Faerie

Faeries are the magical people who reside in Realm of Eldritch (Eldritch), the Faerieland/Land of Faerie (aka Faerie) and Tamir.

Background

Faeries are a fair and peaceful folk. The faerie nobles of the high court of Etheria are capable of powerful enchantments. Many of them are gods and goddesses and other primordial creatures such as the Fates.

Some faeries include Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of Faerie), and Edgar their son. Other notable faerie beings are The Fates, Dream Weaver and Lady Mab.

Physical appearance and traits

The Faeries of Etheria tend to come in skin colors such as white and green. They may have ears varying from pointed to more human like in shape. Most seem to have human-like eyes with whites with iris in the center (that generally share similar colors to humans). Though some like the case of Weaver of Dreams has glowing flashing almost-hypnotic eyes. This race is also notable as many of its members also appeared to be categorized as 'human' by others (though this may mainly apply mostly to those that have light skin).

Whereas in Daventry there are many races known as "Fairie" (or fairies), some of these races are sometimes categorized as Faeries. They tend to have much more diverse physical appearances. Including some that have wings (and possibly some that do not), many appear to be white-skinned (as in the case of Genesta), though no one seems to be surprised of Lolotte and her son Edgar, and their green skin (and no wings) so there may also be green skinned/no winged Daventry "Faerie" as well (at least for a while Lolotte and Edgar were rumored to be a "fairies" of Daventry). They come in different sizes as well as many of Genesta's "Faeries" are small (and pixie-like), aka her Fairy Helpers.

Notably, there are other likely unrelated races noted for having white skin with green veins underneath that might give off greenish shade (such as the woodland faery race), but this race is categorized as "Faery/faeryfolk" or "Fairie" rather than 'Faerie'. Though these are sometimes also referred to as 'Faeries/Sylvan Faeries' or 'Ice Faeries' (but are not Faerie). and are generally physically different than Genesta), and considered a separate race (or races) altogether (resembling small children or teenagers often with glowing pupilless eyes, some are thin, some are apparently plumper, they are generally wingless, have horse-like ears, and some rule over various fay that range in size and appearance, some with wings).

It is not known if there is any other skin types that mirrors that of the human races that come in many Other World shades and pigments.

Lands of Faerie

• Tamir (aka Faerie/another world)
• Eldritch (aka Faerieland/Land of Faerie/Realm of Eldritch/alternate universe)
• Land of Faerie (mystical realm in legends of England)

Behind the scenes

The KQ7 race are almost always referred to as Faerie or Faeries (there is two rare references in the KQ7 summaries in Sierra catalogues in which it refers to them as fairies).

The faerie nobles depicted in KQVII are a mix of Medieval/Renaissance fairies, Shakespeare's fairies and Greek gods. Although Oberon and Titania are the king and queen of fairies in early French legends, and Shakespeare's Midsummer Night Dream, in the game resemble the Greek gods Zeus and Hera.

The fairy race in KQ7 is known as "faeries" (singular: 'faerie'), though 'Faerie' is used as a plural in some instances as well. It should not be confused with the 'Fairie/Faeryfolk' (aka Woodland faeries)

In King's Quest Companion (and in Mark Hudgins concept art for KQ7 at least for Edgar) both Malicia and Edgar are described both human and faerie. According to KQ7: Authorized Guide it shows concept art (by Marc Hudgins) for KQ7 Edgar and another for Attis, which clearly lists tjhem as "Human", and the book also states: "...Rosella and her mother Valanice will encounter and interact with scores of different characters, some human, many not, and others...well, we'll let you decide." Which suggests that yes humans of some sort do live in the universe of Etheria. It further seems to confirm that the faeries must be a 'human' race.

This all suggests that either the faeries of Etheria are a human subrace, or that some of the faeries are part-human in some fashion. Keep in mind that both Oberon, Malicia's and Edgar's appearances have even more in common with humans including light flesh skin tones, and more rounded ears. Whereas other faeries such as Titania and Lolotte have green skin, and they along with Oberon appear to have smaller pointy ears. Oberon ears appear pointy at some points, but this probably has more to do with hair covering his ears (or 'camera' angles), in some scenes, he has rounded human-like ears. The Weaver of Dreams has green skin, but more rounded (albeit somewhere between both types of ears). Perhaps these are indications that some individuals are closer to human heritage than others.

Lolotte has been described as both Fairy and Faerie in King's Quest Companion. She is described as a Faerie in KQ7 (though she is described as a Fairy in KQ4). KQ7 Hintbook also points out that Lolotte was once a citizen of Etheria, which would also make her a Faerie. KQ8 manual describes both Genesta and Lolotte as members of the Faerie, and calls Genesta a 'Faerie Queen', and having a throne of Faerie, and ruling the Faeries. However, Genesta is not the same race as the Faeries of Etheria (she has wings). Genesta's people the 'fairies'/'faeries' (which she from her throne of Faerie) appears to nclude her "Fairy Helpers, and her shapeshifted lover (the Snow Leopard) as well.