Arcane

Arcanomorphs (AKA Thaumic Entities)

Forms of magic incarnate, typically somewhat humanoid. They are more common near large settlements as—though unknown to most—they are made from belief, the natural spirit thaumic energy of individuals manifesting their fears. As such, they exist as forms of aggregated thaumic energy.

Spellforms

Arcanomorphs which exist in a looser sense, and are barely physical. Additionally, they are capable of possessing corpses, including those of forged creatures. Shadowform: A form of spellform. Living shadows which hide from sight before preying on their victims, they are known to stalk the woods at night. They are rarely seen before it is too late, and even then often linger on the edges of one’s vision. Shadowforms have the ability to temporarily appear as another form, though the same shadowy appearance, such as a black dog or other such creature of similar size. This effect disappears if one attempts to look directly at it.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Shadow

Flameform: A form of spellform. Living flame

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Flame

Stormform: A form of spellform. Living lightning

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Storm

Frostform: A form of spellform. Living chilling wind

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Frost

Risen

Dead forged creatures possessed by Spellforms. They mildly change appearance, and are far more bestial than Reforged, being most similar to their original Spellform. Stormrisen: Their joints connected by electricity, and eyes of sparks, they are the most aggressive of Risen.

Categories: Arcane/Forged
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Storm

Flamerisen: Their whole body is doused in flames, growing larger when enraged.

Categories: Arcane/Forged
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Flame

Frostrisen: The rarest of Risen. Cold vapor rises from their eyes, and their whole body crackles with frost.

Categories: Arcane/Forged
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Frost

Shadowrisen: Nonexistent. Shadowforms never take solid forms, they find it too restricting.

Scourge

Dead creatures possessed by Spellforms, noticeably distinct from Risen. Frostscourge:

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Frost

Flamescourge:

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Flame

Stormscourge:

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Storm

Shadowscourge:

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Category: Infused
Domain(s): Shadow

Shade (AKA Vessel, AKA Dark Savant, AKA Fallen)

The unfortunate remains of those who failed a bonding to a thaumic entity. The entity now has control of the body, as well as their original magic, allowing for a dangerous equivalent to a Savant. They can also be created if someone attempts to bond to a dead Savant’s weapon and the previous wielder has not yet given up on life, and attempts to take control the same way another thaumic entity would.

Sub-Category: Infused

Channeled: A form of Shade, and a dark counterpart to Channelers.

Storm Channeled: Its eyes glow with the light of a storm, and its whole body crackles with electricity.
Shadow Channeled: Its eyes are blacker than the darkest night, and its body seems to fade into shadows around it, even darkening light shone upon it.
Frost Channeled: Its body is frozen under a bulky layer of spiked ice. This layer is resistant to most forms of attack.
Earth Channeled: Its body is completely obscured by massive armor of earth and stone. The strongest form of Channeled, its earthen body towers over common people.
Flame Channeled: Its body is wreathed in flames, and its eyes are lit with white fire.
Spirit Channeled (AKA Vampire): They feed off of blood, growing stronger from it. Their skin practically bulges with magic and blood.

Zealot (AKA Lanternborn, AKA Fanatic): A form of Shade, and a dark counterpart to Lanterneers. The light behind their eyes is nothing more than a mirror for their lantern.

Frost Zealot: Its body is wreathed in mist, cloaking its form.
Flame Zealot: Its body smoulders, hot smoke billowing out from it

Evoker (AKA Banshee, AKA Siren): A form of Shade, and a dark counterpart to Minstrels.

Flame Evoker (AKA Ash Evoker): The body seems to be internally burning, and is wreathed with ash and smoke. Each note releases ash into the air.

Wielded: A form of Shade, and a dark counterpart to Armsmasters. Some hold onto their blade as it guides them, while others are simply puppeteered by the blade embedded in their own flesh.

Frost Wielded: Its body is coated in a layer of ice, making it oddly agile.

Beholder (AKA Observer): A form of Shade, and a dark counterpart to Seers. They do not control their perception, instead their perception controls them. As such, Seers are heavily influenced by their environments.

