Faerie

Faerie is not a single place or even a single dimension; it is rather where the Fae dwell.

The Fae can travel to a large but finite number of worlds (including Earth-1) which are interconnected at correspondence points: these are weak spots between the dimensions through which Fae with the appropriate talent can travel. Typically the two points resemble each other physically (the Fae would say they are the same place manifested on two different worlds) though they needn't correspond geographically. This network of worlds could be called Greater Faerie - the full range of the Fae - and legend suggests that they used to inhabit a lot more of it.

In practice, the Fae mostly live in only a tiny section of this range - though actually scattered across a number of different dimensions. A possible explanation is that they were driven back by humans and other races (which, though they are generally less capable, breed faster), but probably the most significant factor is that as the magical economy grew it was practical to live in parts with stronger magic - in particular, places in which Fae magic doesn't dissipate every sunrise.

These Faerie heartlands (or Lesser Faerie), located mostly on the Twilit Worlds, tend to have an unworldly feel to them - perhaps because the thickness of the enchantment can be sensed even by mortals, or perhaps just because such are the glamours laid over them that the whole place tends to be bigger, brighter, richer, more glorious than normality - or darker, grimmer and spookier, or another mood, depending on the realm in question. Even the "wilds" of these lands are under the hands of the Fae, and very little is at it seems. They can be perilous, especially to those who lack the Second Sight, who can't tell if a monster is a true monster, perhaps drawn to the strong magic of the region, or something harmless enchanted to scare off unwanted guests.

It is likely that in fact there exist multiple "Greater Faeries": at least there other otherdimensional versions of Lorelei and it seem likely that their mothers came from other versions of Undermoon.

Known world (this) Greater Faerie include:


 * Twilit Worlds
 * Nether Heartworld (Earth-1380)
 * Upper Heartworld (Earth-1492)
 * Gloaming (Earth-1493)
 * Earth-1494
 * Harshland (Earth-1495)
 * Earth-1496
 * Other Lesser Faerie worlds
 * Other worlds
 * Earth (Earth-1)
 * Earth-946
 * The Humming Forest
 * Haverdeen