Fays

Fays. Who are they and what do they do?
There are 3 different kind of fays in this game.

Fay helper
This is the first one. This is your fay. He's the blue one floating on the left side of your screen, if you have fay magic enabled in options and he's currently not doing a quest.

Yes, besides fighting, you can also send this guy on his way for a quest.

idle mode
If this guy is not on a quest and you have fay magic enabled in options, then he will attack the mobs for you. Initially he might not seem to be much help, but his rate of fire increases over the course of time. It starts with around 1 cast per second, but will slowly increase up to a maximum of 20 casts per second.

You can click up to 3 times on the screen, before his rate of fire resets. Clicking menus will have no effect on this.

Note: There is a 30 second delay before idle mode kicks in. This not only starts to increase the fay's rate of fire, but will also not wait for your input at the end of a zone. This does not mean you were in a black hole zone.

It's also worth noting that this idle mode, unlike the fay's rate of fire reset, is reset with any click on the screen.

Gift fay
This little guy is the fay of gifts. I tend to look at him as a thief. He we appear flying across your screen at random intervals. Click him and he will either drop health potions or a bunch of gold. This is the guy you need to click to complete the "Gifts from fay" achievement.

Friend fay
Now, these little guys don't just appear on your screen. These are the friend fays and in order for them to show up you need to use the "SUMMON FRIENDS TOME" and add your friend's secret code(s) in the helpers screen.