NAME:  Goree Dakar
​TYPE: Yumboe House Elf
ROLE: Alchemist
MATERIALS: Barn board reclaimed from a 120+ year old collapsed barn in Northern Ontario, mini jars and bottles, rabbit bone, costume jewelry, metal spoon, hardware, and paint
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Sprained wing? Dry heals? Insomnia? Chronic irritability? Low magical performance?  For nigh five centuries, Goree Dakar has been tending to the ailments and maladies, physical and magical, for all fae folk who seek out her skills.

Aided by a family legacy for doctoring the ill, Goree has amassed an incredible trove of experience and understanding of how to solve most of her patient's woes.  From knowing which fungus one harvests the strongest salves to which full moon yields the most potent harvests, Goree knows her stuff.

Sought over by fae from all the known realms (and occasionally folk from parts beyond them), her knowledge is only surpassed in strength by her bedside manner. Some say her medicines and magiks are not even necessary as her smile, twinkling eyes, and soothing demeanor quell even the roughest souls.

NAME: Sūraja Parī 
TYPE: Solaris Sprite
ROLE: Sun Offerings
MATERIALS: Barn board reclaimed from a 120+ year old collapsed barn in Northern Ontario, costume jewelry, hardware, and paint

​NAME: Achubwr Tanddaearol
TYPE: Coblynau (Kobold)
ROLE: Mine Rescue
MATERIALS:  Barn board reclaimed from a 120+ year old collapsed barn in Northern Ontario, Manitoulin Island sandstone, reclaimed hardware, scrap wood from the late luthier Johnny Skibinsky.
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NAME: Igitangaza
TYPE: Will 'o Wisp
ROLE: Aerial Choreographer
MATERIALS:  Repurposed bannister, mini bricks, and 1980s Kinder Surprise toys

While the fae are an immortal peoples, they do still makes mistakes. There are two doors with 2123 street numbers! For the sake of us mortal folk, we have listed them here as 2123A and 2123B.

While most of us mortals think of Will 'o Wisps as firefly-like creatures fluttering over water or through the forest but they actually live in all climates!  Few know they are very common throughout the Middle East and are often seen fluttering around minarets and over coastal bays.

Igitangaza is one of the most well-known Wisps and has lead a chorus of hundreds of his kin to put on the most elaborate of light shows for fae and mortal familiars alike. They say that the Wisp flyers were so perfectly choreographed with the human musicians that the audience was left breathless and with goosebumps, despite it being a very hot evening.

This multi-function portal door is used to launch three choruses of Wisps at a time, often streaming over one hundred Wisps in a solid stream of light, colour, and movement.

Igitangaza is a truly creative marvel!

​NAME: Kukkiva Taide
TYPE: Leanan Sidhe
ROLE: Inspiration
MATERIALS: Barn board reclaimed from a 120+ year old collapsed barn in Northern Ontario, costume jewelry, hardware, Monster's Inc game door, plastic plants, and fan pulls

Hayleigh Blombewaarder is a shy and reclusive Flower Pixie with a broad smile and mischievous glint in her eye. Hayleigh secretly plants wild flowers in human backyards and along walkways and roads. Her mission is to bring as much colour to the world as possible, which is a bit ironic as she has adorned her portal door with a grey flower.  This has led some to think she may be colour blind but she insists that "it reminds me of a special flower I once knew."

As she spends a lot of times around human settlements, she is often seen by mortals but has an unexplainable magick that disguises her as a flower or blowing petals.

You would make this secretive little pixie happy by scattering wild flower seeds in formerly flower-free spots.

NAME: Kiki Vave
TYPE: Martial Elf
ROLE: Guardian
MATERIALS: Reclaimed wood, costume jewelry, hardware, door knob, plastic plant, and paint

The fae of the Seelie Court are peaceful folk and are so good at keeping their business hidden that they seldom find themselves in the crosshairs of more aggressive communities.  That does not mean that, if push comes to shove, that they do not have any ways of defending themselves!  All fae, regardless of race, possess magic. Some are much more adept at wielding their talents and some, like Kiki Vave, are adept at combining magical defences with physical prowess.

Kivi Vave is a Martial Elf, a specialized member of a well-established family of guardian elves and protectors.  Committed to never use their skills, talents, and magiks for offensive martial encounters, they train fae of all kinds to defend their communities and lands and have been known to assist mortal homes threatened by dark forces.

When we mortals think of the fae, we imagine the little people of the forests but they thrive in all sorts of environments. A little known race of fae are the Beach Leprechauns which, though they have their origins in Ireland and Scotland, can be found anywhere land meets salt water.

