It's basically bribery, but in a good way.
Anyway, most Fair Folk are better at social conflict and manipulation than fighting.
I could make a character that everyone would love by default, and who could ruin a person reputation with a word.
Not to mention that my character could have summoned an army. Transient Work of Flesh and Bones.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather