Twilight Fairy – My First Monster Manual

This installment of the My First Monster Manual blog series is the elusive Twilight Fairy named Madeleine.

Environment: Gardens, Forests and Wildflower fields.

Monster Type: Neutral

Color: Pale skin, black or grey wings, and light pastel hair.

Features: Tiny, long limbs, bat like wings, and extend claw like toes. 3/4 SBL

Abilities: Night vision, Shadow magic, flight, and lock picking.

Recommended Equipment: Gloves, Sweet Berries.

Introduction:

The Twilight Fairy is an elusive monster. They are nocturnal only coming out at night, using their shadow magic to stay hidden. Sightings are rare but they are known to become more active and visible during the full moon. They fly extremely fast and quiet. Being so stealthy they enjoy teasing locals and travelers with mischievous behavior. Using their long limbs and sharp toes they can pick any lock. Capturing one is nearly impossible. Breaking into things under lock and key is one of their favorite games. Their enjoy fresh fruits and berries. Though often solitary, a swarm can clear a whole field, orchard, or store house in a single night.

Investigation:

One morning, uncharacteristically, being such a tidy traveler, the contents of my assistant’s pack was strewn about our camp site. Upon inspection, we noticed marks and notes in a fae language had been added to our maps! A local’s field had a most sinister pumpkin head and what could only be interpreted as warnings. All over the woods around our camp were symbols for strawberries, orchids, a bee hive, and other such things. When asking for directions, a local farm hand warned us of demons in the woods. But we knew this was the work of a Twilight Fairy. It would be a full moon soon so we made our way to the most annotated strawberry icon newly added to our maps. We hoped it was our unexpected guest’s favorite and settled in for a long night.

Observations:

The wild strawberry bush we found was huge! We laid out a large blanket and picked the largest and juiciest strawberries. We piled them in the middle. As we waited, we poured three glasses of our sweetest wine, one for myself, one for my assistant, and one hopefully our nocturnal guest.
Our waiting was rewarded. In the moonlight, we noticed a shadowed movement on a larger strawberry. The wings lifted up revealing a beautiful ethereal creature with pale skin, pastel yellow hair, and clear green eyes. She was looking right at us. She introduced herself as Madeleine and congratulated us for finding her favorite full moon feasting spot. We could barely find any words to respond; but, we watched her diligently, observing her size and sharp toe like claws. She devoured the pile strawberries, guzzled the glass of wine to half and thanked us for the company. In a blink of an eye she disappeared, folding her wings around her and flying off into the night.

Conclusion:

Although beautiful and mesmerizing, Twilight Fairies have a reputation of being dangerous tricksters. Madeleine’s mischief was informative. She was also rather polite although a messy eater. When asked about the pumpkin warning she was most adamant about a terrible monster, and guests were not welcomed there. That, of course, only piqued our interests more.

About:

The Twilight Fairy is part of our “My First Monster Manual” blog series where we will feature each of the monsters we are considering for inclusion in our new children’s book. Click here to learn more info on My First Monster Manual.

Artist: Daniel Johnson – squaredmotion.com