The Saga Of Nidlongdir

My name is Marianne, and I would like to invite you to Nidlongdir. Nidlongdir is a fairy realm I discovered in my garden. The word Nidlongdir is the fairies' word for the world, so they all live in Nidlongdir. There are two fractions of fairies in Nidlongdir; there are The Apple Fairies, ruled from Apple Hold Castle by a king and queen. Most of the Apple Fairies live in Leafenheim City. The other fractions of fairies are called the Danagonians. The Danagonians  live in some underground caves. The Danagonian Fairies are also known as the black nosed fairies. The Danagonians fairies have a parliament called The Gathering where the elder  elected advisors rule from.

The King and queen of Nidlongdir

It all started in the summer of 2008, when I was doing some botanical illustrations of apples in my garden. During the summer I had spend many hours under my three old apple trees in the back of my garden. Some times I had a feeling that I was being watch, and I also found things in the garden that indicated to me, that there were fairies in the neighbourhood. My first encounter with the fairies in my garden occurred in the late summer, in the morning. I was drawing on my apple illustration when I saw two fairies resting in the morning sun in the apple tree. Later I learned that it was the fairy queen and king that I had seen.

In the early autumn my daughter found a tiny pair of fairy baby twins in an apple from our apple trees. At the time she was a student, so she had no time for babies, and therefore I decided to take care of the two small babies my self. I named the twins Selene and Ebbe. I soon discovered that there was a lot problems taking care of the fairy twins. At the point where I nearly had given up the hope of keeping the tiny babies a fairy left a gift for me while I was asleep. I was given a fairy communicator that made it possible for me to understand what the fairies are saying! During the winter of 2008-2009 I traveed into Nidlongdir by the help of some of the fairies. I was appointed as ambassador of Danagonia. My a task was given to me, I was asked to tell the human world about Nidlongdir.

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