Servitors

Beings formed of materials infused with magic by a Savant or Runescribe. Similar to necromancy, though with far more mundane materials, and a deal harder to create. Though some consider them a form of golem, they are not mechanical, can be better instructed, and are, rather unfortunately, temporary and bound to the will of their creator.

Earth Servitor:
Hay Servitor: A living figure composed of hay. If made from sacks of hay, it loses its bludgeoning weakness.
Stone Servitor:
Ice Servitor:
Light Servitor:
Flame Servitor

Fractallites: Appearing as a robed figure without the figure, they have a metallic sheen to them, but are quite translucent. The opening of their hood glows with a painful light. They are able to erase recent events from someone’s mind, allowing them to avoid being seen. Likely rare, and never heard of by most people.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Mind

Wisps: Little wisps of magical energy. They appear as small glowing spots, almost like ethereal flame. They come in a variety of colors, each one with its own personality, though which are which varies by region. They are commonly found in swamps, and rarely in thaumic deserts.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Light, Spirit

Elemental Wisps: Little wisps of magical energy. They appear as small glowing spots of magic, their exact appearance varying by domain. They are commonly found in thaumic reservoirs.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Various

Wisperer: A skeleton left in a place of magic, such as a thaumic reservoir, bonded to wisps. The body becomes more bestial, and they more often than not walk on all fours. Its skull becomes larger, its teeth sharper, and it forms additional eye sockets for every wisp it’s bonded too. The greatest amount seen was “Vranük the Vindictive”, with 8 eyes. The personality of the wisps directly correlates to the personality of the Wisperer, and the colors can be mixed. They’re quite rare, and live in isolated caves, often in swamps. They can send out wisps as scouts, or to lure in prey & unwary travelers.

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Categories: Arcanamorph/Skeleton
Domain(s)(s): Various
Rarity: Rare

Soulbees: These long, striped, flying insects are a rare form of bee, with an usual capacity for spirit thaumic energy. Their stripes are white and blue, and their eyes glow with a golden light. Stings from them leech spirit rather than physical strength, and they are said to harvest souls rather than pollen. Soulbees are sought after for their Soul Honey, a unique, sticky, translucent fluid, somewhat similar to honey.

Categories: Arcane, Bug
Domain(s): Spirit

Phoenix: Living fire and spirit energy resembling a grand bird. When one dies it returns to its youth. Upon death they turn to ash. This ash can be used to make fire thaumic weapons. If absorbed rather than slain, they stay dead. 2 to 5 meter wingspan.

Size: Large
Sub-Categories: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Flame/Spirit

Splinterbeast: A massive angular beast made of thaumic ice. Its head resembles an abstract wolf’s head. Its body is lanky and skeletal, seemingly made from jagged cuts of ice. Its claws leave a freezing gash that never fully warms. Any parts that are cut from the beast will quickly melt. This melt can be used as a frost essence. ub-Categories: Arcanomorph

Size: Large, 5 to 6 meters
Domain(s): Frost
Reflective: Radiant damage dealt to this creature is returned to the caster or other nearby creature.

Water Dragon: Thaumic water in the form of a wyrm. Though weak, it is hard to kill without magic. Its water, if captured in its pure form, is a thaumic essence powerful enough to create a savant artifact. Most artifacts made with this are similar to potion daggers, absorbing the essence rather than having them forged together.

Categories: Arcane/Wyrm
Sub-Categories: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Water

Ocean Water Dragon (AKA Abyss Dragon, AKA Sea Tyrant): An oversized water dragon, found in the open ocean. They are massive, and far more dangerous than their inland cousins.

Categories: Arcane/Wyrm
Sub-Categories: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Water

Living Wind: A mysterious phenomenon where wind appears to be sentient. Winds often vary from playful to downright malicious. This also occasionally occurs during a storm, where rain may hit a silhouette that isn’t there.

