Time of the Faeries Blog

What is a Phelan?

Five faeries did not escape into Twilight.  They vanished into the forest not to be seen again as they were.  For thousands of years, they kept the forms of wild wolves, roaming the forests and keeping together in a pack, hiding from the ever changing world.  When civilization grew around them, they turned into the form that was closest to their wolf kin, stray canines.

As dogs, they could travel among the humans and thrive with a new sense of freedom.  They take what they wanted, get what they wanted from others, and steal the rest.  It soon became advantageous to reform into a humanoid form.  When the five Phelans shifted, they choose a new gender to match their evolved masculine energy and the first male faeries were born.

What is a Nephilim?

The price for an Angel leaving Eve’n is to lose one’s own identity and memory.  Some Angels choose to rebel against what they consider to be an obsolete system, fall to Earth, leaving behind all they were in hopes of rediscovering a better way.  The reality is a harsh one.

These Fallen Angels, called Nephilim, have to start anew, orphaned and amnesiac.  They are part mortal, bound to live out their lives in the world of humans.  Many end up lost souls, haunted, and tormented by the dark memories that exist only on the tips of their dreams.

What is a modern faerie?

It took time, lots of time, but a few street faeries began to connect with humans again.  They began to understand the modern world, and learn how to work within the confines, the potential, and the power of the urban world.  They sense the energy in neon lights, the connection in the wireless air, the beat of mp3s.  Faeries slowly began to dance to the rhythm of midnight traffic and fly on the heat from black tarmac. 

Their tattered wings grew strong again.  Their rags transformed into micro-mini skirts with coordinating boots and jackets.  The faeries, in all their glory and mischief, were back and ready to inspire humans once again.

What is a street faerie?

Upon their return to the modern world, the faeries of yesteryear were stupified by the reality of the modern world, rampant commercialism that focuses on self-indulgence, technology run amuck with no regards to the natural world, parking lots where trees used to be, oil slicks on the surface of once pristine waves, humans with little sense of magick, or even hope. 

The faeries, like many humans, feel out of place and disconnected from their old powers.  Their wings become tattered, their clothing even worse, as they quickly lose hope.  They struggle on the streets of the urban cities, doing what they can to survive, plying small tricks to feel that sense of connection to humanity, grinding their wings to dust and snorting it up again to feel magick.  They become indistinguishable from other young girls, equally abandoned by the modern world, walking the streets, homeless.

What is a faerie?

A faerie is an energy being descended from starlight, charged with watching over sentient beings and inspiring their evolution.  They are simply a glimmer of light, with no actual body.  They use illusions to take the form of humans so that humans can relate with them.  Only when absolutely necessary, when they have to physically interact with the world around them, do they become corporeal.

Their wings and clothing reflect their mood, a way for faeries to create their own identities.

They have been around for as long as humans have.

Afterlight: Character Preview Book – Limited Edition – PRE-ORDER

We are very excited to announce the completion of our Afterlight: Character Preview Book!  If you’re our facebook fan, you’ve had a chance to order it already.  If not, here’s your chance now to reserve your copy.  We have 45 of 125 copies left.  I really don’t think there will be any left by the time of its release on September 13.  How exciting!

This is a LIMITED EDITION art book, with only 125 copies in existence.
Contains character profiles and an excerpt from The Afterlight: End of the World, vol. 1
32 pages of art.

Comes numbered and with a certificate of authenticity signed by the author.

PRE-ORDER to reserve your copy of this limited edition book. Once it sells out, it’s gone and it is expected to sell fast. SHIPPING will be September 13, 2010.

To order, visit our Time of the Faeries online store.

Here is artist Joseph Corsentino with the Afterlight: Character Preview Book.

Third Wave of TOTF: Afterlight Characters!

We have three more Time of the Faeries: The Afterlight characters to introduce to you today.  You will get to know these characters more in The Afterlight graphic novel, volume 1.

Work on the graphic novel itself is well underway.  Joseph Corsentino has to take a short pause from our Afterlight work to create the 2011 Time of the Faeries calendar!  Be sure to keep an eye out for the calendar and grab twelve prints for the price of one!

As usual, you can always get  Time of the Faeries prints at http://www.timeofthefaeries.com/store.  We now have almost 50 prints posted on the store.  Every month, we rotate in new prints and take out new prints, so come back often.

First, we have Anavere, an Angel who has seen too much and have done worse.  Somewhere inside her mad mind is a terrible secret.

Second, we have Crazy Rich.  Dangerous?  Or just dangerously loud-mouthed?

Finally, we are thrilled to re-introduce you to Inanna, beautiful and powerful, perhaps one of the most powerful of the Angelic legions.  Yet, she holds no love for humans.

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Start of Summer Sale! – 20% off Everything

Did you know Summer is starting soon?  Monday, June 21, 2010 is the start of summer, and oh, how LOVELY it is to celebrate warm breezes, days at the beach, and night time strolls with your loved ones. 

Let’s kick it off with a Summer Sale of 20% off everything at the Time of the Faeries online store!

From June 21 to July 1, everything is 20% off. 

We have new faeries, angels, and vampires, as well as old favorites.  If you don’t already have the Time of the Faeries book, now is a good time to grab a copy.  Also, for the first time ever, to start your Time of the Faeries collection, we are offering the Time of the Faeries book and three 8.5×11 prints as a package for only $50!  That’s $30 off the regular retail price. 

This Starter Pack is only available during the Start of Summer Sale.

You will not see the sale online until June 21, so be sure to visit then to grab your discount!

Faerie Glyphs Tattoos – FREE!

Want to get a Faerie tattoo?

Lately, we have a lot of people interested in getting Time of the Faeries glyphs as tattoos.  We are thrilled and honored!  To that end, Joseph has created a definitive sheet of Time of the Faeries glyphs with names and/or description.

Tattoos include “Peace”, “Evolution”, “Magick” and “Wild”.

You are welcome to print the sheet out and use.  You are free to pass it along to friends and strangers.  But please be respectful of our copyrights.  You may not sell these symbols or claim them as your own.  Thank you and enjoy!

A Kai-fire Concept

“We may look like you but trust when we say we are nothing like you.”

This angel photo is a test, a concept image for what the energy known as “Kai” will look like in the Time of the Faeries: Afterlight graphic novel.  The glyph on her arm is the Kai symbol itself.

Kai is the energy that all faeries and angels use.  It is their blood, their life, and their existence itself.  Kai is created by the life energy of the world, the dynamic ability of life to change and evolve.  When all life dies, Kai ends, and soon after, the faeries.

While Kai is what gives life to faeries, it’s humans who generate the most Kai, because it’s humans who affect the world the most around us.

When you fall in love, you create Kai.  When you strive to change the world, you create Kai.  When you write a novel the world has never seen before, you create Kai.  When you look at the clouds and see roses and go home to share it with a friend, you create Kai. 

Faeries exist because humans have the power to move the world.  But what happens when humans are gone?