Race:Great Fairy

Great Fairy is a playable race on Hyrule Castle. As one of the seven elite races, a player must acquire a Race License specifically for this race to create a Great Fairy character.

Canonically, Great Fairies made their debut in the first Legend of Zelda game, and have made a reappearance in most games since.

Character Creation Brief

Ascending from the state of a common, tiny Fairy into a transcendent and highly-magical form, Great Fairies are legendary creatures. They are best known for their amazing healing abilities, and considerable skill with magic. A Great Fairy is usually female, with an appearance similar to that of a Hylian woman. A Great Fairy can usually be identified by having brightly or unusually colored hair and eyes. She often, but not always, has majestic butterfly-like wings coming from her back, though these serve a mostly decorative purpose. Some Hylians often remark on the race's feminine beauty, in the rare instances one of them sees a Great Fairy.

Indeed, Great Fairies are rare as they are elusive, and usually spend little time intermingling with other races outside of Kokiri Forest. They have a general understanding that, although other races have no particular ill will against them, such beings aren't ready to intermingle with what they perceive to be a Great Fairy. As such, a Great Fairy will usually go out of her way to guise herself as a Hylian in public places.

A Great Fairy begins with a PWC of 1/3/1, having a 3 in Wisdom. This starting PWC can be defied by using the Exception racial perk during character creation, but even with it, a Great Fairy can never be created with a Wisdom below 2.

A Great Fairy has an innate racial perk called Fairy Magic, which makes it a bit easier for her to learn certain spells, but gives her a weakness to Shadow damage. In addition to this, a Great Fairy character can have up to three additional racial perks of choice. In addition to the general perks available to every race, a Great Fairy can also choose from:

• Fairy Companion: the Great Fairy gains a companion, of the more common "Tiny Fairy" variety
• Fairy Tears: a powerful spell which can fully heal another being, but renders the Great Fairy into a comatose state for hours
• Fairy Split: a defensive technique which can split the Great Fairy into six Stray Fairies upon taking a moderately damaging blow. Great Fairies cannot reform if they have less than three strays, and these strays cannot use treasures (with the exception of Hover. Counts as two racial perks instead of one.
• Four-Armed: an unusual trait held by some Great Fairies, which gives them four arms instead of two; this counts as two Racial Perks instead of one.
• Gift of Light: a trait which makes it easier for the Great Fairy to gain Light-based treasures
• Hover: a spell enabling the Great Fairy to levitate a short distance above ground
• Language of Flora: a useful spell which enables the Great Fairy to communicate with plant life
• Magic Proficiency: a trait which enables the Great Fairy to start with more Wisdom-based treasures

Physiology

While not vital information, the following includes further detail on the race's appearance and biology.

Common Fairies, also known as "Tiny Fairies," appear from a distance as small floating orbs of light with wings. A closer view reveals them to be actually be glowing, winged Hylian-like creatures of tiny size--size comparable to the mysterious Picori race. Though their shape is similar to Hylians, Fairies often have exotically, brightly colored hair and eyes, and may have unusually colored skin as well. Most Fairies will forever remain in this form: small, but flying with ease at great speeds, and with magical power comparable to a skilled Hylian. The rare few will either strive vigorously to enhance their innate magical power, gain the boon of a deity, or inherit the power of a deceased Great Fairy to evolve beyond this tiny form. Those who undergo this evolution will grow greatly in size, and unlock profoundly deeper potential for magical power, becoming a legendary race of beings known as Great Fairies. Most common Fairies never even dream of undergoing this evolution. It requires proving oneself beyond compare to a powerful being, or unlocking magical secrets which not even most Fairies can begin to understand. As such, most Great Fairies are either so benevolent as to be considered saints, or extremely driven and self-righteous.

A newborn Fairy can be created by a powerful magical spell, usually only cast by Great Fairies, or powerful entities such as the Great Deku Tree. A Fairy is "born" with intelligence and mental capabilities comparable to a young adult, and a physical form which resembles a tiny Hylian who has just entered adulthood, typically wearing little to no clothing, but occasionally a feminine dress of some kind. They are almost universally female, with males being a rarity. A Fairy never appears to age, retaining a similar appearance of a young adult for its entire life. Despite this, a typical Tiny Fairy rarely lives to exceed 100 years of age. A Great Fairy, however, can supposedly live for hundreds of years, potentially older than any race that isn't undead.

When a Fairy ascends into being a Great Fairy, her form will always grow, usually to size comparable to a Hylian, but occasionally larger or smaller. Sometimes the Fairy will lose her wings, but if she doesn't, they become mostly appendages, as her form as become too large and heavy to sustain flight with them. Instead, many Great Fairies may fly with more magical means. If a Great Fairy ascends due to unusual circumstances, her appearance can change considerably, usually to a bizarre and beautiful form which resembles no other creatures.

Culture & History

While not vital information, the following includes further detail on the race's origins, development, and society.

It is unknown how Fairies as a whole truly originated, or who originally conceived the spells which bring them into existence. Though some Great Fairies revere a powerful being known as the Fairy Queen, and suspect she has created the original Fairies, most or perhaps all Fairies have no proof she even exists. Like most beings created through magic, Fairies have no collective society across their entire race, and have a largely unknown history.

The most populous gathering of Fairies can be found in the depths of Kokiri Forest. Here, the Great Deku Tree has long summoned Fairies to serve as the guides and companions of young Kokiri. Rarely, Fairies have abandoned their Kokiri charge, or the Kokiri was taken from the Fairy prematurely. In these odd occurrences, the Fairy is usually set free. Some stay within the forest, and may try to find a new Kokiri companion, while others venture out into the rest of Hyrule.

Most other Fairies live alone in desolate regions, or in small tightly-knit communities centered around one Great Fairy who created common Fairies to keep her company. They are well-known for inhabiting secretive fountains, often hidden in regions only the most curious of travelers would ever explore. Fairies--particularly Great Fairies--have a general understanding that, although other races have no particular ill will against them, they aren't ready to intermingle with what they perceive to be a Great Fairy. As such, a Great Fairy will usually go out of her way to hide her wings in towns or other public places, only revealing her true origins and powers to those they trust.

Although a traveling Great Fairy is rare, one who does either spreads good will with her healing powers and wisdom, or seeks only to expand her already impressive skill with magic.