It featured characters used predominantly in the parent series – Titania, Auberon and Molly O'Reilly – to tell stories set in the realm of Faerie prior to the start of The Books of Magic, and later in the present era.

[5] The first volume of The Books of Faerie details the fall of the Regent King Obrey and the journey to power of the ruler known as Titania.

The story tells about human girl named Maryrose, dressed in rags, in "England, a long time ago".

[7] It later becomes apparent that Titania believes the Opener Timothy Hunter to be the child that Bridie hid, although Tim is told by Auberon that he is not.

The second volume of The Books of Faerie jumps further back in time, showing the end of the reign of King Magnus and the rise of Auberon and his regent Obrey.

As the two main candidates vie for support, Lord Obrey is approached by the Amadan who tells him of another solution: there is a distant member of Magnus' family still living on the borders of Faerie who holds the direct line of succession and could unite the two opposing sides.

The four return to the Court, and with Obrey's wise and steady guidance Auberon is crowned King and defeats his opponents on the field of battle.

[10] One of the later back-up stories suggested that Auberon also left because he was aware of the danger he was in, and struck up a romantic relationship with an Elf Lord's daughter whilst searching for his sister.

[13] They discover Queen Titania captured by Barbatos, who has a new "master" – a giant green frog-like creature that the demon is forcing the faeries to build a lake for.

A disguised Auberon is one of the workforce, and he and Titania are singled out by Rose for execution: she is in fact a flitling grown to human size as punishment for leading her kind in a rebellion, something which she intends to do again once she has had her revenge.

Molly foils her plans by convincing Barbatos' master to relinquish Twilight, which has transformed him from a common frog, leaving the demon powerless.

[14] The first back-up strip story reintroduced the troll Sturm, telling a tale set in his youth of how he met a beautiful lady and returned her "silver treasure" – actually a snake that had caused the death of his two older brothers – to her.

[17] The final tale showed the Gyvv and an unnamed woman discussing the history of Faerie once its time had ended, "setting the stage for the new ongoing series".