History Quotes / TheFairFolk

->Everybody says it’s complicated because they assume it must be, because ''of COURSE'' the gentle and generous Tapu Bulu wouldn't go into a berserker rage over something so ''petty'' as a bulk-bargain outlet getting built on his favorite beach.\\
What they all choose to forget is that Tapu Bulu- ''all'' of the Tapus- are ''fairies''. They have their own rules, and they follow them… and they don’t give a whit for anyone ''else's''. And no, they ''don't'' feel any obligation to explain what their rules are.

->'''Jace''': Faeries are the offspring of angels and demons, [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon with the beauty of angels and the viciousness of demons]]. A vampire might attack you, if you entered its domain, but a faerie could make you dance until you died with your legs ground down into stumps, trick you into going for a midnight swim and drag you screaming underwater until your lungs burst, fill your eyes with faerie dust until you gouged them out at the roots— [...] Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or vampire. They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries [[LongLived live for hundreds of years]] and they're as cunning as snakes. They [[CannotTellALie can't lie]], but [[MetaphoricallyTrue they love to engage in creative truth-telling]]. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you — [[JackassGenie with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place]]. They're not about helping people. More harm disguised as help.
-->--''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''

'''Fairy:''' [[LampshadedTrope Yes, but unfortunately I'm a traditional Celtic folklore fairy]]. I'm gonna take your soul to pay a tithe to hell.

-->-- '''Imperial Commander Abriel Hume''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- Last words of '''Jeremiah''' of Thangod Colony, Beta-Coplin XXI, ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Dark Eldar (2nd ed)''

'''Fairy:''' Yes, but unfortunately I'm a traditional Celtic folklore fairy. I'm gonna take your soul to pay a tithe to hell.

->Capricious and unpredictable, the Wood Elves have been likened to a force of nature, neither truly good nor evil; [[TheLostWoods Athel Loren]] and the Wood Elves are [[BlueAndOrangeMorality far removed from simple comparison with the values held by other races]]. Like a placid lake, the Wood Elves can appear serene, beautiful and enchanting, or as frightening and destructive as a storm. [[PetTheDog For every intruder that the Wood Elves guide out of Athel Loren]], another is [[KickTheDog slain without question or remorse]], and left where he falls to be claimed by the forest. Bones and skulls can often be seen on the outskirts of Athel Loren, many with arrows protruding from ribs or [[EyeScream embedded in eye sockets]], before they are obscured and covered by twisting roots and undergrowth, or taken away by forest animals.

->What they all choose to forget is that Tapu Bulu- all of the Tapus- are fairies. They have their own rules, and they follow them… and they don’t give a whit for anyone else’s. And no, they don’t feel any obligation to explain what their rules are.