| “ | Born of laughter, clothed in cheer, happiness has brought you here. Welcome to Pixie Hollow. | ” |
Pixie Hollow (or "Fairy Haven" in the novels)[1] is the secret world at the heart of Never Land where fairies live and work to create the four seasons for delivery on the Mainland. Only those who can fly can visit the hollow. Gwendolyn Carlisle, a human girl, once visited it while Pixie Dust-supplied in the books.[2]
This concealed, mystical land is ruled over by Queen Clarion, while a portion of the hollow that rest in perpetual ice and snow is called "Winter Woods", a former forbidden domain to non-winter (or warm-weather) fairies. Ruled by the Queen's love interest, Lord Milori, the ever-snowy portion is home to winter-talents (or fairies).[3] While there, Tinker Bell discovered that she had a twin sister named Periwinkle, and that their wings were exactly the same pattern and size, which caused them to glow intense when the sisters approached each other. Unlike Tink, Peri is a frost fairy and is unable to visit her due to the weather conditions (it's too hot for winter fairies on the warm seasons, and too cold for warm-weather fairies in the Winter Woods).
Description
Pixie Hollow as drew by Elizabeth "Lizzy" Griffiths
When you arrive in Never Land, you might hear something like the tinkling of little bells. Follow that sound and you'll find Pixie Hollow, the secret heart of Never Land. A great old maple tree grows in Pixie Hollow, and within it lives hundreds of fairies and sparrow men. Pixie Hollow is the Never Fairies' Kingdom, and every fairy who lives there has a special, extraordinary talent.
Overview
The secret entrance to Pixie Hollow
History of Pixie Hollow
Each of the four seasons coexists at all times in Pixie Hollow, presided over by a specific Seasonal minister; they are in charge of heading and inspecting their respective season before delivery on the Mainland. Light-talent fairies and associated sparrowmen catches dots of sunlight pieces at sundown (according to Iridessa, the richest sunbeams of all) and uses it to keep Pixie Hollow aglow, bright and incandescent after the sun sets.[4] These fairies who wears yellow and bright colors also delivers light to ligthen up every fairy home in Pixie Hollow, so does at every Fairy Camp on the Mainland. The Pixie Dust Tree is located at the center of Pixie Hollow. There, Pixie Dust flows down to be properly sifted by dust-keepers; Queen Clarion's palace and the ministers' chambers are also inside it. It is said the roots from the Pixie Dust Tree spreads all over Pixie Hollow; one of them is responsible for providing Pixie Dust for winter-talents; as they can't cross the Border and venture into the warm-weather seasons division. The NeverBeast (or Gruff)[5] is the guardian of Pixie Hollow, as he is known to ensure protection to Queen Clarion's kingdom from a destructive, massive green storm (although it only occurs in a couple of centuries) when a green comet roams the hollow's night sky. After returning to his slumber, Scouting-talent fairies and sparrowmen carry on his task and protect Never Fairies from regular yet equally dangerous threats, such as dangerous hawks and equally harmful wasps.
Pixie Hollow's map in Pixie Hollow Online
Nevertheless, Summoning-talent fairies are perhaps the law of Pixie Hollow - whenever Queen Clarion needs to talk to somebody else, Viola, the only known summoning fairy, blows out her horn and invites them to the Pixie Dust Tree to meet up with Queen Clarion inside it. If a fairy or sparrowman steps out of line, Viola also warns them about it.
Places of interest
A map to Pixie Hollow's seasonal realms
- Spring Valley
- Springtime Square
- Lilypad Pond
- Buttercup Canyon
- Unnamed Garden-talent's houses
- Rosetta's Home
- Buttercup Canyon
- Summer Glade
- Sunflower Meadow
- Unnamed Light-talent's houses[6]
- Iridessa's Home
- Needlepoint Meadow
- Unnamed Water-talent's houses[7]
- Silvermist's Home
- Babbling Brook
- Beach Cove
- Sunflower Meadow
- Pixie Dust Tree
- Ministers' Chambers[8]
- Queen Clarion's Palace
- Hall of Scepters[9]
- Fairy Coliseum[10]
- Pixie Dust Mill
- Unnamed Dust-talent fairies' houses
- Tinkers' Nook
- Tinker-talent's houses
- Autumn Forest
- Harvest Promenade[7]
- Unnamed Animal-talent's houses
- Fawn's Home
- Animal-talent's own training spot[5]
- Scout HQ (presumably)
- Sour Plum Tree
- Orchard
- Pine Tree Grove
- Lookout Towers
- Leaf-talent's houses
- The Border
- Winter Woods
Books
In the books, Mother Dove lives in Pixie Hollow near the Home Tree in the branches of a hawthorn. In Gail Carson Levine's novels (but not in the chapter books), the place is referred to as "Fairy Haven". During Tinker Bell's lifetime, it used to produce regular golden Pixie Dust, which allowed herself, her friends and others to fly. When a terrible fire swept Never Land burning everything at its patch, the enchanted tree perished but miraculously an ordinary yet pure-hearted dove didn't. Instead of dying, it became a magical creature vested with great knowledge. By now, she were known as Mother Dove, which whom restored magic and life to Never Land and the forest patch that Pixie Hollow did became. It's also her egg that prevents everyone (including the Never Fairies) from ever aging in all of the island, as long it remains safe and sound under her soft and motherly plumage.
By molting Mother Dove's feathers, the fairies also discovered a new way of producing Fairy Dust, which also allowed them to fly at greater distances once more.