The Fair Folk: Difference between revisions

** This trope is referenced by Justin Augustine at the beginning of his Task Force: "Far out in the center of this region is a place called the Chantry. It's supposed to hold all kinds of vast and ancient secrets, including a powerful being the natives only refer to as 'The Kind One'. Now, a title like that can mean a lot of things in folklore, like trying to placate something monstrous." (Though Faathim the Kind does actually live up to his name, and has a Task Force of his own.)

* ''[[Star Control]] II: The Ur-Quan Masters'' portrays the Arilou Lalee'lay as patronizing [[Little Green Men]] who were behind the myths of The Fair Folk, and fit the trope as enigmatic allies with "plans" for humanity.

** Is it just me, or does that sound like a [[Deconstruction]] of ''Zelda''?

* In the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games, where [[All Myths Are True]], there are Fairies and Elves around too, of course. And while they're certainly both cute and pretty, that doesn't mean they won't kill you just for being there.

** Hell, the playable [[Our Elves Are Better|elf races]] in ''Rift'' have their Fair Folk traits. The high elves spawned House Aelfwar (a bunch of Greenscale cultists), and the Kelari have a cultural [[A God Am I|divinity complex]].

* Played straight and subverted in the ''[[Gretel and Hansel]]'' series. While most of the creatures and spirits in the games try to kill Gretel and Hansel, the actual fairies they meet in the second game become their allies.

* The Glomdoring commune of ''[[Lusternia]]'' traffick with fae including redcaps, barghests and slaugh. Also, their native race, Shadow Faelings, are a cross between The Fair Folk and Drow.

* The Hidden People, the extremely creepy [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|Gnomes]] from the ''[[Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent|Puzzle Agent]]'' games.