Fairy
- "Faerie" redirects here. For the music track, see Faerie (music track).
| File:Fairy.png | |
| Release date | 27 February 2002 (Update) |
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| Race | Fairy |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Zanaris |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Female |
| Examine | A delicate creature from this strange realm. |
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| Release date | 11 July 2006 (Update) |
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| Race | Fairy |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Fairy Resistance Hideout |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Female |
| Examine | That arm looks sore. |
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| File:Fairy (armless).png | |
| Release date | 11 July 2006 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Fairy |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Fairy Resistance Hideout |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Female |
| Examine | It's just a flesh wound. |
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| File:Fairy (broken leg).png | |
| Release date | 11 July 2006 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Fairy |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Fairy Resistance Hideout |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Female |
| Examine | If she wasn't flying she'd have a limp. |
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| File:Fairy (injured head).png | |
| Release date | 11 July 2006 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Fairy |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Fairy Resistance Hideout |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Female |
| Examine | A head-banger. |
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The Fairies are a small race of winged humanoids that occupy Zanaris, along with the Mindslayers and Otherworldly beings. Although they resemble small humans, they are not too dissimilar from bugs, with their quick beating wings, antennae and wide eyes. The Fairies rarely travel to the plane of Gielinor, but they do maintain a significant amount of influence on the plane's weather and magic. They instead prefer to remain in their kingdom of Zanaris, being co-ordinated jobs by the Co-ordinator. They have, however, established connection to many other realms besides Gielinor; such as the Cosmic Plane, the Abyss, the Gorak Plane and the Ork Realm. They have lived in Zanaris for a long time, since before the God Wars, but they are not native to the plane.
Instead, the Faries found Zanaris a long time ago. It has since been described as 'the nexus of all planes' by the Co-ordinator and Fairy Godfather. Zanaris is an extremely old place, and was here long before the fairies came to live there with many dormant magical properties, such as those of the ability to jump between planes using a powerful portal that had been sealed for centuries, but the Fairy Queen harnessed the magic and used it to create the network of fairy rings, though not as powerful as the Portal would have been.
Fairies are responsible for most of the (non-rune) magic. They are also responsible for keeping the seasons, creation, and even the balance of the worlds intact. That is not to say that all fairies are good however, as some, such as the Fairy Godfather, have been known to conspire with orks.
Fairies appear to live in the air and fly around frequently. They rely heavily on magic and delight in mischief. Fairies are mysterious to outsiders, who know little of their culture and history. Indeed, many of the other mortal races would happily deny the existence of this tiny race, as most believe fairies are imaginary creatures. They seem to have some relation to the Pixie race. The Fairies also seem to be a female-dominated race.
List of fairies
- Fairy Godfather, the ruler of Zanaris when the Fairy Queen is absent.
- Slim Louie, a bodyguard of the Fairy Godfather.
- Fat Rocco, a bodyguard of the Fairy Godfather.
- Fairy Queen, rules Zanaris and the fairies.
- Fairy Nuff, the healer.
- Fairy Very Wise, the advisor of the Fairy Queen.
- Tooth Fairy, supporter of the Fairy Queen, collects teeth.
- Co-ordinator, controls the weather of RuneScape.
- Fairy Fixit, a fairy that fixes various things.
- Chaeldar, fourth most-advanced slayer master in RuneScape.
- Fairy Aeryka, likes to fly above the wheat field.
- Fairy shopkeeper, owns the Zanaris general store.
- Fairy banker, assists you in the bank.
- Fairy chef, has some delicious chocolate bar in her kitchen.
- Jukat, selling Dragon weapons in the market area.
- Lunderwin, buying cabbages in the market area.
Quests
The fairies are involved with the following quests;
- Lost City
- Fairytale I - Growing Pains
- Fairytale II - Cure a Queen
- Fairytale III - Battle at Orks Rift
Trivia
- During the Quest "A Fairy Tale Part II" players will encounter a fairy who has lost one of her arms, of which the examine info is "It's just a flesh wound." This refers to the black knight's famous quote in Monty Python's Holy Grail.
- Fairies seem to been similar to Pixies, and it has been hinted in the past that the two species may be connected.
- While Zanaris and its inhabitants were graphically updated on 13 May 2010, five NPCs were still sporting their old graphics: the Fairy shopkeeper, Jukat, Lunderwin, Irksol, and the fairy who guards the Al Kharid fairy ring. These five were later graphically updated on 27 May 2010.
- It's currently unknown if Fairies worship a god(dess) or not, but at the banner of the Gielinor Games a fairy carries a banner with the symbol of Guthix on it. Hinting that if they would worship any god(dess) at all, it might be Guthix.