape the environment to suit their stories, and thus there is nothing of true permanence there.
I recommend getting the Wyld sourcebook for Exalted, as well as the upcoming "Graceful Wicked Masques.
Yair
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I really liked Faery Tale too, very nice dark faerie mood.
Another roleplaying book is Faeries (Revised) for Ars Magica. It isn't ArM's best book, and doesn't give much D&D stats, but is roleplaying-oriented and presents an interesting take on faeriland and the nature of faeries based on real-world faerie tales and flavor. I especially liked the Laws presented there - things like "What's Mine is Mine; What's Yours is Mine Too"... (The book is for Fourth Edition; a Fifth Edition book will come out soonish, and I expcet it to be great - but it ain't out yet.)
Another roleplaying book is Faeries (Revised) for Ars Magica. It isn't ArM's best book, and doesn't give much D&D stats, but is roleplaying-oriented and presents an interesting take on faeriland and the nature of faeries based on real-world faerie tales and flavor. I especially liked the Laws presented there - things like "What's Mine is Mine; What's Yours is Mine Too"... (The book is for Fourth Edition; a Fifth Edition book will come out soonish, and I expcet it to be great - but it ain't out yet.)
LoneWolf23
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GURPS Faeries has an extensive amount of information on Faerie myths of all sorts, from the possible origin of faeries, to nearly every type of fae, to the interactions between Fae and Mortals.
Sure, there's GURPS stats, but you can ignore them and focus on the fluff, or use them for guidelines to determine D&D stats...
Sure, there's GURPS stats, but you can ignore them and focus on the fluff, or use them for guidelines to determine D&D stats...
One more vote for Dunsany's King of Elfland's Daughter. (I didn't enjoy Vance's Lyonesse nearly as much as I expected to, but it does have aloof fey.)
I also recommend Poul Anderson's Broken Sword, which manages to have both alien fey and an unusual take on the half-elf (changeling, really).
I also recommend Poul Anderson's Broken Sword, which manages to have both alien fey and an unusual take on the half-elf (changeling, really).
Glyfair
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I was about to recommend this as well. In fact, I believe it was in Gygax's recommended reading list in the AD&D DMG.
El Mahdi
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I know a lot of people don't seem to like them (although they are some of my favorites), but George Lucas' and Chris Claremonts' Chronicles of the Shadow War Trilogy (the sequels to Willow) did a good job of showing how other races and people might view the Fey Realms. Most people in Willows world aren't even aware these realms exist, but those that do are usually scared of them, even going as far as seeing any creature from any realm as some kind of demon or evil spirit. Willows' spells (or Thorns', as he is renamed by Sorsha) in the books could even be good ideas for envisioning the magic of the Shadowfell. They seem to be very dark and always have a price for using them.
Although Elves or Eladrin like creatures aren't specifically mentioned or described, it's implied that they exist in these other Realms (and I think they do appear a bit in the first book, during Elora Danans birthday). However, the books are replete with Faery like creatures (especially Brownies).
Chronicles of the Shadow War
Although Elves or Eladrin like creatures aren't specifically mentioned or described, it's implied that they exist in these other Realms (and I think they do appear a bit in the first book, during Elora Danans birthday). However, the books are replete with Faery like creatures (especially Brownies).
Chronicles of the Shadow War
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