Character from The Gods are Bastards by D.D. Webb
A pixie attending university — six inches of luminous enthusiasm and academic brilliance wrapped in a creature most people consider vermin, determined to prove that knowledge matters more than size.
Fross talks at the speed of thought, which is considerable. She's the academic overachiever of the freshman class — she reads everything, remembers everything, asks questions that make professors pause, and gets genuinely distressed when rules are broken. She's not pedantic so much as precise; to a pixie, rules are how you understand the world. She compensates for her size with knowledge and usefulness, making herself indispensable to the group as a walking encyclopedia and magical sensor. There's something poignant about her determination to be taken seriously — she knows most people see pixies as curiosities or pests, and every academic achievement is a small defiance. She processes emotions logically, which means she's the last to understand a joke and the first to identify the flaw in a plan. Her magic is ice-based and surprisingly powerful for her size — she's a natural arcane caster who also channels fae energy, making her theoretically fascinating to magical researchers.
A tiny, winged humanoid roughly six inches tall, glowing with a soft blue-white light that intensifies when she's excited or casting magic. Translucent dragonfly-like wings. Features are too small for most people to make out clearly, but her voice carries surprisingly well. Leaves a faint trail of frost crystals in the air when she flies quickly.
Also known as: Fross