Faeries are much like bees in the magical world. They fester in a hive, spreading out and pestering the world individually, flying back to their nest to share tidbits of news from the wider world with their sisters.

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Sprites are the same, only wingless, and like ants in a hill.

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Infestations of these have taken root on the hills surrounding the Isle of Avalon, and Mortimer has a run-in with an angry little faerie who has an attitude and tries to get revenge.