Dear Lynxiana,

I have been going forward and backward to other times and trying to find out more of this Elf and Faerie and how they came together.

He's the King of the Faeries. King Gwallmaiic, King of the Faeries, Elf Eater of Pepper Valley, Leader of the Lich Lords, the one the Elf calls BoomFuzzy. The one you know as Antares of The Silver Coach, from White Rock Asylum of the Criminally Insane.

King Gwallmaiic is Aardsvorkus Mudsburge's father.

And Blackbird's grandfather.

And also Harrier's grandfather, which is of important note, as, it does mean Harrier has a personal interest in this case, and perhaps, can not be trusted.

Harrier is the one who signed the papers to have Antares moved out of White Rock and to The Twighlight Manor. Which was against everyone's better judgment. He is one of White Rock's most dangerous patents, moving him to out patent status was not recommended by anyone. But Harrier did it anyways. I do believe Harrier is too close to this case emotionally.

I think too it is important to note that King Gwallmaiic is not actual royalty. He has common blood. He's not even a full blooded Faerie. In fact, he's not even one quarter Phooka.

I had not realized this before now. All of the Mudsburges identify themselves as Phookas, and yet, all of them have Human mothers. King Gwallmaiic Mudsburge, is himself only one quarter Phooka. This means Harrier and Blackbird are each only one sixteenths Phookan. They are more Human than Faerie.

His mother was a half Fae, half Human. Her Faerie half was Aswag, her Human half was one quarter Japanese and one quarter Mongolian.

His father was also half Fae and half Human. His Faerie half was a Phooka. His Human half was Jale, from the Highlights of Papua New Guinea.

King Gwallmaiic was born on the Sepik River, but his parents left the island and moved North when he was still a child, so he grew up in Scotland, where he took the form of a Kelpie, a black unicorn.

And he got to be king by defeating all the other lesser Faerie kings and doing it largely with his magical abilities. This is a very powerful creature, unlike any other Phooka I've ever encountered.

There is something strange about King Gwallmaiic. He has powers no other Phooka has. He has Thullid powers. I believe, he too, may be a Thullid and is hiding it. It would explain his strong attraction to the Elf. The Elf being a Thullid.

Near as I can tell, King Gwallmaiic reached a point of thinking he's the most powerful, most undefeatable creature on the planet, and I think he's right... except... well... I think that is why he is obsessed with the Elf. The Elf is more powerful then King Gwallmaiic. Though neither is as powerful as The Gremlin.

And King Gwallmaiic believed himself most powerful, until one day he set up shop in the Moon Elf Village just south of Santa's Village.

The Moon Elves didn't know he was a Faerie, because they see what he wants them to see: another Elf.

Now, people call him a shape-shifter, but near as I can yell, physically shifting his body to other shapes is not in fact what he is doing, at all. He is always just a horse, but, people rarely see the horse.

The Elf often says he always sees a horse and never sees the illusion, and I believe what King Gwallmaiic does is just that: an illusion. He's not actually becoming another form, he just tricks the minds of those around him. He is never not a horse.

It just looks like that to the untrained eye.

My research has shown, that King Gwallmaiic has a sort of "masking" type of magical ability in which he is able to control what people see when they look at him. He doesn't actually shape-shift, but rather he pressures people's minds into seeing a different face and body, of his own choosing.

King Gwallmaiic does not manipulate his own bod into shifting shapes. He is instead manipulating the minds of those around him. He is using psionic mind control. Like a hive mind, but different. This is most definitely Thullid powers and not Faerie powers.

His powers are somewhat of an advanced hypnotism I think.

And possible something to do with scent, as he seems to be quiet keen on smells and carries with him an apothecary box, full of, not only drugs, but also strongly scented oils, powders, and spices.

King Gwallmaiic has cinnamon sticks and anise stars woven into his dreadlocks and I'm not sure what else, but he spends a great deal of time every morning fussing over having just the right items tied into his hair. I think that has something to do with his ability to gain such powerful control over the minds of so many. The strong smell of the incense in his hair, seems to dull the senses of those around him, making it easy for him to lull them into his illusions.

