Glimmers

Glimmers are a magically created species in the realm of Lorcana.

## Types of Glimmers

### Character Glimmers

All character glimmers have some degree of *sentience*. [1] They all seem to be based off of a group of pre-existing 'characters' and one character can have multiple "versions" of their-selves. [1] These *versions* can include storyborn, dreamborn, and floodborn glimmers. [1] While character glimmers are based off of characters, the exact differences between them are not known. For instance, it is not clear if all the storyborns of Cinderella share the same life or a "story" of their life [1] --although this particular example is less likely as a glimmer of a character is "not the actual character, [but rather] it's this magical version of them." [4, 5] Because a glimmer is not their character, but rather "a glimmer of…" their character, that is the reason why there can be multiple copies of a single character [See Note 2] & is a factor in why dreamborns can have a unique appearance. [5] Most, if not all, character glimmers still share a strong connection with the characters they are based on--possessing "the core of the character"--including a similar moral alignment. [2]

#### Storyborn Glimmers

Each storyborn glimmer is based off of a different moment in a character's life or "story." [1] While *storyborns* as a term may apply exclusively to glimmers with no observable distinction from their original characters, the *dreamborns* & *floodborns* could be considered "a smaller subset" of the larger storyborn glimmer type. [2. See Note 1]

#### Dreamborn Glimmers

Each dreamborn glimmer is based off of a character, but instead of a simple "snapshot" from that character's *story,* the dreamborn, when summoned, has "never [been] seen" as such in the character's life on whom they are based. [1] This doesn't mean that the dreamborn may not have been a "snapshot" from their character's life, as some snapshots of dreamborns were "extrapolate[d]." [2] For instance, the dreamborn Tamatoa (Drab Little Crab) is based off of what its base-character said in its story, regarding a portion of its life that was not otherwise represented in its story. [2, 3.1] Despite this difference, dreamborns are still "summoned by illumineers," [1] though it is still not known how an illumineer gains access to a character's story to "extrapolate" it [2] or even if some other force is responsible for this aspect of summoning glimmers. Dreamborn glimmers do "have some of the imagination of the illumineer woven in," which causes the dreamborn's unique appearance. [5]

#### Floodborn Glimmers

While floodborns are akin in dreamborns as to their variation from their character's story, they are not "summoned by illumineers." [1] Instead, the very "magic of Lorcana itself" is responsible for their *creation.* [1] Most, if not all, floodborns, were created through "a cataclysmic event" known as the flood. [1]

## References

1. Learn To Play Disney Lorcana w/Co-Designer Ryan Miller - YouTube
2. Disney Lorcana Co-Designer Ryan Miller Speaks! (youtube.com)
3. Disney Lorcana TCG Companion: Official Disney Lorcana App (Ravensburger Verlag GmbH)
	1. TAMATOA Drab Little Crab ("The First Chapter," Card 92/204)
4. The Story Of Disney Lorcana! Revealing Lorcana's Lore With Designer Ryan Miller!
5. "We’re gonna get WONDERFUL!“: Disney Lorcana Interview with Co-Designer Ryan Miller

## Notes

1. The idea that dreamborn & floodborn glimmers are a "subset" of storyborn glimmers [2] is likely only applicable in-universe, with no out-of-universe game mechanics.
2. Ryan Miller (out-of-universe) indicated that there can be not only multiple *versions* of the same character, but also multiple copies of the same character glimmer. [5]