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** ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' introduces an underground cavern where Dark Fey from all over the world hide from humans. By the end of the movie [[spoiler:Phillip's kingdom has integrated with the fairy kingdom from the first movie with all three races living in peace.]]

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** * ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' introduces an underground cavern where Dark Fey from all over the world hide from humans. By the end of the movie [[spoiler:Phillip's kingdom has integrated with the fairy kingdom from the first movie with all three races living in peace.]]


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* ''Film/RiddleOfFire'': Faery Hill Forest is a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane version. Most obvious is the name. The Enchanted Blade Gang go there on a vaguely magical hunt for the "King of the Forest." While there, Petal claims to a Fire Fairy. The main characters stop in a campsite that is filled with large, red-and-white mushrooms.
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* The Chinese MMORPG ''VideoGame/FlowerFairy'' takes place on the magical continent of Labelle, which is inhabited by fairies who love flowers. Labelle also appears in [[Animation/FlowerAngel the game's cartoon adaptation]], but typically not as the main setting since it focuses on Xia An'an and later Xiaoai, both of whom live in the human realm.

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* The Chinese MMORPG ''VideoGame/FlowerFairy'' ''VideoGame/LittleFlowerFairy'' takes place on the magical continent of Labelle, which is inhabited by fairies who love flowers. Labelle also appears in [[Animation/FlowerAngel the game's cartoon adaptation]], but typically not as the main setting since it focuses on Xia An'an and later Xiaoai, both of whom live in the human realm.
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* The Chinese MMORPG ''VideoGame/FlowerFairy'' takes place on the magical continent of Labelle, which is inhabited by fairies who love flowers. Labelle also appears in [[Animation/FlowerFairy the game's cartoon adaptation]], but typically not as the main setting since it focuses on Xia An'an and later Xiaoai, both of whom live in the human realm.

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* The Chinese MMORPG ''VideoGame/FlowerFairy'' takes place on the magical continent of Labelle, which is inhabited by fairies who love flowers. Labelle also appears in [[Animation/FlowerFairy [[Animation/FlowerAngel the game's cartoon adaptation]], but typically not as the main setting since it focuses on Xia An'an and later Xiaoai, both of whom live in the human realm.
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* Volume 9 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' takes place in the Ever After, the show's counterpart to Wonderland from ''Alice in Wonderland''. The residents of this land can be anything LightAndSofter Disneyfied versions of fairy tales to the very worst of TheFairFolk to something from a MushroomSamba, and where the rules governing everything from interpersonal relationships to life and death itself are very different from anything that Team RWBY know.

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* Volume 9 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' takes place in the Ever After, the show's counterpart to Wonderland from ''Alice in Wonderland''. The residents of this land can be anything LightAndSofter LighterAndSofter Disneyfied versions of fairy tales to the very worst of TheFairFolk to something from a MushroomSamba, and where the rules governing everything from interpersonal relationships to life and death itself are very different from anything that Team RWBY know.
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* Volume 9 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' takes place in the Ever After, the show's counterpart to Wonderland from ''Alice in Wonderland''. The residents of this land can be anything LightAndSofter Disneyfied versions of fairy tales to the very worst of TheFairFolk to something from a MushroomSamba, and where the rules governing everything from interpersonal relationships to life and death itself are very different from anything that Team RWBY know.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': Season 3 introduces Fairy Country; another dimension that can be entered through a Fairy Mound. The heart of this world is Fairy Isle, which is where the fairies themselves actually live and from whence all magical creatures came.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': One story chronicles Spectra being forcibly teleported to the Faewilds by her celestial patron to unwillingly complete a mission for him. It's portrayed as a dangerous and otherworldly forest plane populated with mischievous fairies and giant mushrooms.

