| A dark fairy is the evil part of the fairy family. They | | | | Whereas good fairies will befriend a child, bad fairies |
| are considered to be changelings and steal people's | | | | are just the opposite. These dark magical creatures |
| souls. They despise those that interfere with their | | | | enjoy their solitude. They do not like humans, good |
| dealings. They have this terrible wail that can be heard | | | | fairies or anything else to do with positive and a |
| at the window when someone is going to die. | | | | healthy mindset. |
| These fairies originated in Ireland where the world is | | | | In a time long ago before humans, the Fairy culture |
| the darkest. There the forests are so dark, not even | | | | was split. There were those that love peace, nature |
| the light of the moon is allowed to penetrate. It is when | | | | and positive energy. On the other side there were |
| the night is the darkest where you will hear the dark | | | | fairies that enjoyed the chaos, tricks, bad intentions and |
| fairy's wail. | | | | war. These two fairy cultures could not live together |
| These fairies go by the name of Banshee. More than | | | | and soon split never to speak or engage each other |
| one dark fairy are called Banshees. They haunt | | | | ever again. |
| families and go about the country side combing their | | | | These dark creatures choose the night to thrive and |
| enchanted silver hair. Families often hear a Banshee | | | | also searched for power through evil spells and |
| wailing when one of their kin has passed on. | | | | trickery. Through this evil, they grew old and tired. |
| Evil Fairies can be found in fairy forts. These are old | | | | Wrinkles grew on their faces. Their bodies started to |
| circular homes that once belonged to Irish folk before | | | | thin. Their wings once long and beautiful started to |
| the onset of the Christian era. The countryside is full of | | | | shrink and become almost bone like. As the evil sweep |
| them. You can easily recognize them from the circular | | | | through them, their spirit was whisked away. Once a |
| stones lying among the grass. No man should enter the | | | | beautiful fairy, they were now just a shell of their |
| circle. Those that entered are cursed. Children who | | | | former selves. |
| play in these circles are also cursed. | | | | There was no spirit left in them, so they searched for |
| Bad fairies are not kind to those that get in their way. If | | | | humans to torment. They fed on the spiritual |
| you try to cross a dark fairy, be ready to be cursed | | | | nourishment, often leaving a human nervous and |
| and tormented. These fairies never forget a wrong | | | | scared. Bad luck starts to show itself and the family's |
| doing and will continue to haunt a family well after the | | | | health begins to decline. If the family does not act soon, |
| person who committed the offense is dead. Fairies | | | | the enchantment could be fatal. Families often called |
| believe the taint of one person is a taint upon the entire | | | | upon those of the village that know about this magic |
| family. Beware making this fatal mistake. | | | | and can help them turn away a fairy's taint. |
| Fairies of this sort, do not like to play with children. | | | | |