Fairy Clan

The is one of the five major races in the world of Nanatsu no Taizai.

Overview
According to the Lady of the Lake, the Fairy Clan and their realm were created by the Sacred Tree, after this was given birth by Chaos.

Over 3,000 years ago, the Fairy Clan along with three of the other four major races (humans, giants and goddesses) defeated the Demon Clan. The Fairies' participation in the Holy War lasted until the massacre of Stigma led by Rou and the demise of Gloxinia who took Aranak's place as one of the Ten Commandments. When Dahlia succeeded Gloxinia as the Fairy King, he insisted that his kin remain neutral following the Holy War, until the Goddesses used the Coffin of Eternal Darkness to seal away the Demons.

Thus, for 3000 years, the Fairy Clan continued to live hidden from Humans to ensure their survival and the protection of resources such as the Fountain of Youth, until the disappearance of King who had lost his memory while fighting Aldrich, to finally the find 700 years later. During King's absence, the protection of the second Fairy King's Forest and the Fountain of Youth was mostly entrusted to Elaine, until the day the seond Forest was destroyed by a Red Demon, leaving many Fairies scattered and homeless.

Several years after the attack of the Red Demon, the Fairies began to inhabit a third Fairy King's Forest fertilized by Ban after the latter was recently entrusted with an Almoca Seed by the dying Elaine. Others remain in other locations of Britannia like Echo Gorge.

The Fairies eventually participated in the New Holy War, led primarily by Gerheade, and later celebrated the marriage of King and Diane. As for Ban and Ellaine, they founded the Kingdom of Benwick on the border of the Fairy Realm, to maintain "stable" trade relations with the Humans. Some Fairies even move to Liones, celebrating the kingdom's coexisting between all the races.

Appearance
Fairies look like small humans with insect-like wings. Their ears are usually pointed, but not always, and some Fairies can be very small, up to only 20 centimeters tall.

Physiology
Fairies are naturally born within nature, specificly from the plants that grow around the Sacred Tree, or even the Sacred Tree itself. They therefore have no parents and those born from the same plant are siblings.

The average lifespan of a fairy is between 1000 to 1500 years. They don't grow like other races and only have two states: non-adult and adult. When they are born they already have an adolescent appearance without wings. When they become adults, their wings grow and their body ages a little. The transition to adulthood is psychological and it happens more or less slowly depending on the Fairies.

Moreover, Fairies never suffer from illness. Even after death their bodies do not decompose and rot.

Powers and Abilities
The fairies are known to be a very powerful race, notably King and Helbram who are as strong as a Great Holy Knight. Members of the Fairy Clan are capable of controlling and manipulating roots and branches of the Sacred Tree, using them in combat. Their magic is linked to the Sacred Tree itself and in a certain way to their wings, once the wings of a fairy grow in maturity, the power of a fairy reaches greater heights.

They also share several abilities amongst their kind:


 * Levitation: Fairies possesses the ability to levitate and are capable of flight. They have demonstrated great skill in using it and are able to move quickly through the air. Levitation of surrounding objects and people has also been demonstrated.
 * An ability that allows a user to alter their physical appearance and apparels. It requires a great amount of concentration and reduces a fairy's power when utilizing this ability. It leaves the user somewhat exhausted, however, King, Helbram and Lancelot are able to maintain their transformations for a very long period of time. This is usually applied as a camouflage function, although not all fairies can do this and those that can usually have few forms to take on.
 * Manipulation of Nature: Fairies can manipulate any plant, especially those in the Fairy King's Forest, even the roots of the Sacred Tree itself.
 * Heart Reading: Fairies are able to see into the hearts of anyone and discern whether their intentions are pure. A fairy can still read a heart even if one were to erase their own presence.

Trivia

 * Fairies never get sick, so they have little knowledge about illnesses.
 * Fairies require less sleep than humans.
 * The concepts of marriage and greed are foreign to fairies.
 * Unlike human kingdoms, royal family don't get to be chosen as ruler, but the Sacred Tree choose the next ruler.
 * The concept of wearing underwear doesn't exist in the Fairy world; in fact, they are naked under their clothes.
 * Fairy wings are believed to be able to make medicine that extends one's life, hence they have a very high monetary worth.
 * Curiously, each fairy has a distinct scent associated with a flower or herb:
 * King - Gold Osmanthus
 * Elaine - Lavender
 * Helbram - White Rose
 * Gerheade - Mint
 * Gloxinia - Ginger
 * Even Lancelot, who is half-human, is described by Percival as smelling like lemon.
 * Fairies are naturally born within nature, specifically from flowers and trees. King and Elaine are born from the Sacred Tree. Gloxinia, Gerheade and Dahlia are also born from the Sacred Tree.
 * They can procreate with other races no problem; primarily examples by Lancelot, who is half-human; as well Tioreh and her six siblings, who are all half-giant.
 * Fairies are said to be the race with the largest number of Deception-Type magic users among their population.