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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': One story chronicles Spectra being forcibly teleported to the Faewilds by her celestial patron to unwillingly complete a mission for him. It's portrayed as a dangerous and otherworldly forest plane populated with mischievous fairies and giant mushrooms.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': One story chronicles Spectra being forcibly teleported to the Faewilds by her celestial patron to unwillingly complete a mission for him. It's portrayed as a dangerous and otherworldly forest plane populated with mischievous fairies and giant mushrooms.
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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Prythian is separated from the human realm by a magical barrier. The land is broken into various courts, ruled over by fae High Lords.
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* ''Comicbook/{{Multiversity}}'' lumps all DC's "whimsical" magic realms, and most of the magical realms seen in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' into the Dreaming. Naturally, this includes the Faerie Court, which is both. The symbol for the Dreaming on the official Map of the Multiverse is a winged fairy sitting on a toadstool.

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* ''Comicbook/{{Multiversity}}'' ''Comicbook/TheMultiversity'' lumps all DC's "whimsical" magic realms, and most of the magical realms seen in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' into the Dreaming. Naturally, this includes the Faerie Court, which is both. The symbol for the Dreaming on the official Map of the Multiverse is a winged fairy sitting on a toadstool.
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* ''Comicbook/{{Multiversity}}'' lumps all DC's "whimsical" magic realms, and most of the magical realms seen in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' into the Dreaming. Naturally, this includes the Faerie Court, which is both. The symbol for the Dreaming on the official Map of the Multiverse is a winged fairy sitting on a toadstool.
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* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', this is where Jenny's brother went, and where she is looking for him.

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* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's Ruth Frances Long's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', this is where Jenny's brother went, and where she is looking for him.
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* The MMORPG [=ALFheim =] Online that appears in the second story arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' counts, if the name didn't tip you off. It's called [=ALFheim=], the players are various races of Faerie, and the ultimate goal of the game is to meet the Faerie King and Queen.

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* The MMORPG [=ALFheim =] Online that appears in the second story arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' counts, if the name didn't tip you off. It's called [=ALFheim=], the players are various races of Faerie, and the ultimate goal of the game is to meet the Faerie King and Queen.
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* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' has the Summerlands, the last of the Faerie realms accessible to most fae after Oberon closed Deeper Faerie. There are also numerous ''knowes'', {{Pocket Dimension}}s in between the Summerlands and the mortal world.
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* The Feyn kingdom in ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'' is ruled by a Queen and King (she seems to be the one wearing pants in this relationship). It's technically part of DreamLand, but doesn't follow the normal DreamLand rules, and it can be accessed by special sort of portals.

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* The Feyn kingdom in ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'' is ruled by a Queen and King (she seems to be the one wearing pants in this relationship). It's technically part of DreamLand, but doesn't follow the normal DreamLand rules, and it can be accessed by special sort of portals. It's home to [[TheFairFolk the Feyn]], who ste... '''rescue''' children from the waking world, because they're sustained by human creativity.
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* The Feyn kingdom in ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'' is ruled by a Queen and King (she seems to be the one wearing pants in this relationship). It's technically part of DreamLand, but doesn't follow the normal DreamLand rules, and it can be accessed by special sort of portals.
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See also: SpiritWorld.
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* ''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation The SCP Foundation]]'' has the unnamed SCP in slot 4000, an extradimensional forest inhabited by strange creatures, with a complex series of rules to follow if you wish to escape alive and unchanged. The main ones are to [[IKnowYourTrueName not use or speak any name]] (including your own), [[BullyingADragon don't be rude to any of the natives]], and StayOnThePath.

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* ''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation ''[[Website/SCPFoundation The SCP Foundation]]'' has the unnamed SCP in slot 4000, an extradimensional forest inhabited by strange creatures, with a complex series of rules to follow if you wish to escape alive and unchanged. The main ones are to [[IKnowYourTrueName not use or speak any name]] (including your own), [[BullyingADragon don't be rude to any of the natives]], and StayOnThePath.