I'll probably do more research into this in the future, but I like the idea of aromatherapy and pheromones triggering hypnotics states in people, as a means for him to better control their minds.

I think that is what he's doing.

Indeed, we've seen BlackBird do similar things.

Perhaps we are seeing where BlackBird learned the mind tricks he does.

His house, is built out of the bones of dead Elves, and drips with blood and entrails, but what the Elves see when they look at it is a gingerbread house. He sets up shop as a candy maker and sells handmade chocolates to the Elves. The Elves see and taste chocolate, but it's actually poison mushrooms.

When the Moon Elves are drugged out of their minds on the mushrooms, he killed them and ate them, Elves being the main source of his diet. Which is why they call him the Elf Eater after all.

Everything was going well and good for his scheme until one day the village's wizard, a hermit who rarely leaves his tower, hears tell of a new candy shop in town and goes to meet the new Elf... but all he sees is a tiny, scruffy looking, shaggy, black Shetland pony with dreadlocked mane and tail, and a gleaming silver horn on his head. All the Elf wizard sees is a very old looking unicorn, which he can also see has gone blind and has silver cataract clouded eyes and is horribly thin, looking like it is starving to death. Instead of hooves it has sharp eagle talons on it's feet, and it has long sharp fangs hanging over it's lips. While the beast looks fierce, it's only the size of a Golden Retriever and is obviously extremely ancient. The wizard knows immediately this is a Phooka, a type of evil Faerie Horse, but he also has sympathy for the creature, realizing it's starving to death because it is blind and can no longer see to catch it's food, thus why it has left it's swamps and moved into the Elf village.

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The wizard has been told of the marvellous gingerbread house and the wonderful candy made by the strange new Elf, but when he gets there, he doesn't see the gingerbread house at all. He sees the grizzly nightmarish horror built out of the remains of dead Elves. He sees the other Elves eating candy, but he doesn't see the candy, he sees the mushrooms, and he knows the Faerie is a Faerie, because he can see the Faerie. Unfortunately for the Elves, he's not a very nice wizard and joins forces with the evil Fae, but...

...this wizard, said to be the world's most powerful wizard, is the first time the Faerie King ever encountered someone who's mind he couldn't deceive. Throughout the series he tosses every illusion he can at the wizard, and sometimes the wizard goes along with it and the Fae thinks he's finally beat him, but then he realizes the wizard is just pretending to see the illusion, and it frustrates him to no end.

Both the Faerie and the wizard are using what is known as Psionic Powers and are Psions.

While both of them are Psions, the wizard is schooled in Necromancy and is not skilled in using his Psionic powers for Illusions. The Faerie however is schooled in Illusions and is an Illusionist.

Because of the type of Faerie he is, he can both shape-shift (into things of equal size to himself) and then "add on" to his shape shifting using illusions to "power up" the fear factor of whatever he shifted into. He can also make items near him appear to change shape through illusions (such as how he changed his house)

Because these are natural abilities he has (due to being a Faerie) he can do them "at will" without using rituals or spell casting, however because he is himself also a wizard, he has learned how to do illusion spells and rituals. Because of this, he is quite different from others of his race. For example:

Most Fae can do illusions, but only for short periods of time, before they grow too tired. Fae can not maintain their illusions while sleeping, when sick, when wounded, or during sexual intercourse. At such times they "revert back" to their true form.

The particular Fae, when he grows tired, can cast a spell that maintains the illusion, without his having to use his own mental powers the whole time, thus he can rest and remain in the illusion. He is able to have sexual relations with various people because of this. He is able to sleep with others and maintain the illusion while sleeping. If the wound or illness is not critical he can maintain the illusion then as well.

Because of being a wizard, he can cast spells on objects to create "magic items". For example, he could cast an illusion spell on a necklace, which had the effect of "turning him into" a specific person whenever he wore it. Thus he has a box of several magic items (necklaces, rings, gloves, bracelets, cloaks, boots, etc) that each one changes "who he is" and thus he can "change persons" as easy as changing clothes.

