Water-wraith

Water-wraith
Fan art by phantomrin
Name	Water-wraith
Status	Extant
Hair color	Black
Skin color	Gray
Related to	Faerie Lesser Faeries
Home	Prythian Spring Court Summer Court
Series Information
Appearances	A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Mist and Fury

The water-wraith is a species of Lesser Faeries that lives in Prythian.

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What is the significance of the water-wraith in the world of Prythian?

In Prythian, the water-wraith holds importance as a Lesser Faeries species. These beings, with black hair and gray skin, are found across Prythian, notably in the Spring and Summer Courts. They feature in the series 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' and 'A Court of Mist and Fury'.

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What is the relationship between the water-wraith and Tamlin in ACOTAR?

In ACOTAR, the Water-wraith's inability to pay her tax due to a fish shortage in her lake led to Tamlin's fury. He gave her three days to make the payment. Feyre, Tamlin's consort, offered her jewelry as payment to the Water-wraith, which further infuriated Tamlin as he saw it as a violation of the Court's rules.

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What is the role of the Tithe in the life of a water-wraith in ACOTAR?

In ACOTAR, the Tithe is crucial for a water-wraith. They reside in a lake and must present a gift to High Lord Tamlin for the Tithe. When the lake depletes of fish, they can't pay the Tithe, causing Tamlin to threaten trial. Feyre Archeron, Tamlin's consort, provides her jewelry as Tithe payment, which the water-wraith gratefully accepts.

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Why are the water-wraiths in ACOTAR always eating?

The water-wraiths in ACOTAR are characterized by an insatiable hunger, which is never fully sated. This constant need to eat may be attributed to their underwater existence, potentially necessitating a high energy consumption.

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How does Feyre Archeron interact with the water-wraiths in ACOTAR?

In ACOTAR, Feyre Archeron has multiple interactions with water-wraiths. The King deploys them to assault Feyre and Azriel while they are on a mission to save Elain Archeron. Additionally, Feyre observes a water-wraith struggling to pay her tithe, resulting in her departure in distress.

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History

A Court of Mist and Fury

Feyre Archeron meets them for the first time in the Spring Court, during the first Tithe after the events of Under the Mountain, when one of them begs Tamlin, the High Lord not to punish her and her sisters because they can't pay the Tithe. In fact, their lake is empty of fish and they are starving, because water-wraiths never stop eating. Tamlin refuses and tells her she has three days to collect her payment.

Feyre, the future wife of the High Lord, goes to the Water-wraith and, out of pity, while remembering when she also suffered like that, gives the water-wraith her jewelry so that she can use it as payment. The water-wraith thanks Feyre and tells her that she and her sisters are now in debt to her.

When Feyre and Amren are at the temple in the Summer Court where one of the halves of the Book of Breathings was hidden, the ocean, controlled by Tarquin, the High Lord of the court, almost drowns them but they were rescued by some water-wraiths, who tell Feyre that their debt with her is paid.

Appearance

Water-wraiths are slender and gray-skinned. They wear no clothes. They have long, dark hair that hangs limply over their breasts, a sharp angular face and massive eyes that are wholly black. When they move, the light shimmer on their iridescent skin. Their teeth are as sharp and jagged as a pike’s. They have webbed fingers with jagged nails and webbed, clawed feet. Their nose is little more than two slits, and delicate gills flare beneath their ears. Their skin is cold and clammy.

Trivia

• It can be assumed that they are mainly living underwater.
• Although it's not confirmed water-wraiths might be females only.
• In A Court of Mist and Fury, they were described as insatiable - their appetite is never sated.