LIFE IN THE FAIRY KINGDOM
Rodish had the finest collection of dwarf armoury but this was broken up by the Witch in her battle with him. His brother, Balkish, who took over the Chief Dwarf role, is trying to start again with this collection by persuading his fellow dwarves to hand over some of their ancestral weapons but is having great difficulty here. Given what happened to the last collection, the dwarves’ attitude is understandable but frustrating from Balkish’s viewpoint. He is hoping to enlist regal support in the belief that will make his fellows co-operate but intends to wait until the Queen is over her fixation with getting Jenny and Eileen back in the Kingdom permanently. He rightly believes until Her Majesty is over that, she won’t take much notice of any other issue she considers trivial. And he wants her to take the issue of rebuilding collections (not just the dwarves’ one) seriously. He’d also like any such collections housed in the Palace. Although the Palace was attacked, it took an act of sabotage against the protection spells to achieve that. And the Queen’s strengthened and improved the protection on the Palace since then.
The finest fighters in the Kingdom are the orcs, which was why the Queen’s mother was so pleased to persuade them to swap sides and effectively become her standing army. It took decades for other fighters (the elves and dwarves mainly) to accept the orcs but then when you know you’ve had ancestors eaten by orcs, it does tend to put you off. To most people’s surprise, the orcs have settled in well. But the Queen’s mother was not surprised. She’d done her research. The orcs were uptight at being constantly at the Witch’s mother’s bidding with no reward and those daring to complain being executed in as horrible a magical manner as she could think of at the time. No, the fairy royals know discontent when they see it. And they know how to use it to their advantage...
Pixies are known for their cooking abilities. This is due to the fact they as a species annoyed so many others, pixies realised they would have to prepare their own food as they could only trust themselves not to tamper with it! Imps like Stan are known for cleaning and their ability to sell (they should combine the two and be the best cleaning salemen in any universe). Pixie food is enjoyed throughout the realm, even by the elves, not that they’ll ever admit to it publicly. They prefer to cook using ranges similar to Agas and Rayburns. To date the realm has not developed a celebrity pixie chef but it’s almost certainly a matter of time. Certainly Wes before he became all heroic could have done the coarse swearing bit well enough.
The fairy squad led by Hanastrew keep all in the Palace grounds on their toes by flying at all hours, in all weathers and at all speeds. Only the witches really rival the fairies for flying ability as the wizards see it as demeaning to compete. Fairy and witch alike see it as making a change for the wizards not to want to dominate everything, the way they so often do. Flying has become something of a sport and the friendlier witches and fairies will put on flying displays for the general public. The witches never mind being booed with almost everyone rooting for the fairies, as they’re used to this in every other aspect of their lives anyway. The Queen likes this development. It’s the nearest the realm has to a sporting tournament.
The finest fighters in the Kingdom are the orcs, which was why the Queen’s mother was so pleased to persuade them to swap sides and effectively become her standing army. It took decades for other fighters (the elves and dwarves mainly) to accept the orcs but then when you know you’ve had ancestors eaten by orcs, it does tend to put you off. To most people’s surprise, the orcs have settled in well. But the Queen’s mother was not surprised. She’d done her research. The orcs were uptight at being constantly at the Witch’s mother’s bidding with no reward and those daring to complain being executed in as horrible a magical manner as she could think of at the time. No, the fairy royals know discontent when they see it. And they know how to use it to their advantage...
Pixies are known for their cooking abilities. This is due to the fact they as a species annoyed so many others, pixies realised they would have to prepare their own food as they could only trust themselves not to tamper with it! Imps like Stan are known for cleaning and their ability to sell (they should combine the two and be the best cleaning salemen in any universe). Pixie food is enjoyed throughout the realm, even by the elves, not that they’ll ever admit to it publicly. They prefer to cook using ranges similar to Agas and Rayburns. To date the realm has not developed a celebrity pixie chef but it’s almost certainly a matter of time. Certainly Wes before he became all heroic could have done the coarse swearing bit well enough.
The fairy squad led by Hanastrew keep all in the Palace grounds on their toes by flying at all hours, in all weathers and at all speeds. Only the witches really rival the fairies for flying ability as the wizards see it as demeaning to compete. Fairy and witch alike see it as making a change for the wizards not to want to dominate everything, the way they so often do. Flying has become something of a sport and the friendlier witches and fairies will put on flying displays for the general public. The witches never mind being booed with almost everyone rooting for the fairies, as they’re used to this in every other aspect of their lives anyway. The Queen likes this development. It’s the nearest the realm has to a sporting tournament.
