Lampad Yokai

**Lampad Yokai** are a variation of the Nymph Yokai who are associated with the underworld.

## Physical Appearance

Lampad Yokai are humanoid beings who takes on an appearance of a lady. They generally have dark skin colors including grays. They may possess pointy ears as well as having different sclera colors in their eyes.

## Description

Lampad Yokai are a type of nymph who represent or are associated with the underworld and its environment. Lampades are common in mythology and were usually important among civilizations. These yokai have the ability to see clearly in the dark. Though they have bad eyesight during the day as the sun hurts their eyes. So they tend to wear glasses and carry around eyedrops to help their eyes when on the surface during the day.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Lampad Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Divine Object (torches)
	+ Dark Light Manipulation
	+ Hell-Fire Manipulation
	+ Madness Manipulation
		- Insanity Inducement
* Divinity (minor status)
	+ Deity Soul
	+ Divine/Beauty Aura/Fear Aura
* Night Empowerment
* Nymph Physiology (nymphs of the underworld)
	+ Ecological Empathy
	+ Enhanced Condition
	+ Environmental Adaptation
	+ Indomitable Sexuality
	+ Nature Unity
	+ Personal Domain
	+ Semi-Immortality/Immortality
	+ Supernatural Beauty
	+ Zoolingualism
* Underworld Embodiment (minor status, Lampads reflect the environment of the underworld as they are a part of it and its aspects.)
	+ Afterlife Traveling
	+ Death-Force Manipulation (limited)
		- Death-Force Generation
		- Death Inducement
		- Death Sense
		- Mediumship
		- Spiritual Force Manipulation
			* Phantasm Manipulation
			* Soul Reading
	+ Ghost Physiology
		- Haunting
	+ Underworld Manipulation (limited)
		- Darkness Manipulation
		- Environment Manipulation
		- Nether Manipulation
		- Underworld Beast Manipulation
		- Underworld Path

### Associations

* Death Deity Physiology
* Greek Deity Physiology
	+ Daimon Physiology
	+ Roman Deity Physiology
* Magic Deity Physiology
	+ Magic
		- Underworld Magic
* Nature Spirit Physiology
* Spirit Physiology

## Pop Culture

Lampads only appear in Greek Mythology. The nymphs were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty and her role in the Titanomachy. The Lampades were the Goddess's torch bearers and accompanied Hecate on her nighttime travels and haunting's. Jerez from Monster Musume is a Lampad who is an otaku.

## Variations

### Nymph Yokai

Lampads are a type of nymph who represent or are associated with the underworld and its environment. Lampades are common in mythology and were usually important among civilizations. They were gifts from Zeus who had given them to Hecate, Greek goddess of witchcraft and crossroads.

## Life in the Hidden World

Lampad Yokai would carry torches. The reason is they do it for Grim Reaper and other Yokai who guide the spirits of the dead to the afterlife. Some accounts tell of how the light of the Lampads' torches has the power to drive one to madness. This doesn't have affect from Yokai. But if a human were to see the torches, then they'll be driven into madness. Lampad Yokai also helps those who had gotten lost in a dark area such as caves. They'll use the torches to guide them out of the cave to safety before disappearing into the darkness.

## Symbolism

Companions of Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft and crossroads, they were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty in the Titanomachy. They bear torches and accompany Hecate on her night-time travels and hauntings. Some accounts tell of how the light of the Lampads' torches has the power to drive one to madness. They also serve as handmaidens to other Underworld goddesses, such as Persephone/Proserpina. They had parties called Mysteries, and they loved to play tricks on people. Some even say that they lead travelers to their death. Others say that they helped people.

The Lampads were probably the daughters of various Underworld gods, Daimones, river gods, or Nyx.

The Lampads' Roman name is '**nymphae Avernales'** ("infernal nymphs").