Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound

• if claimed as a guest, the fae couldn't do anything bad to you without challenging the host

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• the fae are whimsically evil-which means if you annoy them, you are likely to cease to exist–or wish that you might cease to exist Chat 2007-08-25
• the fae were not happy with the wolves decision to come out to the public; they'd just gotten the humans to calm down about the fae–they were worried that the wolves revelation would stir things up again Chat 2007-08-25

Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called

• fae don't like it if they thing you've lied to them
• the wrong kind of fae will take your thanks as an admission that you feel obligated to them. Which means that you must then do whatever they ask¹⁵⁴
• crosses can be used against some of the nastier fae¹⁵⁷
• prayer has some effect on some of the oldest of the dark fae¹⁵⁸
• most fae are very sensitive to iron
• fae are right; forensics, satellite surveillance, and digital cameras are making the keeping of secrets hard
• older fae generally amass some wealth

Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound

• the fae don't like the police prying into their business¹²⁴
• the fae weren't very organized, and tended to ignore other people's problems¹²⁴
• the police were responsible for keeping the peace when they only knew the things that the fae wanted them to know
• the fae aren't as gentle or powerless as they try to let on¹²⁶
• never put yourself in a position where harm to you would make the fae community safer; it's not in their best interest to harm anyone
• be careful not to make yourself a threat to them
• Weather was a Great Magic, not something that most fae had the power to alter
• fae like big vehicles

Mercy Thompson Series #3: Iron Kissed

• most fae lived among humans under their glamour
• people are not ready to deal with the fae's true appearance
• some of them looked human, but they also don't age
• the fae are a vengeance hungry race⁶³
• sometimes talking about the fae too directly lets them listen in²⁹
• old creatures revert to older laws when push comes to shove⁴⁴
• fae are not able to tell a lie…but truth and honesty are rather different¹⁰
• they are very good at making you think they are saying one thing, when they mean another, but they cannot lie⁶⁴
• they can do the damnedest things with the truth, but they cannot lie⁶⁴
• the fae are not fond of attracting outside attention; it can be dangerous for everyone⁶²
• they are also quite aware of the way most humans, including the Feds, feel about them; 'the only good fae is a dead fae' mentality is quite prevalent⁶²
• a lot of fae in the rez, if left to their preferred diets, would happily eat people…especially children⁶⁴
• fae who are suspected of crimes tend not to survive to need lawyers⁴⁷
• the fae need humans; pure fae do not breed easily, if at all; they need to intermarry in order to keep their race going and they hate humanity for that most of all; they are proud and arrogant and they hate humans because they need them¹³⁴
• a fae doesn't consort with the enemy²¹⁵
• the fae are a secretive people, and even the risk of disobeying the Gray Lords' orders in not worth giving up all our their secrets²¹⁵
• there are few fae with good noses; so with glamour less effort is spent there and more on other senses

Mercy Thompson Series #4: Bone Crossed

• you didn't ask for favors from the fae–not only was it dangerous, but they tended to take offense³⁹
• they smell like the four elements that the old philosophers proposed: earth, air, fire, and water, with a healthy does of magic⁸⁶

Mercy Thompson Series #5: Silver Borne

• officially, all the fae are out to the public and have been for a long time; but the truth is that the Gray Lords have been very selective about which of them the public gets to know about and which ones might upset the public⁰⁷
• fae don't lie⁰⁸
• thanking a fae implies that you feel indebted, and being indebted to a fae is a very bad thing⁰⁸
• most fae smell like of the elements the old alchemists claimed made up the universe – earth, air, fire, and water; never more than one¹²³
• not clear if fae can figure out if someone is lying as we as the werewolves can, but any group that has a prohibition against lying that is as stringent as the fae's probably has a method to detect when it happens¹²⁵
• a lot of fae are predators by nature, and among the things they like to eat are people¹⁵⁷
• not all fae have their organs in exactly the same places that humans do¹⁵⁸
• some of the fae bleed odd colors¹⁵⁹
• most fae gifts are mixed blessings¹⁷²
• fae often say things that sound odd to human ears¹⁹²

Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked

• fae have been out since the 1980's²²
• despite rumour, the fae have no trouble going into a church of whatever denomination or religion³⁰
• it's the steel that early Christian church brought along with it that was deadly to the fae, not Christianity itself – though sometimes the fae forget that part³⁰
• fae never give you anything for nothing⁷⁷

Mercy Thompson Series #7: Frost Burned

Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken

Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched

• some of the fae have favorite glamours they wear, visual impressions are not a definitive way to recognize a fae²⁰¹
• scent is much more difficult for them to change²⁰¹

Mercy Thompson Series #10: Silence Fallen

Mercy Thompson Series #11: Storm Cursed

Mercy Thompson Series #12: Smoke Bitten

Alpha & Omega Series #2: Hunting Ground

• with a fae it was always a good policy to bring an extra gift in lieu of a “thank you”. Saying those words could be dangerous, as some fae took them to be an admission of obligation³³
• they are cursed with the love of beautiful things and no ability to create them. Not all fae, of course. But many of those that are most deeply steeped in magic give up creative abilities of all kinds⁴⁴
• it's not difficult to offend most fae⁵²
• staying on the right side of the fae is an interesting dance⁵²

* from 1908 until a few years ago, it was the policy of the Gray Lords, to find fae of scarce but useful types and force them to marry and interbreed with humans since humans breed much more rapidly than the fae do¹²⁵