Ah My Goddess Fan Fiction ❯ The Secret of the Fae ❯ Author's Note - Introduction ( Prologue )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Introduction

My third update to the Author's Note of "The Secret of the Fae"! Yes,
I'm obsessed. For some reason, I just like updating when the previous
one becomes outdated.

First of all, an introduction to the fic you are (hopefully) about to
read. "The Secret of the Fae" is an Oh My Goddess! A/U that introduces
a lot of characters into the OMG! world. It also takes the mainstays
of the series to a new world - the Fae realm.

Now, the Fae realm might invoke something very different in you than
what this fic will portray. And, of course, that's fine. But let's get
to know "my" Fae realm first.

With this realm, I was going for sort of a Middle Earthian feel. It's
a pretty vast place with different species, but is certainly not
written on a Tolkein-esque style or on such a grand scale. This change
of scenery and addition of lots of new characters that become just as
important as Keiichi and his friends may turn OMG! purists off. Which
might explain the lukewarm reaction I've gotten on FF.net compared to
here at MediaMiner. And, certainly, if you are only vaguely familiar
(or maybe not at all) with this anime, you can still enjoy this fic.

Now, onto some more about this Fae realm deal. Here is a little intor
to all the different species you'll be meeting throughout this fic.
The first half focuses a lot on the Faeries and the Goddesses (along
with the lone humans, Keiichi and Megumi), but the second half deals a
lot more with the Elf side of things.

Faeries - A bit different than what you might think. On the ground,
they can be just as tall, if not taller, than your average man. The
Faeries are the nicest, and supposedly most powerful, species in the
Fae realm. They are, generally, the most well-liked as well.

Elves - The Elves are pretty solitary and keep to themselves. But,
they have grown tired of the Fae realm as it is and feel the Faeries
have too much power. They plan to go to war with the Faeries. But, of
course, the rest of the realm gets involved to. This war is what this
fic deals with.

Pixies - There are two different types, or varieties, of Pixies. The
first, simply called Pixies, are stuck-up and keep to themselves in
much the same way as the Elves. The Nixies are the water-variety. They
live in small lakes and have Chimera-like skin. They're more
cooperative and have a reputation as being rebellious.

Gnomes - The Gnomes look like your garden-variety lawn gnome come to
life. They are very clever and shrewd. Can sometimes be protective and
short-tempered.

Dwarves - Dwarves aren't looked into as much in this installment of
TSoF. They pretty much do as the Gnomes do.

On another note, this is the first of at least three, maybe four,
installments of "The Secret of the Fae". I expect this one to be
around 20 chapters and an Epilogue.

That's all for this edition of Umi-chan's Author's Note, but expect
another update sometime during the writing of this fic!