The fairies were ruled first by Nuada, while his brother Dagda delved in magic like a Deva, though his magic was different from that of Devas and Ashuras alike. The fairies themselves were divided into many tribes, of which the main ones were the Tuatha de Dannan and the Fomorians. Nuada ruled over them both but the Fomorians one day decided to revolt and killed the fairy king.
Dagda at first was expected to become a lazy king, someone who could be easily scared from war, though he proved to be much more ruthless than his brother when it came to battle. He had many children, who held magic like his, and with that magic they created life that produced food, food with such a quality that the Devas paid anything for it thus being able to buy as much weaponry and even mercenaries to subdue the Fomorians.
He never expected to receive Amaterasu, but when he looked at her, he couldn’t help but fell glad to see that the Indra was beginning to see consequences from his horrible actions. Now he would probably reveal one of his children as a fake Indra while the fairies were given the real one. Dagda was smart, he knew better than to blackmail the Indra with this information.
The child was hard to take care of, until soon he found out that his youngest child, Lady Brighid could withstand the glow with no issue. Brighid was barely a woman but she was wise enough to understand how to raise a baby. Brighid who was the fairy who created flowers was more than capable of feeding an infant.
Brighid was not even afraid of the glow and thus she treated Amaterasu like she would treat any other child in need. She asked her father to build seals for Amaterasu to use, seals like the ones Brighid wore on her neck and arms, seals she used to hold back her own strength. Brighid herself had to wear seven seals to hold herself back.
Dagda crafted a seal for Amaterasu so that she could go out and play with other kids, live a normal life. He crafted the clothes in tiangou fashion, she was in a fairy world, but she shall never forget who she was. It was already enough that she was being raised as a fairy than make her dress like one, fairies gave her the name Belenus a name she loved though Brighid tried hard to make her remember her heritage, they would love to allow her to keep her fairy name, use fairy clothes and forget her blood, yet Brighid could see the great pain that brought Amaterasu to the world, at least this would allow her mother to be proud of her.
Amaterasu soon learned how to use the sword which she preferred over any other weapon, when she became 13 she got a gift from Krishna, who gifted her the Nandaka, a sword made with the Indra’s glow, a piece of her father for her to use as a weapon. Krishna himself admitted it was not the best weapon, but it was nonetheless a very good one.
Amaterasu liked the craft, the material though was not something she felt very fond of, the sword itself was a piece of her father, the man who caused the death of her mother and exiled her to live with the fairies. She wasn’t mad with the fairies, after all it wasn’t their fault they were sent to a barren world, they had managed to terraform it to their liking though it was far from a paradise.
Amaterasu soon learned that the planet even though poor in platinum and gold was rich in a particular metal; Iron, a metal that was poisonous to fairies the same way uranium was poisonous to Deva, the same way silver was poisonous to herself. They felt nothing at first though slowly the planet would drain their strength until they would fall sick and die, fairies were regarded as a weak race by many but they weren’t weak, they were poisoned by their own planet.
Krishna understood that Amaterasu did not like the sword, so instead she was given a white elephant, as white as her own hair. Brighid upon seeing this gripped her own titan-ore spear, Amaterasu though loved the gift, the animal was much like her, unwanted by many yet important.
Not wanting to overstay his welcome Krishna left the fairy planet as soon as he could. He knew what he had done, a white elephant is an insult in Deva culture, a gift that costs way too much to handle, an animal that is hard to tame for it knows its own importance.
Amaterasu did not keep the sword, instead she gave it to who she called her older sister, Brighid. Fairies are known to be vindictive creatures and Brighid was no different, holding that sword, feeling the heat from Surya’s glow made into a blade swore to soak that very blade in his blood.
This promise was seen by a few spies, fairies who worked for the Deva by the promise of power, magic that they would be taught to rival or even surpass Dagda and his family. These fairies spoke of the oath and how a fairy oath was never broken even if Surya did not die the blade would have the taste of Surya’s blood in one way or another, that was a power the Tuatha de Dannan held and did not held it lightly because vowing for something usually came at a higher price, fairies thus usually only vowed about things that they knew they could accomplish unscathed. Either Brighid loved her sister too much, or she was certain she could do what she said.
The Indra ignored this and considered it a fun threat, a servant thinking themselves capable of harming him, even if she were a Mahavidya, she was nothing more than a fairy trying to overstate her boundaries.
Amaterasu was surprised by how much of a fool the Indra was, the fairies expected to be taxed in species, of course Dagda complained but it was obvious it would happen. It was something they wanted for when you control a market the black market opens allowing for a greater profit.
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