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* In "Literature/ChildeRowland", the eponymous hero ventures into the "land of Fairy", also called Elfland, to rescue his sister who has been kidnapped by the wicked King of Elfland.
* The Icelandic fairy tale "Literature/TheStoryOfKingOdd" involves an exile from the "Nether World", the Icelandic variant of Faerie.
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* In the fairy tale "Literature/ChildeRowland", the eponymous hero ventures into the "land of Fairy", also called Elfland, to rescue his sister who has been kidnapped by the wicked King of Elfland.
* The Icelandic fairy tale "Literature/TheStoryOfKingOdd" involves an exile from the "Nether World", the Icelandic variant of Faerie.
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* While many works by Creator/HollyBlack [[Literature/ModernFaerieTales deal]] [[Literature/TheDarkestPartOfTheForest with]] TheFairFolk, Literature/TheFolkOfTheAir trilogy is so far the only one that takes place almost entirely within Elfhame and focuses on the dangers a human faces while living in the FaerieCourt there.
* The elves in ''Literature/WhiteTrashWarlock'' live in a specific dimension of the [[EldritchLocation Other Side]] called Alfheimr.
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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has Faerie Britain, the location of the sixth Lostbelt. Its AlternateTimeline properties mucked about [[spoiler:with time travel courtesy of Morgan le Fay]] has given it far stranger properties than any other Lostbelt in the game. It runs on YearInsideHourOutside whereas every other Lostbelt was in sync with normal Earth time, has a far stranger barrier than the other Lostbelts with a wall of light, and actively has a connection to Proper Human History as things and people from regular human history just somehow drift into this different timeline permanently with no way back. It's populated primarily by faeries who rule over humans, which are treated as livestock, and there is a FaerieCourt ruled by Queen Morgan and the six clan heads who frequently squabble and grasp for power under her iron fist. The nation is frequently interchangeably referred to as Faerieland (in prophecy) and Faerie Britain (by various characters). It runs full tilt into FantasyKitchenSink as it treats beastmen, dwarves, elves, insects, centaurs, English pictsies and the like, and typical winged faeries all as different variations of the same species.

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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has Faerie Britain, the location of the sixth Lostbelt. Its AlternateTimeline properties mucked about [[spoiler:with time travel courtesy of Morgan le Fay]] has given it far stranger properties than any other Lostbelt in the game. It runs on YearInsideHourOutside whereas every other Lostbelt was in sync with normal Earth time, has a far stranger barrier than the other Lostbelts with a wall of light, and actively has a connection to Proper Human History as things and people from regular human history just somehow drift into this different timeline permanently with no way back. It's populated primarily by faeries who rule over humans, which are treated as livestock, and there is a FaerieCourt ruled by Queen Morgan and the six clan heads who frequently squabble and grasp for power under her iron fist. The nation is frequently interchangeably referred to as Faerieland (in prophecy) and Faerie Britain (by various characters). It runs full tilt into FantasyKitchenSink as it treats beastmen, dwarves, elves, insects, centaurs, English pictsies and the like, and typical winged faeries all as different variations of the same species. Because of how humans are generally treated, the human protagonists run into many issues with faeries who tend towards capriciously violent, starting with how the initially friendly faeries who take in some of the amnesiac heroes after getting split up in the Nameless Forest and lost their memories sees them as a delicious source of food to sustain themselves.
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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has Faerie Britain, the location of the sixth Lostbelt. Its AlternateTimeline properties mucked about [[spoiler:with time travel courtesy of Morgan le Fay]] has given it far stranger properties than any other Lostbelt in the game. It runs on YearInsideHourOutside whereas every other Lostbelt was in sync with normal Earth time, has a far stranger barrier than the other Lostbelts with a wall of light, and actively has a connection to Proper Human History as things and people from regular human history just somehow drift into this different timeline permanently with no way back. It's populated primarily by faeries who rule over humans, which are treated as livestock, and there is a FaerieCourt ruled by Queen Morgan and the six clan heads who frequently squabble and grasp for power under her iron fist. The nation is frequently interchangeably referred to as Faerieland (in prophecy) and Faerie Britain (by various characters). It runs full tilt into FantasyKitchenSink as it treats beastmen, dwarves, elves, insects, centaurs, English pictsies and the like, and typical winged faeries all as different variations of the same species.
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* Fairy World in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has the island of Avalon, which seems to exist as a PocketDimension accessible from any body of water if you know the right spell. [[YearOutsideHourInside One hour spent there takes up a whole day]] in the "real" world, [[spoiler:which is how some of the clan's old friends and family are still alive]]. It's the homeland of [[TheFairFolk the Third Race]], though when we first it they're not around; their king, [[PhysicalGod Oberon]], exiled everyone for 1,001 years, a term which ends during the series. Myth/KingArthur is also sleeping there, though Elisa wakes him to defend the island from [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]].