Sub-category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Storm

Slitherleaf: A large serpentine creature, formed of fallen leaves during autumn. They are featureless besides a frill of leaves near their front, and are relatively skinny despite their length. Though they will attempt to constrict people and prey, they are quite easy to destroy. Many hunt them in the autumn for their essences. Some of the leaves at its core can be used as thaumic growth and decay essences.

Sub-category: Arcanomorph
Size: Large
Domain(s): Growth
Crypsis: If still and partially obscured by natural elements, you are nearly invisible

Fire Salamander: Visually quite similar to a common salamander, it can ignite its entire body to ward off predators. They range from gold to luminous orange. They are also bioluminescent from their constant internal flame. In theory they can be turned into flame thaumic essence, but no one would be cruel enough to do so.

Size: Miniscule
Domain(s): Flame

Sapbeast: A shambling creature made of bark and vines, surrounding a core of pure growth magic. Despite its size, it is surprisingly stealthy and agile.

Categories: Arcane, Monstrosity
Sub-Categories: Arcanomorph
Size: Large
Domain(s): Growth
Crypsis

Stonemorph: A shambling shape composed of large stones, usually with two large frontal limbs.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Earth

Shadestalker: A two-winged creature with a lithe body and broad wings, it is composed entirely of shadow.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Small
Domain(s): Shadow

Bog Warden: A large mass of soil, plant matter, and water, held together with magic. It is fairly rotund and squat, and has 4 to 6 limbs.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Large
Domain(s): Water/Earth

Strix: Living shadow and decay energy. Fallen phoenixes according to mythology, they appear as large birds, feathers black as night, with gray eyes and beaks. 2 to 5 meter wingspan.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Large
Domain(s): Shadow/Decay

Voidling: A fiendish form of crackling purple energy, which can teleport and rip apart creatures and materials with void magic.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Void

Plague Sprite (AKA Plaguewalker): A humanoid form of necrotic green smoke, said to be the source of plagues. They rot life around them.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Decay

Spirit: A mass of spirit energy pulled from a now-deceased individual via necromancy.

Categories: Arcane/Undead
Sub-Category:
Domain(s): Spirit

Inkform (AKA Atramento): An artificial approximate of a shadowform, composed of water thaumic energy and ink.

Categories: Arcane, Monstrosity
Sub-Categories: Arcanomorph, Artificial
Domain(s): Water

Silsil: A creature from Deepslime mythology akin to a demon. Malicious and intelligent, they appear as creatures carved of stone, skittering on at least 8 limbs. Some philosophers believe Deepslimes based these off of Mycotans.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Medium to Large
Domain(s): Earth

Siren/Slᵾsli: A type of trickster demon from Deepslime mythology. Said to lure people in with its light before tearing them limb from limb and devouring their remains. They are found rarely in caves, and appear as a distant light before springing from the darkness as a strange, multi-limbed shadow. Some philosophers believe Deepslimes based these off of Glot Mycotans.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Medium
Domain(s): Light/Shadow

Unicorn: A mythical horse composed of light with a horn on its head, they are found rarely in light reservoirs.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Large
Domain(s): Light

Mocker: A horrifying creature composed of both Form and Mind magic. They are attracted to potent fear, and mimic the presence fears of their victims before killing them.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Size: Variable
Domain(s): Mind/Form

Thunderpuff: A small, living thundercloud.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Storm

The Swarm: A unique entity, of which only two instances have been recorded. It is a living hivemind, composed of whatever nearby creatures it can find. Widely regarded as a Form domain creature, it absorbs other creatures, adding them to its swarm. Sufficiently absorbed creatures turn a dark indigo-ish gray, and are capable of turning to dust and back, even turning into other creatures within the swarm. The swarm itself appears as ambient particles of said dust, drifting or creeping over surfaces. It likely has a center, though none has been recorded.

Categories: Arcane/Monstrosity
Sub-Category: Unknown
Domain(s): Form? Void?

Lightwalker: A benevolent biped, said to help lost travelers. They are composed of life, and most commonly appear as prismatic humanoids with ram horns, likely due to the horns’ associations with protection.

Sub-Category: Arcanomorph
Domain(s): Light