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Candela are a teleporting fae descended from Maeve [1] They first appear in Rosemary and Rue.

About[]

Each Candela is born with two Merry Dancers[2], globes of floating light, which are constant companions. The Merry Dancers float around in groups, their orbs of light flickering and waving like fireflies. The color of the Merry Dancers shifts based on the mood of the Candela, including warm yellow for pleased and sickly red for displeased.[3] Candela themselves seem to glow different colors based on their mood, such as green for stressed[4]. When teleporting they disappear in a flash of greenish-white light.

The Merry Dancers are able to witness some of what happens to their Candela, though it may be blurry and indistinct. A Candela can send the Merry Dancers off on nearby tasks such as reconnaissance or lighting the way, but they cannot go to far away. Merry Dancers remain active after their Candela is elf-shot. When a Candela dies, the Merry Dancers shatter, dissolving and becoming sand-like in consistency.[5] When a Merry Dancer is extinguished, the Candela can feel it through their connection.[3] Pieces of a Merry Dancer can be used for magic, as the Luidaeg had sampled one of the shards of Antonio's Merry Dancers after his death.

Candela are tall and pale, with grey-toned skin[6]. Their eyes may be a pale green.[7] They speak very little, often monosyllable responses.[3]

As creatures of light and shadow, Candela are able to traverse the edges of the Shadow Roads, though only as visitors.[8]

Characters[]

Grianne[]

Grianne is a guard at Shadowed Hills and high in the chain of command. She tends to speak in single-word sentences but is fiercely loyal to Sylvester Torquill. She may have the ability to hear her Merry Dancers.[3]

Antonio Robinson[]

Antonio is the Candela king of the Kingdom of Angels. He is also a rarity among Candela, as he both is a monarch and is also talkative. He is killed by a murderer during the Conclave for Elf-Shot.[5]

Theunis Robinson[]

Formerly the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Angels, Antonio's son inherits the throne upon his father's death.[5] He offers hospitality to Toby during her honeymoon in Angels, however was very uncomfortable due to her kingbreaker status.[9]

Unnamed Candela[]

A half-Candela changeling lives at Home and takes on guard duties. She can juggle globes of dim light, presumably her Merry Dancers. [7] She had presumably died of goblin-fruit overdose after Home was disbanded.

Caitir[]

Caitir is the court alchemist of the High King's knowe.

Mythology[]

The Candela is the base unit of measurement of luminous intensity for the Intermittent System of Units. A common wax candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela. The frequency chosen is in the visible spectrum near green. The human eye, when adapted for bright conditions, is most sensitive near this frequency.[10]

Merry Dancers resemble Will o' Wisps (called Candela on the island of Sardinia[11]) which are an atmospheric ghost light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, that lures and misleads the travelers off the past.[12] Some believe the lights to be the glow of actual faeries, while others argue they are merely torches and lamps carried by the fae as they revel.[13]

References[]


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