Scholar is pretty easy to justify lorewise, since it essentially requires a trip to the Wanderer's Palace, or dealing with Nymian artefacts to justify getting the crystal. More difficult to justify might be getting the skills involved, although there are ways around that. The likelihood is that not all of the fairies are going to have the same problems as the Job Quest fairy (i.e. amnesia about her past).
Your fairy will obviously not be Lily and you'll need to come up with your own name, but it's more than likely that their names are things the Scholars gave them in the past. Also, all modern day fairies are likely to have a previous Scholar from Nym.
With regards to the fairy's sentience, when I RP them I treat my fairy as being as intelligent (probably more so) than Newton, free will and all. Scholars can command them to some degree, but they'd probably need to trust you enough to follow your orders. Obviously they can't talk, but they have a mental link with their Scholars and can communicate through that.
All in all, go nuts. The main fun in having a floating sparkle machine follow you around is essentially creating a character in their own right, with everything that entails.
Your fairy will obviously not be Lily and you'll need to come up with your own name, but it's more than likely that their names are things the Scholars gave them in the past. Also, all modern day fairies are likely to have a previous Scholar from Nym.
With regards to the fairy's sentience, when I RP them I treat my fairy as being as intelligent (probably more so) than Newton, free will and all. Scholars can command them to some degree, but they'd probably need to trust you enough to follow your orders. Obviously they can't talk, but they have a mental link with their Scholars and can communicate through that.
All in all, go nuts. The main fun in having a floating sparkle machine follow you around is essentially creating a character in their own right, with everything that entails.
