What are the Fae, really? (spoilers)

[Elecrom]

I can't get the thought out my head that Pixies are the First's version of Gridania's Elementals.
They lived in a forest and fled out of it when the Flood came, although I am still not sure if Voeburt was the equivalent of Ishgard or Gridania. Ishgard seems a bit more likely appereancw wise, but I think Il Mheg is not north enough to be Ishgard.

[Daralii]

I can't get the thought out my head that Pixies are the First's version of Gridania's Elementals.
They lived in a forest and fled out of it when the Flood came, although I am still not sure if Voeburt was the equivalent of Ishgard or Gridania. Ishgard seems a bit more likely appereancw wise, but I think Il Mheg is not north enough to be Ishgard.

The parts of Il Mheg that aren't fae-touched are very obviously an alpine forest, resembling Coerthas before the Calamity. There are also several rivers(mainly the one that runs past Yafaem) and peninsulas on both world maps that match up almost perfectly in relation to the Black Shroud/Mor Dhona/Coerthas and Rak'tika/Lakeland/Il Mheg.

[Zohar_Lahar]

I can't get the thought out my head that Pixies are the First's version of Gridania's Elementals.
They lived in a forest and fled out of it when the Flood came, although I am still not sure if Voeburt was the equivalent of Ishgard or Gridania. Ishgard seems a bit more likely appereancw wise, but I think Il Mheg is not north enough to be Ishgard.

The pixies do mention they are "eternal" and can consume aether directly (though they apparently do enjoy eating foodstuffs like nectar).