Forget all this rubbish about alternate universes. What about the old magics?

Well - yes. Some people will tell you that there have always been places and things that have held special powers. A quick trip round Scotland or Ireland, and you'll get an inkling of the power that could lie beneath the hills on an Old Country. The power to move mountains, hide forests, even to alter time...

Thing is - its a bit silly to talk of such things, because they are not of human origins. The Fae folk are a thing of myth and legend, and such it is with their magics. Ordinary people like you and me can not perceive them, let alone wield the power that they mayhap possess.

On the other hand - Gene Roddenberry must have gotten the idea for Mr. Spock's pointy ears from somewhere...