After many years of writing The Dark Fey trilogy, I’ve finally be able to bring the Reviled to life visually. This Dark One’s name is Brahvys. He’s seen many years as a Dark Fey and has learned to survive, but the anguish he carries is written on his every feature.
About Dark Fey
Because the Reviled live in the dark realm of the Uunglarda, where all light, water, food, and the very air are tainted with pollutants, their bodies also mutate. Though the Fey of the Light have beautiful feathered wings, in the darkness, they transform into dragonhide with barbs and spines. Horns grow as a result of stress, and the eyes turn crimson. Most Reviled Fey have pale skin due to the lack of nutrients and sunlight. The Reviled, or by their own name, the Dlalth, are often scarred, maimed, or tattooed from years of abuse.
All Fey are born with special abilities or gifts, such as telepathy, empathy, discernment, or the ability to dream walk. Many also have a gift of magic, though not all, such as spell-casting, enchantment, light bending, or element-wielding. While the Fey of the Light are beautiful and live harmoniously, the Reviled Fey are the opposite; they revere darkness and fill their lives with cruelty and evil, but all Reviled Fey begin their lives as Fey of the Light. The change comes only if they are abducted as childfey and forced to undergo the Integration, a process of intentional neglect and cruelty designed to twist them away from the Light.
This level of horror is not incorporated into the Dark Fey Trilogy simply for the sake of it. One does not need to open the pages of a book to discover the unthinkable, as the darkness typically embodied in fantasy genre stories by some terrifying being or creature is very much alive in our own reality, and this is the underlying motivation for the darkness woven into Dark Fey. It was based in great part on the terrifying yet true-life events of the Lord’s Resistance Army or LRA, a rebel militant group in Uganda that has for over 20 years abducted children from their homes, forcing them to commit horrifying acts of violence against each other and their own people. These children suffer a very real Integration and, like the childfey of Jyndari, they endure violence and cruelty at the hands of truly sadistic overlords. This is how the Reviled came to life and became the horrifyingly cruel beings depicted in Dark Fey.
This Legionnaire of the Realm or DemonFey is named Uvraqel- Pronounced Ooo Vrrrah (trilled R) Kel
When the battalion of Demonfey ahead of them stopped, they stamped the ends of their spears into the ground or clapped their swords against shields as they voiced a growling, unified exclamation that echoed along the bleak way and sent shivers of fear through any who heard them.
“Raah!” These were the Legionnaires of the Realm; fiercely loyal to their Centurion and vicious of nature, not only in battle, but with any who crossed them. Their uniforms were spattered by the mud of the road, but they were in good repair; made of finely worked leathers treated with oil to repel water, and their weapons were fashioned of exceptionally-wrought steel by skilled Dlalth hands in the forges of Vrasduuhl, the centermost and chief city of the Uunglarda. ….. A snippet from the Dark Fey Trilogy
This Legionnaire’s name is pronounced Brrr(trilled R) uhn dn, which is the Dlalth, mutilated form of the name Brendan. He is pained in mind and body, but his fists hint at the defiant hope and determination he still carries. He is one of The Watchers – a small group of Dlalth who have studied the ancient prophecies and know The One is coming. Hope of liberation drives these Reviled.
Dlalth who are not DemonFey are known as Legionnaires. They spend their lives malnourished, beaten, and forced to commit unspeakable acts of violence against the Fey of the Light or each other. Many Legionnaires live fewer than 35 years.
This is a female Dark Fey. You can tell not only by her softer appearance, but because all female Fey have the letter ‘Y’ in their names. Her name is pronounced Ah-Ben-nin. Notice the tatters in her wings, indicating the abuse they’ve seen.
This is Brynvat. One of the DemonFey, she has decorated her wings with metal barbs and ornaments.
This is Hurch.
In the Dlalth language, most consonants are pronounced with a guttural or rasping sound. The diphthong CH is always pronounced as in the name Bach. As a result, this Reviled’s name is more of a vulgar sound than a word, which is intentional and part of the Integration: a process of intentional neglect and cruelty designed to twist them away from the Light.
In the Dlalth language, most consonants are pronounced with a guttural or rasping sound. The diphthong CH is always pronounced as in the name Bach. As a result, this Reviled’s name is more of a vulgar sound than a word, which is intentional and part of the Integration: a process of intentional neglect and cruelty designed to twist them away from the Light.
DemonFey are the elite fighting core of the Reviled Fey. They are brutal and in peak physical condition. First to receive rations, clean water, and upgrades on armor, the DemonFey are like Special Forces in our own military.
All male Fey names contain the letter ‘R’, which is trilled when spoken. Because all Reviled Fey begin their lives as Fey of the Light, their names follow these traditions, but are mutilated versions of their birth name. Greschtavr is the Reviled form of Cristopher, and is pronounced Grrr ech tah vur.
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