Does the Snow Faerie Wear Shoes?
But what about her feet; are they too covered, or are they kept warm by some magic? Perhaps her igloo home has some manner of spell around it? Because the Snow Faerie would not comment directly on this matter, I was forced to resort to every writer’s least favorite pastime: research. It was my theory that there may be some rule of thumb such as “only the most powerful faeries wear shoes” or something of that manner. So off I went, visiting first the Neopedia- the book which proves most useful ninety percent of the time. By simply typing in the keyword: faerie, I was able to come up with an array of different articles on great faeries such as Fyora, Jhudora, the Space Faerie, the Battle Faerie, and the Grey Faerie. Of course, none of these articles would have been any use to me out of straight text; none of the stories specifically say “Oh, and by the way, the Battle Faerie wasn’t wearing any shoes. She never wears shoes, actually.” Fortunately for me, however, each Neopedia article is