User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-73.160.58.215-20170324033856/@comment-73.160.58.215-20170324040212

Fairies were originally existences closer to the elves in most rpgs rather than the small, insect-winged sprites/pixies that are a common image today, particularly in children's cartoons. Rather, fairy is derived from Faerie, the name of the realm that various supernatural existences, including elves and dwarves, known as the Fae inhabited. LeFay Pendragon's namesake is Morgan le Fay, with the le Fay deriving from Fae. In other words, she is essentially called "Morgan the Fairy". This is due to her mother Igraine (who is Arthur's mother as well), in certain versions of the Arthurian myth, being the sister of the Lady of the Lake and both being from Avalon (which is of course a fey or fairy realm). Of course other reasons exist, such as being kidnapped by [dark] fairies and learning magic from them.