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* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Faerie is the region of Nevernever (parallel magical reality encompassing pretty much every mythological location ever) closest to the material world. It is ruled by the Sidhe.
* ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'' has Faerie land ruled by the Queen Gloriana whose knights are humans that were [[Switched At Birth]] with [[Changeling Tale|Changelings]].
* ''[[Jonathan Strange and& Mr. Norrell]]'' featured Faerie as one of the four domains of creation (the others being Heaven, Hell, and Earth), and quite a lot of the story took place there, as several characters were repeatedly taken there for various lengths of time.
* In the ''[[Magic Kingdom of Landover]]'' series of novels, Faerie is a sort of inter-dimensional nexus between universes.
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In [[Dungeons and& Dragons]], eladrin, elves, and drow (as well as gnomes, pixies, and nymphs) originate from the Feywild, a plane that is a bright and magical reflection of the natural world (as opposed the dark reflection, the Shadowfell plane). The Feywild is analogous to the Plane of Faerie of earlier editions.
** The [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] 4th Edition game supplement ''Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild'', describes this plane and its inhabitants in detail. One of the first things the book says about the Feywild is that it is "sometimes called the land of Faerie." The Feywild is essentially ruled by the Archfey, a group of powerful eladrin who make up the Court of Stars. The nobles of the Feywild are Sidhe Lords. The Unseelie Fey are always trying to subvert the the purposes of the Archfey.
* [[Changeling: The Dreaming]] has Arcadia and the Dreaming, two bizarre worlds inhabited by faerie entities and largely shut off from mortals and even from other supernaturals.
** Likewise, the successor game, ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'', has Arcadia/Faerie and the Hedge, which bridges the gap between Earth and Faerie. Whereas Arcadia was somewhat pleasant in the last game, however, here it's a swirling tide of chaos where [[The Fair Folk|the Gentry]] desperately try to stand out in order to avoid getting swallowed by the maelstrom. As they can't exactly make anything new, though, they often kidnap humans to serve as their proxies/slaves/agents, who are then twisted into changelings by the sheer nature of Faerie.
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* Faerieland from ''[[Neopets]]''. Originally, Faerieland was located high up in the clouds, but since being subjected to a [[Colony Drop]] it's become a forest realm.
* [[Touhou|Gensokyo]] has shades of this.
* The fairy world in ''[[Panel Dede Pon]]''.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* The Fairy World in ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has the land of Avalon, a magic-soaked island in [[Another Dimension]] that can be accessed only through magic. [[Year Outside, Hour Inside|One hour spent there takes up a whole day]] in the "real" world. It is the homeland of the Third Race, which include many entities that mortals call Fair Folk, and many others who were or are worshipped as gods. They're not truly "faeries," but they're [[The Fair Folk|the equivalent]] in this show. They're ruled by Lord Oberon, who overthrew the previous ruler ([[God Save Us From the Queen|Queen Mab]], his mother).
* The Kingdom of Tir Nan Og in [[Winx Club]].
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