The Deareen

The Deareen are my world's version of the fey.

The Deareen were one of the many creatures born from the first plague of evil in Gensri after the lands fell.

Deareen is what the people of Eara call these beings, with the term Deareen meaning one who laughs.

They are named after this due to one of the most powerful Deareen on the fifth ring being seen as the predecessor of most of the world's Deareen, with few coming from other realms.

The Deareen themselves are formless, mostly taking on a fungal form to allow them to infect their host. This host is what they will inhabit for most of their time on that world, using it as a physical anchor for minds so they can interact with that world's living inhabitants.

Unlike the other children of the plague of evil, the Deareen are the ones that are the most neutral in the sense that they don't try to intentionally hurt humans or other creatures, with the few that do mostly being rare or some of the elders of the race. The Deareen, unlike normal fey, have a bit weirder fey wilds or realm of their own. Instead, this realm is the amalgamation of all the Deareen minds from across the universe, creating an ultimate hivemind. This hive mind is the source of their. Regarding innate abilities, the Deareen are seen as pseudo-reality warpers due to their large hive mind. They can't do miracles but can:

* Warp metals such as steel and gold but not angelic metals or alloys * Warp perception and feeling of another creature * Mess and alter an object's flow of time * Teleportation

All of the above are mostly determined by a Deareen's singular strength, which is mental. Unlike DND or some pieces of media, the Deareen are not ranked by age but by the power of the spark they hold.

The main thing about Deareen abilities is that a connection to the fey realm is needed, as it acts as a focus for the Deareen's legri, using a bit of other Deareens' minds to increase their presence within the universe.

A short description of what a spark is: it is the remnants of both light and darkness within a being.

So to actually gain strength, a Deareen must consume the darkness within a being. And this darkness is not necessarily evil; it is just the presence of the power of the Terrors(Evil gods) and doesn't mean much other than the balance of a being. Doing this increases Deareen's power by expanding the amount of negative spark or legri.

So, a short rundown of these beings is that they are body-hopping beings that rely on possession to gain a physical form and have a variety of supernatural abilities linked to the fey realm.

Hope you enjoyed the read, and comment below if you have any questions.