- “Have you ever wondered how nature gets its glow? Who gives it light and color as the seasons come and go? Who helps all creatures Great and small to walk? To swim? To fly? Who crafts such tiny details? You might see them if you try. For it's all the work of fairies, but they stay well out of sight. For the first time that baby laughs, a fairy's life takes flight.”
- ―The Narrator
Never fairies are beings native to Pixie Hollow whose main function is to change the seasons on the Mainland. They are the main characters in the Disney Fairies franchise.
Pixie Hollow's warm seasons are under the rule of Queen Clarion, and all warm fairies recognize her as their ruler. Alternatively, the Winter Woods are under Lord Milori's authority.
Story[]
The Never Fairies are mythological creatures responsible to watch over Nature on the Mainland, which happens to be the native home to "clumsy", human beings. They also perform talent-associated duties such as catching dots of light to feed fireflies or talking to animals in its native tongues. At first, only nature-talent fairies were allowed to visit the Mainland, but after the arrival of Tinker Bell, this former rule changed after she saved the preparations for Spring, Queen Clarion allowed any fairy or sparrowman to travel to the human domain along with nature-talent fairies.[1] They also change the seasons and continuosly helps Nature in many ways, while there. They are known to never interact with clumsies, though.[2]
Overview[]
Arrival[]
When a baby laughs for the first time, a fairy or sparrow man is born. The laugh blows away a dandelion seed, which is carried by the winds to Pixie Hollow. Once the seed carrying the laugh makes its way to the Pixie Dust Tree, a dust-keeper sprinkles Pixie Dust over it, causing it to turn into a fairy or sparrow man. This is an event called "The Arrival". Winter fairies (or winter-talents) are born if a laugh crosses the border into the Winter Woods, where Lord Milori rules.
Upon a fairy's arrival, Queen Clarion welcomes them and the ceremony to discover what talent they have takes place. She summon pedestals from which fairies from different talent guilds bring objects to symbolize their innate magical abilities. When the fairy approaches the the symbol of their talent it will glow, the brighter the symbol glows, the more naturally gifted the fairy or sparrow man are. Approaching any of the other symbols will cause them to fall from their pedestal. After the ceremony is over and the new fairy has discovered their talent, Queen Clarion gives them a proper name and they are initiated into a certain talent guild.
Fairies can have siblings if the laugh blows away into more than one fairy. They have wings that are exactly the same in their design and pattern. When they approach each other, their wings sparkle.
Physical appearance[]
The average Never fairy stands at five inches tall (12.7 cm). Each fairy's wing design is unique, there are no two that are exactly the same, with the exception of twins, two fairies born of the same laugh.
Fairies can appear to be of any ethnicity, although they usually have button noses and slanted eyes. In the films, however, it appears that some features and talents may be more likely to go together: for example, all Winter fairies tend to have either white or black hair, and many Light fairies have dark hair and skin.
Fairies clothes' are made out of nature materials, such as leaves and flower petals. Fairies wear clothing colored to the talent he or she belongs. Green for tinker fairies, red-pink for garden fairies, blue for water fairies, and so on. Zarina, as The Pirate Fairy, is the only fairy seen wearing non-natural clothing.
Talents[]
Each fairy or sparrowman is naturally gifted with a single, special talent. It reflects his or her most inner qualities and personality.
While all fairies have a talent, only those fairies who work closely with nature were allowed visit the Mainland while other fairies stayed in Pixie Hollow their whole lives. However, after the events of Tinker Bell (2008), they were allowed to visit the Mainland with others.
Fairies can even grow their own Pixie Dust Tree, although it requires a maple with the infusion of Blue Pixie dust at its core. If done properly, the enchanted maple will produce Pixie Dust the same way as the original Pixie Dust Tree, but as only is dropping inside it.
Pixie Dust Alchemy was created by an incredible gifted and powerful dust-keeper named Zarina, that can change the natural properties of the regular Pixie Dust, giving it another colors and powerful special properties associated with the talents, and can even change the natural talent that a fairy possess if sprinkled on them. When a fairy changes his/her talent, the only way to reverts back to their original is to be sprinkled with the dust related to it.