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* Fairy World in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents.'' It's more or less a FluffyCloudHeaven, connected to Earth via a [[RideTheRainbow rainbow bridge]] (though, as once {{Lampshaded}}, fairies can teleport and thus rarely use it).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has the island of Avalon, which seems to exist as a PocketDimension accessible from any body of water if you know the right spell. [[YearOutsideHourInside One hour spent there takes up a whole day]] in the "real" world, [[spoiler:which is how some of the clan's old friends and family are still alive]]. It's the homeland of [[TheFairFolk the Third Race]], though when we first see it they're not around; their king, [[PhysicalGod Oberon]], exiled everyone for 1,001 years, a term which ends during the series. Myth/KingArthur is also sleeping there, though Elisa wakes him to defend the island from [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has the land of Avalon, a magic-soaked island in AnotherDimension that can be accessed only through magic. [[YearOutsideHourInside 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 [[TheFairFolk the equivalent]] in this show. They're ruled by Lord Oberon, who overthrew the previous ruler ([[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Mab]], his mother).

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has the land island of Avalon, which seems to exist as a magic-soaked island in AnotherDimension that can be accessed only through magic. PocketDimension accessible from any body of water if you know the right spell. [[YearOutsideHourInside One hour spent there takes up a whole day]] in the "real" world. It world, [[spoiler:which is how some of the clan's old friends and family are still alive]]. It's 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 [[TheFairFolk the equivalent]] in this show. They're ruled by Lord Oberon, who overthrew Third Race]], though when we first it they're not around; their king, [[PhysicalGod Oberon]], exiled everyone for 1,001 years, a term which ends during the previous ruler ([[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Mab]], his mother).series. Myth/KingArthur is also sleeping there, though Elisa wakes him to defend the island from [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]].
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* Creator/DianeDuane puts an interesting spin on Faerie in ''Stealing the Elf-King's Roses''. Here, it is called Alfheim and an AlternateUniverse version of Earth, but not medieval at all. Actually, of all the seven known parallel universe earths, Alfheim is one of the two most technologically advanced ones next to Xaihon. It is ruled by a king, accessed by high-tech gating facilities and [[TheFairFolk no one really trusts the elves]], who are as open, transparent and welcoming of visitors as, say, North Korea. [[spoiler:Turns out, for good reason. When they allow some visitors, it eventually comes to light that they heavily employ {{Glamour}}s over whole cities (though they, in turn, have understandable reasons for their deception). Also, Alfheim is [[GeniusLoci somewhat sentient]], allows everyone, depending on their talent and lineage, to be [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]] to varying extents (enabling the Glamour) and the king is a downright FisherKing. Plus AllMythsAreTrue applies for several of the parallel worlds, but particularily for Alfheim and Midgarth.]]

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* Creator/DianeDuane puts an interesting spin on Faerie in ''Stealing the Elf-King's Roses''. Here, it is called Alfheim and an AlternateUniverse version of Earth, but not medieval at all. Actually, of all the seven known parallel universe earths, Alfheim is one of the two most technologically advanced ones next to Xaihon. It is ruled by a king, accessed by high-tech gating facilities and [[TheFairFolk no one really trusts the elves]], who are as open, transparent and welcoming of visitors as, say, North Korea. [[spoiler:Turns out, for good reason. When they allow some visitors, it eventually comes to light that they heavily employ {{Glamour}}s over whole cities (though they, in turn, have understandable reasons for their deception). Also, Alfheim is [[GeniusLoci somewhat sentient]], allows everyone, depending on their talent and lineage, to be [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]] {{Reality Warper}}s to varying extents (enabling the Glamour) and the king is a downright FisherKing. Plus AllMythsAreTrue applies for several of the parallel worlds, but particularily for Alfheim and Midgarth.]]



