Rune Spindlewick (Goblin Fae)
True Name: Runn’eh /ʀuːnʕɛħ/
Meaning: “Spare,” “Leftover,” or “Remnant”
Notes: Deep guttural trill, nasal hum, and a pharyngeal rasp at the end.
Surname (True): Spynn’l'wheq /spɪnː.l̩.χɛq/
Gael Lumespring (Ice Dragon Fae)
True Name: K’eyl /q͡χɛ̝ɪ̯ɬ/
Meaning: “Echo of glacier flame”
Notes: /q͡χ/ is deeper and harsher than any English sound. The /ɬ/ at the end is nearly impossible for untrained speakers
Surname (True): Lhuur'sthrang /l̻ʉːʁ.stʁaŋ /
Meaning: “One who binds light to ice,”
Faylen Charmwright (Wishweaver Fairy Fae)
True Name: Faylen /faj.lɛn/
Meaning: “Fairy Fae,” one of the only human-pronounceable names
Notes: Elegant and intentionally softened for cross-species use.
Surname (True): Sheira’mhal /ʃɛɪ̯.ʁaʔ.mχɑːl/
Meaning: “Wisher of truths spun from dream-thread”
Lino Minuet (Melody Fairy Fae)
True Name: Lhi’nau /ɬi.naʊ̯/
Meaning: “Voice of the morning bloom”
Notes: Flowing vowels with a breathy ‘au’ ending that humans reduce to “no”
Surname (True): Mynew'ett /mɪ.nɛʊ̯.ʔɛt/
Meaning: “The silence between notes”
Anton Silkthorn (Animal Spider Fae)
True Name: Ahn’tynnk /ɑːn.tʲɨŋk/
Meaning: “Threadbinder in shadows”
Notes: Clicky or twitchy plosive sounds, hard for humans to maintain. The “-nnk” is a tongue-flick nasal stop.
Surname (True): Ssil'quarn /sːɪl.qʷɑrnæ/
Meaning: “Of silk-fanged thickets”
Zephyr Gale (Gold Metal Fae)
True Name: Zz’feyrr /zː.fɛjr/
Meaning: “Breath of molten shimmer”
Notes: Glottalized 'f' and rolled 'r' make the name shimmer like metal vibrating.
Surname (True): Gahl’ekh /ɡɑl.ʔɛχ/
Meaning: “Howl of hollow-forged sky”
Malvyn Frostthorn (Ice Fae)
True Name: Maal’vhen /maːl.ʕv̥ɛn/
Meaning: “Mourned in snow”
Notes: Voiceless ‘v̥’ (like a breathy ‘f’ and ‘v’ combined), and a ‘hen’ pronounced like a shivering whisper.
Surname (True): Fros’kharan /frɔs.xa.ʁɑn /
Meaning: “Winter-shadow dream”
