My inclination is to say that it would feel Faerie-like, and maybe even like a particularly individual corner of Faerie, but not exactly like the Faerie of the Luidaeg's world. If that makes sense? Basically, it's not going to obey all the same rules (or respect the same authorities), but there's certainly a good case to be made for a kinship there, so I'm happy to go with whatever you think is the best way to reconcile that.
Edit upon further thought: I don't know if you want it to feel like a type of Faerie or if you want it not to, but I think we can justify whichever you'd rather. On the one hand: it's a magical forest, a cohesive entity with some level of rudimentary self-awareness, with a tight magical bond to its ruler (who's the only one who can directly manipulate and call upon its magic, via a sword that only the ruler can wield.) On the other hand: that ruler is a human, and the whole place is a lot kinder and less xenophobic than I get the general impression of Faerie being from what I remember of the two October Daye books I've read. So it'll definitely feel like a magical realm of some sort, but how similar or different it feels to Faerie is up to you. If that helps?
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My inclination is to say that it would feel Faerie-like, and maybe even like a particularly individual corner of Faerie, but not exactly like the Faerie of the Luidaeg's world. If that makes sense? Basically, it's not going to obey all the same rules (or respect the same authorities), but there's certainly a good case to be made for a kinship there, so I'm happy to go with whatever you think is the best way to reconcile that.
Edit upon further thought: I don't know if you want it to feel like a type of Faerie or if you want it not to, but I think we can justify whichever you'd rather. On the one hand: it's a magical forest, a cohesive entity with some level of rudimentary self-awareness, with a tight magical bond to its ruler (who's the only one who can directly manipulate and call upon its magic, via a sword that only the ruler can wield.) On the other hand: that ruler is a human, and the whole place is a lot kinder and less xenophobic than I get the general impression of Faerie being from what I remember of the two October Daye books I've read. So it'll definitely feel like a magical realm of some sort, but how similar or different it feels to Faerie is up to you. If that helps?