* [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] series ''Series/DieLieweHeksie'' was a TV childrens' show based on the adventures of a witch who dwells in the summer country of Bloemmieland (Land of Flowers) combatting the schemes of the barren winterland of Gifappeltjieland (The Poisoned-Apple Country). These are the two opposing sides of Faerie.

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* [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n series ''Series/DieLieweHeksie'' was a TV childrens' show based on the adventures of a witch who dwells in the summer country of Bloemmieland (Land of Flowers) combatting the schemes of the barren winterland of Gifappeltjieland (The Poisoned-Apple Country). These are the two opposing sides of Faerie.



* ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Gensokyo]]'', the "Land of Illusions", has shades of this. Subverted in that the actual fairies present are near the bottom of the hierarchy of power.

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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Gensokyo]]'', ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s Gensokyo, the "Land of Illusions", has shades of this. Subverted in that the actual fairies present are near the bottom of the hierarchy of power.

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* It is stuck in MedievalStasis. Or, potentially, some earlier time.

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* It is stuck in MedievalStasis. Or, MedievalStasis or, potentially, some earlier time.time.
* Nature is often wilder and more vivid than in the human world. Mountains are taller, trees more majestic, flowers more fragrant, and mythical and fantastical creatures roam the land. The EnchantedForest is a common sight in Fairyland, if the entire setting isn't one such forest to begin with.



*** [[TheLostWoods Lothlórien]] bears many of the traits of Land Of Faerie, being a place no [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] [[OurOrcsAreDifferent creatures]] can enter, where [[YearOutsideHourInside time passes more slowly inside than outside]], and is ruled by the most powerful elves still on Middle Earth, one of whom possesses a RingOfPower. It is also feared by dwarves and men.

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*** [[TheLostWoods [[EnchantedForest Lothlórien]] bears many of the traits of Land Of Faerie, being a place no [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] [[OurOrcsAreDifferent creatures]] can enter, where [[YearOutsideHourInside time passes more slowly inside than outside]], and is ruled by the most powerful elves still on Middle Earth, one of whom possesses a RingOfPower. It is also feared by dwarves and men.



* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' book ''Foxglove Summer'', Peter gets taken into Fairyland from Herefordshire. It has the same basic landscape, except there are no villages, the old English forests still stretch as far as the eye can see, and even the Roman road is just a slight scar on the landscape. TheFairFolk, who seemed impossibly perfect inhuman beings in the real world, seem more human and "real" on their own turf... which only makes them more scary.

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* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' book ''Foxglove Summer'', Peter gets taken into Fairyland from Herefordshire. It has the same basic landscape, except there are no villages, the old English forests still stretch as far as the eye can see, and even the Roman road is just a slight scar on the landscape. TheFairFolk, who seemed impossibly perfect inhuman beings in the real world, seem more human and "real" on their own turf... which only makes them more scary.
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** Faerie, also called Arcadia, Avalon, Hy Brasill, Lyonesse, and the Fair Lands of the West, is an Ethereal domain that serves as a refuge for the various Anglo-Celtic fey, nature spirits and gods that were driven into the Far Marches during the Purity Crusade.

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** Faerie, also called Arcadia, Avalon, Hy Brasill, Lyonesse, and the Fair Lands of the West, is an Ethereal domain -- one of the constructed realms made by powerful spirits in the Ethereal realm, the world of dreams and manifest archetypes -- that serves as a refuge for the various Anglo-Celtic fey, nature spirits and gods that were driven into the Far Marches during the Purity Crusade.

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