The Tale of Tikkit the Trickster

Tikkit the Trickster

“Tikkit Trickster, wings of dew,
Play your pranks, but let me through!
Tie no knots in boots or hair,
Hide no frogs beneath my chair.
Turn my milk to honey sweet—
Spare my shoes and not my feet!
A giggle here, a laugh or two,
And may your tricks bring joy anew.”

Long ago, when the world was still young and the seasons less certain, there lived a sprite named Tikkit, a fairy no bigger than a thimble, with wings like dewdrops and a laugh sharper than morning frost. Tikkit loved nothing more than harmless mischief—tying bootlaces together, swapping sugar for salt, or enchanting voices so that every word sounded like a songbird’s chirp.

The people of the Eonil learned to dread and delight in the last day of Thoron, for this was the one day each year when Tikkit could slip freely between the worlds, it’s magic at its strongest as the land shivered in anticipation of spring. On this day, doors stuck shut, hats vanished from heads, pies turned unexpectedly tart, and even the haughtiest noble might find a frog in their pocket or a chicken in their bed.

Of course, Tikkit could only be in one place at a time—so as the centuries passed, islanders took to blaming every silly mishap or practical joke on the elusive trickster. Children giggled behind hands, “It must have been Tikkit!” and old grannies winked when sweets went missing or a beloved pet ended up painted blue.

Eventually, the tradition grew: on Li Noent Thoron, friends and families began to play gentle pranks on one another in Tikkit’s honour. A well-placed whoopee cushion, a bucket of petals above a doorway, even a poem left on a neighbour’s doorstep—no one could be certain if it was the work of mortal mischief or the Trickster’s annual visit. The only rule was that pranks must be clever and kind, for Tikkit, it was said, only enjoyed a laugh, never a broken heart.

And so, to this day, the Xaverion Islands ring with laughter as spring begins, and everyone looks over their shoulder—just in case a certain trickster is about.