Fairy talents include, but are not limited to:
Talent | Powers | Responsibilities | Image |
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Tinker-talent | Tinker-talent fairies are skilled at using various tools to invent and fix things. | Tinker-talent fairies build things to help other fairies accomplish their own responsibilities more easily. | |
Water-talent | Water-talent fairies can manipulate water. They are able to control it in various ways, including forming it into various shapes, freezing it, boiling it, or using it to create fountains. | Water-talent fairies collect and redistribute water to where it is needed, such as putting dew drops on grass and spider webs. | |
Garden-talent | Garden-talent fairies can grow, control, and make bloom any vegetation in a matter of seconds. | Garden-talent fairies help plants grow. | |
Animal-talent | Animal-talent fairies have the unique ability to speak with any animal in its native tongue, whether it be a raccoon, bird, tree frog, or squirrel. They are extremely sensitive and can "read" an animal's thoughts or emotions. Like the animals they work with, animal-talent fairies have a keen sense of smell and excellent hearing. | Animal-talent fairies help raise baby animals, provide animals with guidance, and care for animals in distress. They know when an animal is frightened or sick and can tend to its needs to help it feel better. | |
Light-talent | Light-talent fairies can control and bend light at will, as well as control lights intensity. They may also look directly at the sun without burning their eyes. | Light-talent fairies move sunbeams into different positions, create rainbows, and capture and redistribute light to where it’s needed, such as in the tails of fireflies. | |
Fast-Flying-talent | Fast-Flying-talent fairies can control the air itself to create breezes, winds, and even whirlwinds. Fast-flyer fairies can also fly faster than any other creature or fairy. | Fast-Flying-talent fairies carry things on the wind, such as flower pollen. They also help new born laughs to Pixie Hollow. | |
Dust-talent | Dust-talent fairies are good at measuring quantities of Pixie Dust. | Dust-talent fairies collect Pixie Dust from the Pixie Dust tree and control the distribution of Pixie Dust rations. |
Winter Fairies possess talents that are unique to them and the season of Winter:
Weaknesses[]
- Water: Fairies cannot fly if their wings get wet, even with Pixie Dust. Even water fairies cannot fly if their wings are wet. Fairies can fly again once their wings dry off.
- Hawks: Hawks are fairies' natural predators and will chase and eats them as soon they are under their eye. Light-talent fairies such as Iridessa and sparrowmen could possibly use their innate gift for channeling sunbeams to scare away hawks and escapes them off, although it was not exhibited.
- Temperature Sensitivity:
- Cold: Non-winter fairies cannot be exposed to winter temperatures. The cold will freeze their wings, causing them to break, permanently depriving them of their ability to fly.
- Heat: Winter fairies cannot be exposed to warm temperatures. The heat will shrivel their wings, causing them to break, permanently depriving them of their ability to fly.
- Normally, there is no cure for a broken wing, however, when twin fairies align their wings, then the broken wing can be healed.
Society[]
Fairies attends many events, such as:
- The Arrival: When a fairy or sparrow man is born and discovers his or her talent.
- The Queen's Review: When Queen Clarion, with the help of the Minister of Spring, sees if anything is ready with spring a night before it is taken to the Mainland.
- Autumn Revelry: Performed in every eight years at the end of autumn on the Mainland, the Autumn Revelry is where dust-keeper fairies and the others gather Blue Pixie Dust to feed the Pixie Dust Tree. They also illuminates the sky with fireworks, train tadpoles to blow bubbles, and a storm of butterflies flies through the blue sparkling air.
- Pixie Hollow Games: A race where fairies competing against each other. Each competing guild is represented by two fairies: The leader and their partner. They must work as a team, and both must finish an event together to count. Precisely how fairies are usually chosen to enter the games isn't completely detailed. Chloe trained and volunteered to represent the garden-talent fairies, and when nobody else volunteered, a name was drawn from a basket to pick another at "random" - in reality, the basket only had Rosetta's name in it, as Rosetta had avoided competing in the game while her guild-mates had suffered humiliating defeats. The opening ceremonies take place at the Fairy Coliseum. The competitors enter the coliseum and are introduced to the spectators. Queen Clarion arrives to welcome the spectators and wish good luck to the competitors. Once the opening ceremonies are over, the first game begins. The games go on for three days, with one event on the first day, four events on the second day, and one event on the last day. The races are: Leapfrogging, Dragonfly. Water Skiing, Mouse Polo, Twig Spears, Teacup Challenge, and Derby Cart Race.
- Four Seasons Festival: The fairies make shows with their talents to represent each season of Pixie Hollow. This is the only event that Winter fairies attends on the warm side of Pixie Hollow.
Fairy Camp[]
Is several encampments that fairies lives temporarily through the Mainland in order to fulfill their duty to change the seasons. Their encampment is never abandoned, and there's always fairies coming and leaving. Tinker Bell describes one of it as "Every Pixie Hollow on a single tree."
The Seasonal Ministers[]
The four Seasonal Ministers are in charge of watching over their respective domain or realm in Pixie Hollow and overseeing common fairies working under their eye. They are the Minister of Spring, the Minister of Summer, the Minister of Autumn and the Minister of Winter. Despite their status, they are under the govern of Queen Clarion or Lord Milori and treats them with respect and loyalty.
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