Comar Tràigh is one such little bloke and spends his twilight evenings scouring the beaches near his portal doors (he has many) in search of washed up treasure.  Sometimes this treasure would be bits of sea glass or  driftwood, bits of polished stone, or even human artefacts.  No one knows what he does with these riches or what magic he uses to fit them through his tiny portal door, but he apparently has amassed a rather sizeable collection.  For centuries, he has said that he plans on either building a Museum of Found Stuff or use it all to build his own sailing ship.

You would think that a Beach Leprechaun like Comar would like you to leave gifts on the sand for him but he abhors litter. You can curry his favour by being seen picking up trash. Leave anything and he will find ways to pop your inflatable beach toys the next time you visit his sandy haven.

Most fae create portal doors that meld into their surroundings, be it a forest, field or rock outcropping but a Bwachod like to be seen! Their doors are usually flashy and bright, often gold or bejewelled, and never ever humble.

Banciwr Bach is a portly middle-aged Welsh fairy, a Bwachod, who left his human house a century ago to take on his third great grandaunt's bank when she went adventuring.

Though most fae have little to do with currency as we know it,  preferring barter, some have business connections with mortal and immortals alike or act as secret benefactors for humans, leaving coins or small bags of treasure for families in need.

Banciwr Bach has an INCREDIBLE memory and keen observation skills. Without aid of quill or pencil, he knows when you have done good or bad, so be good for goodness sakes!

Yes, he is being scouted by another jolly old elf  for a prestigious new position up north.

There are two main groups of fae in the worlds: The Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court: the fae of good and the fae of darkness.  

And though they are well entrenched in the worlds of good, a Button Boggart is a tricky sort.  If you leave clothes out on the line with blue buttons, there's a good chance that, if he is close, Geheimer Knopfsammler will snip them off for his vast collection.

Geheimer has been stealing buttons, causing his little mischief, for centuries and has amassed one of the largest collection of buttons known to Boggartkind. He's an amiable young fae but will turn surly if you casually tell him that he has anything but blue buttons in his horde.  "Those aren't white buttonies, you stinkin' scobberlotcher," he'd snarl. "Those are just a very pale blue."  If you insist, there's a chance you will wake up the next morning with ALL your buttons stolen.

Whereas most fae appreciate gifts, DO NOT leave Geheimer buttons as he interprets that as permission to come and take more because "if they's have one blue buttony, they's have more!"

Some say that Lector de Soños cannot interpret a dream if her life depended on it while others swear that the dream soothsayer is exceptionally talented at ferreting out the deeper meaning behind them. Whatever the opinion, not a single fae will disagree that she has an intense, almost disarming personality!

Lector comes from a very long line of dream reading Daoine Sidhe, a noble line of fae who are direct descendents of Queen Titania and King Oberon!

Fae of all kinds, who are troubled or confused by their dreams, seek out Lector's special understanding. Though some leave her readings with their questions answers, many leave unsatisfied if her interpretation of their dreams do not match their own fantasies!

These doors, and doors like it, are most often found in the wooded areas nearest human grain silos and fields.  These doors, like this one owned by Graudu Kuļmašīna, is not only used as a portal between fields but also as a  storage space for grains sold and traded by Grain Thresher Brownies. 

Graudu originally wanted to be work in the labs of the Gnomish Agricultural Library and Seed Repository but soon tired of academia and research and set out to establish himself as a businessfae, bringing some of the highest quality raw grains and refined flours to market.

You can garner his favour by leaving crusts of quality bread or a few heirloom seeds on his doorstep.

For centuries, Trangle Pargonblox was considered by all to be surly, cantankerous, and downright mean old dryad.  He would yell at all the young fae for any minor infraction, throw boots at passers-by if they looked at him funny, and would never ever do anything to celebrate or support his neighbours. 

Then, one day, he saw a group of elves, gnomes, and pixies doing yoga in the Common and fought his usual instincts of yelling and throwing things. He was entranced by the positions the yoga enthusiasts were taking, the grace of their movements, and the unity they all seemed to be sharing.  He approached the group and watched from afar. 

After watching the group doing yoga again and again, over several weeks,, and moving closer and closer each time, the instructor invited him to join the group.  He did, and took to yoga like nothing else.  It did not take long for his demeanour to changer and he began to feel calmness and serenity in his life, and even lost some of that belly he had grown over the centuries!

ARTIST'S NOTE: This door is made of a solid piece of pine, reclaimed from a home renovation project and a chunk of limestone from Little Current, on beautiful Manitoulin Island, Ontario.