Sprites can fly a short distance by powering their boots (this is a bit like having a running start anywhere in that it’s fine to get you going but you can’t keep it going forever). Fairies of course have wings but to fly any great distance takes time and a lot of physical and magical stamina so they too tend to use the spell or the trees. The skies can get congested at times. And there’s always the risk of crash landing on some unfortunate pedestrian below.
Arts play an important role in the Kingdom. The Grand Hall in the Palace is renowned for having the most gold objects anywhere in the magical realm so metal working is highly prized as any dwarf would tell you. The Queen is also proud of the ornate sculptured black entrance gates to the Palace and its massive ruby and sapphire main doors. There’s no shortage of work for jewellers in the Kingdom!
There are portraits focussing mainly on landscapes (and funnily enough none of the areas made barren by too much magical fighting, they seem to have been forgotten about for some reason). The Queen doesn’t have much time for music though fanfares accompany her wherever she goes so that may affect her attitude to brass band music. The populace at large know what they like. There are some galleries and libraries in the larger villages and towns though, as with other worlds, it does tend to be the la-di-da that visit them most.
There is a wide range of wildlife in the magical realm ranging from the classic mythical beasts like the dragons and unicorns to wildfowl similar to that found on earth. The main differences in the latter are that the Kingdom’s varieties tend to be much brighter coloured and they can fight back against almost any predator. Everything is affected by magic in the air in the realm so if some creature wants to eat the Kingdom equivalent of a mallard, it knows it has to be strong enough magically to take it or risk being blown to bits the moment the unfortunate prey enters the digestive tract.
Fresdian, later Rose, is the Kingdom’s expert on all things flora and fauna and has written several books adding to the realm’s general knowledge (though it doesn’t stop her being written off as an eccentric, which suits her quite well). The Kingdom’s wide range of terrains from mountains to deserts to swamps host a huge range of creatures, most of whom you don’t want to come across on a dark night, on any night come to that.
There is a wide range of wildlife in the magical realm ranging from the classic mythical beasts like the dragons and unicorns to wildfowl similar to that found on Earth. The main differences in the latter are that the Kingdom’s varieties tend to be much brighter coloured and they can fight back against almost any predator. Everything is affected by magic in the air in the realm so if some creature wants to eat the Kingdom equivalent of a mallard, it knows it has to be strong enough magically to take it or risk being blown to bits the moment the unfortunate prey enters the digestive tract.
Fresdian, later Rose, is the Kingdom’s expert on all things flora and fauna and has written several books adding to the realm’s general knowledge (though it doesn’t stop her being written off as an eccentric, which suits her). The Kingdom’s wide range of terrains from mountains to deserts to swamps host a huge range of creatures, most of whom you don’t want to come across on a dark night, or any night come to that.
Plant life varies greatly in the Kingdom too from huge trees to gorse like shrubs to flowers in every imaginable colour. There is no such thing as weeds (so in that respect Derek would consider the realm paradise) and every village and town takes great pride in ensuring their flowers are not only in bloom, they’re at least twice the size of their nearest neighbours.
The witch community is renowned for their herbal knowledge. The good witches use their knowledge to help others. The bad ones use their knowledge to brew poisons. Dwarves are wary of apples (and old women selling them even more so!) but fruit is grown in most areas similar to that found on Earth. They also have their own fruits, which tend to be luminous in colour,
heavily scented, and very juicy. The reason these haven’t been named is there’s disagreement
as to what they should be called given magical fruits have the nasty habit of changing shape
depending on how good or bad weather conditions were.