The Faeries of the Night are led by Black Hairstreak. The Royal Family lives in the Purple Palace, an ancient and mysterious building. Nominally the Faeries of the Light have the upper hand, with Apatura Iris ruling as the Purple Emperor. They live in a state of simmering hostility, blandished over with truces and alliances. The Faerie Realm is home to several races but the most prominent in the Chronicles are the Faeries of the Light and the Faeries of the Night. The one big disadvantage of the portal had been that passing through it into an alien dimension turned the travellers into tiny winged versions of themselves, but the Faerie technicians have solved that problem, as well as being able to “aim” the portal anywhere they wish. They kept returning home in hope of a rescue, before giving up hope and leaving a record for future travellers.Īt the time the Chronicles are set, this event is in the distant past, and the descendants of the shipwrecked group have long made their home on Earth, while in the Faerie Realm, the natural portal on the island has been studied, copied and improved upon. They found a glowing portal which led to a land of abundance.

The Faeries first discovered Earth when a small group of them were shipwrecked on a barren island. The inhabitants of Hael seem to be able to get to Earth fairly easily, and their transports are occasionally seen (and called flying saucers, but that’s another matter) getting to the Faerie Realm seems more problematic, although Faerie sorcerers can open small portals with dark magic to “summon” the inhabitants of Hael (demons, as they see them). Most people on Earth are unaware of them, and in the Faerie Realm the technology is extremely expensive, so the Royal Family’s portal is one of the very few.

Portals, very occasionally natural, usually controlled by a magical technology, enable the inhabitants to pass between the dimensions.

The Faerie Wars Chronicles encompass three dimensions, the Faerie Realm, Earth (which the Faeries call the Analogue World) and Hael.

Robin: The four books of this otherworld quartet are Faerie Wars, The Purple Emperor, Ruler of the Realm and Faerie Lord.

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