True Faeries (Old Ones)

True Faeries
Name	True Faeries or True Fairies
Aliases	Old Ones, Faeries
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Affiliation	Oberoth'm'gozz; Titarn'a'yogg Formerly Grim Reaper
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid
Eyes	2
Hair	None
Skin	Green
Number of Limbs	4
Special Adaptations	Squid-like head, insect-like wings
Origin and Status
Origin	Brood of Titarn'a'yogg; Old Ones
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Outer Dark
Base of Operations	Graverealm; Outer Dark
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Matteo Lolli
First	Thunderbolts Annual (Vol. 2) #1 (December, 2013)
First	Thunderbolts Annual (Vol. 2) #1 (December, 2013)

History

Titarn'a'yogg, the Great Widow, True Fairy Queen of the Old Ones

Origins

The True Faeries were born of the Outer Dark, and were the brood of Titarn'a'yogg, the Great Widow, True Fairy Queen of the Old Ones, whose soothing presence prevented them from being driven solely to consume. They were also led by Oberoth'm'gozz, True Faery King of the Old Ones.

Lovecraft wrote about the "True Fairies" as the Old Ones.

Modern Age

Oberoth'm'gozz impersonated Doctor Strange, convincing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Wizardry Alchemy Necromancy Department (W.A.N.D.) that he had gone insane due to going around wearing only the Cloak of Levitation and his underwear. Oberoth'm'gozz began mentally affecting everyone in his vicinity, causing even the most violent of criminals to become peaceful and benevolent, and growing more powerful and expanding his area of influence as more people fell under his sway. Thaddeus Ross's Thunderbolts team was covertly dispatched by W.A.N.D. to kill "Doctor Strange" before he enslaved the world, collecting mystical artefacts and weapons to do so. Still impersonating Strange, Oberoth'm'gozz astrally projected himself to confront them, correcting Red Leader's spellcasting and issuing a challenge.

When the Thunderbolts arrived, Oberoth'm'gozz unleashed a swarm of True Fairies. One by one, Oberoth'm'gozz took over the Thunderbolts until only the Punisher remained. Oberoth'm'gozz was confused as to why the Punisher was immune to his happiness-inducing magic, but Frank Castle revealed that killing is the only thing that makes him happy before shooting the Old One with Johnny Blaze's Hellfire Shotgun.

Juveniles True Fairies were "liberated" from their mother Titarn'a'yogg by Great Old Ones, including Gargantos, and gifted to the Grim Reaper, who used the infant Old Ones in Graverealm to try to slay the Scarlet Witch, who was saved by Vision. The Scarlet Witch then used her magics to return the infants to their mother.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Emotion Inducement: Young True Faeries could induce happiness into people by injecting them with a deadly poison.

Miscellaneous

Level of Technology

The True Faeries used swords, spears, bows with inflamed arrows.

Representatives

• Oberoth'm'gozz, True Faery King of the Old Ones
• Titarn'a'yogg, the Great Widow, True Fairy Queen of the Old Ones

Notes

• The True Faeries are stated to be the Old Ones Lovecraft wrote about. The Old Ones were created by H.P. Lovecraft who first mentioned them in "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926).
  • The True Faeries were seemingly designed as faeries, but given a more Cthulhuesque look with leathery wings and squid-like heads, along with savage-looking gear.
  • Oberoth'm'gozz's name is seemingly derived from Oberon, the king of faeries, with a somehat alien touch including the classical Old One's names' ending "-oth". Similarly, Titarn'a'yogg's name was presumably inspired by William Shakespeare's character and Oberon's wife Titania, the "yogg"'s ending being reminiscent of Lovecraft's Outer God Yog-Sothoth.

See Also

• 2 appearance(s) of True Faeries (Old Ones)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of True Faeries (Old Ones)
• 3 image(s) of True Faeries (Old Ones)
• 3 representative(s) of True Faeries (Old Ones)