Poomfa

== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
Poomfas (poom-fuh) are small puffy cloud-like creature that can float in the air. It does not make rain. (That is what vamen do.) Poomfas are about two feet in every direction, but when it is threatened, it puffs up to about four and a half feet. This knocks the opponent off their feet. At the right angle, a poomfa can send the opponent flying through the air, and have them end up at least fifteen feet away. They will never pull away from their job once they get it, even if they miss family and friends.
=== Diet ===
Poomfas don't exactly "eat", but they do absorb moisture. This is because clouds are made from moisture, and poomfas are clouds. They can go about the same time humans can go without having a drink. Otherwise, they will start to shrink until the point of death. If they absorb to much, then they will become too heavy to fly. This could be a large disadvantage while in battle.
=== Habitat ===
Poomfas like to stay out in the nice, sunny weather. This is why they choose open plains as homes. They sometimes go to stormy areas to absorb moisture. (See in diet) This is also where pifgligs are normally found, which is very convenient for the both of them. If a poomfa doesn't have a pifglig friend, then most poomfas will search far and wide for one. Like most other bad creatures, they always have to pull away from their nice habitats if Yanth calls for help in battle.
=== Friends/Enemies ===
Poomfas are on the bad side, and work for Yanth. Poomfa is in the cloudy trio, right now with vamen. Pifgligs, which are also on the bad side, are good friends with poomfas. Poomfas really hate sturshes for one reason in specific: even though both are evil, sturshes like to fly straight through poomfas just for fun. Thankfully, pifgligs counter these attacks by shooting their thorns at any stursh that tends to annoy them. 
== Lore ==
=== Origin ===
Poomfas were first created when Yanth flung himself across the valley, and flew through a cloud, giving it an evil essence. When he found out what happened, he started to create more of these cloud-like creatures, and named them poomfa. Those that were thunderclouds turned into vamen, which help the poomfas. 
=== Prophecy ===
It is unknown if poomfas will survive they Great War, but it is known that poomfas will be one of the many creatures guarding the temple that needs to be reached to warn the whole valley of the war. They will also be instrumental in warning Yanth before the Great War.
== Magic ==
Most poomfas are not born with any magic, but a few are born with a few basic air magic skills. It is not very hard for a pooma to learn magic, but they are more susceptible to air and water magic. They can learn fire magic, but it wears them out very fast. Poomfas are best at simple all-around magic abilities like a short burst of wind or a quick dash. Also, it is important to know that although floating is a spell, floating for poomfas is regular.
== Trivia ==
* Poomfa got the main part of its name, poof, from the fact that it is based off a cloud.
* When poomfas get too dehydrated and die, they 'poof' away.
* Poomfas can float up about 2 miles up into the air.
* Poomfas are very hard to kill, since they can just reform. 
** They would either have to be condensed and then killed, or be obliterated so bad that they can't reform.
* Families of poomfas don't spend that much time together.
* Poomfas stay away from fire at all costs.
* A group of poomfas is called a tuff.
* It takes poomfas several years to learn the ability to expand.
* Poomfa was the third creature made by the developers.
* Poomfas can easily be blown off their course by strong wind.
* Poomfas do not cast a shadow.
** This is a good way to tell which clouds are actually poomfas.
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