Also, because he is a drug dealer/chemist who specializes in hallucinogenic drugs (especially opium and mushrooms) he can keep illusions going without the illusion. While in his "morphed" state, he gives those with him "candy" (drugs with illusions spells cast on them - never take food from Faeries) and he can then stop using illusions for 6 to 12 hours, while they are hallucinating and not knowing what they are seeing. This gives him "down time" to rest between illusions.

Also, not fully explained, but often hinted to... His powers are somewhat of an advanced hypnotism I think. And possible something to do with scent, as he seems to be quiet keen on smells and carries with him an apothecary box, full of, not only drugs, but also strongly scented oils, powders, and spices. He has cinnamon sticks and anise stars woven into his dreadlocks and I'm not sure what else, but he spends a great deal of time every morning fussing over having just the right items tied into his hair.

I think that has something to do with his ability to gain such powerful control over the minds of so many.

The strong smell of the incense in his hair, seems to dull the senses of those around him, making it easy for him to lull them into his illusions.

I'll probably write more with this in the future, but I like the idea of aromatherapy and pheromones triggering hypnotics states in people, as a means for him to better control their minds.

What type of people can see through his illusions?

Not many.

Certain races of High Elves with natural inborn magical abilities can "sense" his illusions, and know a Faerie is what they are seeing, but they often can not see the "truth" behind the illusion, even though they know what they are seeing is an illusion

An alien race of squid headed beasts, who are Psions themselves, can not be deceived by Faerie magic

A certain religious cult of wizard-priests, who've spent decades training themselves in mental powers, can see through his illusions, with varying degrees of difficulty depending on the training of the priest in question

A race of "undead" Elves, who are now "empty husks" controlled by The Sacred Pink Jelly Fish (a tiny parasitic alien jelly fish that gets into the blood stream, makes it's way to the brain, then eats the brain, and takes over the body) are able to see through his illusions

Unicorns, Kelpies, Phookas and other Faerie Horses can not be fooled with Illusions

Leprechauns, FarDarrigs, and Clurichaun can not be fooled with Illusions

Wizards whom have learned illusion magic, can at least tell when an illusion is being cast even if they can not see the truth behind the illusion.

As a general rule, most any race appearing on this list: Lists of Legendary Creatures

I would consider as having some level of being able to at least sense an illusion is in the area, but if they could see through it or not would vary depending on the type of creature in question

Sometimes

he encounters young children (under 10 years old) who see him for what he is, and he attributes this to children being born "Faerie Sighted" but losing that "gift" when adults teach them to stop believing in "imaginary friends"

Virgins (male and female) are rumoured to be able to see through his illusions; he claims Unicorns are "attracted" to virgins, simply because the fewer virgins there are, the fewer people can see their true forms, thus unicorns seek out virgins and become their loved simply to remove the threat of virgins identifying them

Basically only others with mental powers on the same levels as his own, are able to see through his illusions, but very few people out there have that level of power, so it is rare for him to encounter anyone who is not fooled by his illusions.

Throughout the series, everyone sees the Phooka as a humanoid, often a Human or an Elf, but the wizard himself, always sees the tiny little pony.

You can tell in the stories who can see through the illusions, because they will address the pony as if he was a pony, while everyone else sees the Human or Elf he wants them to see.

The wizard in question, Quaraun, who can see through the Fae's illusions, is that particular certain type of High Elf, and was raised in the cult, becoming a wizard-priest, and has long ago had his brain eaten and replaced by a Sacred Pink Jelly Fish, so he's got a super ability to not be fooled by any illusions the Fae tosses at him.

Times when he loses control of his illusions include:

When he's very angry and lost his temper.

When his seriously wounded.

When he's very hungry (as in near to starving to death).

When he's completely calm and relaxed (such as in when in a deep sleep).

Sometimes during sex, his illusions melt away.

Because he's blind and pretending not to be, some times he runs off and runs into trees and knocks himself out... while unconscious the illusions melt away, unless he's wearing a magic item that keeps the spell going.

We must continue to watch the Phooka. I fear he is far more dangerous then Harrier has let on.

~Love From Your Sister, Miss Citten The EelKat