Flutterlings

Flutterlings are one of the two Faery species of the world, along with the Flitterlings.
Flutterling's core concept is animation, the act of giving life to something non-organic.
Originally created from deconstructing Thumblings into dust and letting them reform using the magically charged dust that remained, Flutterlings are purely magical creatures with only a facade of a biological body. New Flutterlings are created at random, in areas where existing Flutterlings have spread their magically charged dust. They have no physical strength and must use magical powers for basically everything they do. One advantage, however, is that they can grow in size, some going as far as 30 to 40 centimeters.
They are technically immortal, able to live as long as they have the willpower to hold their dust together. Staying in crowded areas and being observed and questioned is harmful to a flutterling and can easily lead to death unless they are awfully prepared.
They look like Flitterlings if those were butterfly themed, each dressed in intricate outfits mimicking butterfly species. These aren't just aesthetic choices, as they represent clans. Typically a clan is only composed of one species, but some, like the Monarchs, tend to form complex structures with more than one type. These clans live in the wilderness of the world, far away from the harmful presence of mortals. Yet, some weaker butterflies, such as the little yellows or the common blue, may find themselves trying to become 'familiars' or 'apprentices' to mortal mages.
In general, Flutterlings are happy enough studying magic and observing certain phenomena of the natural world, they are wiser than the Flitterlings but somehow even less ambitious, bound to countless traditions and frivolous mindsets. They waste most of their time in their little fractured societies, creating feuds and great intrigues and waging little but constant wars, or throwing parties and feasts. Ironically, the weak butterflies who try their luck being subordinate to mortal mages seem to have something far closer to 'life goals' and objectives.
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