Post by alysen on Jan 3, 2007 3:15:03 GMT -5
These small points of shimmering light used to delight in drawing humans into fairy lands to be lost, exposed to fae-time. They would then lead them back to their own world where the dazed human would find that decades or more had passed.
The Will-O-Wisps love nothing more than a good prank, and if the frail human happens to be hurt or loses his life in the midst of their fun, they will be saddened, but only because their game was cut so short. A common Will-O-Wisp proverb reads, “Fear not, another human lives just beyond the wood.”
Today these unusual creatures serve the Seelie court and are used as messengers between fae. Their light-source bodies are strangely cold to the touch and their tiny, high-pitched voices seem almost surreal when passing on horrible news.
Do these light-like creatures have their own court? Their own language? No one really knows...or seems to care. The majority opinion, in fact, is that the Will-O-Wisps may not even be sentient, but simply magically record what is said by one fae to repeat it back mindlessly when they reach the intended recipient.
The Will-O-Wisps love nothing more than a good prank, and if the frail human happens to be hurt or loses his life in the midst of their fun, they will be saddened, but only because their game was cut so short. A common Will-O-Wisp proverb reads, “Fear not, another human lives just beyond the wood.”
Today these unusual creatures serve the Seelie court and are used as messengers between fae. Their light-source bodies are strangely cold to the touch and their tiny, high-pitched voices seem almost surreal when passing on horrible news.
Do these light-like creatures have their own court? Their own language? No one really knows...or seems to care. The majority opinion, in fact, is that the Will-O-Wisps may not even be sentient, but simply magically record what is said by one fae to repeat it back mindlessly when they reach the intended recipient.