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    An FAQ for the Illumothe adoptables, hosted by The Wizard himself. Here he is now:

    "¡Hello! I finally got myself together to do this. Sorry, I just remembered that I made these a while ago, ¡so lets talk about them!

    • What are these moths with lanterns on their wings?

    These bugs are called Illumothes, because they're sorta like moths and the glow like fireflies. ¡But they're not totally like fireflys though! Instead the lights come from small lanterns that hang from their wings. The lanterns are really neat because they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and can even control the lantern like it was parts of their bodies. ¡In fact, they don't even need to hold flame to make a light! The illumothe that follows me around, that I named Orago, has a plant in their lantern that makes a glow, and there's a lot of other energies that can be in there as well.

    A long time ago I made my first and second illumothe with help from The Shaman and let them go into the world, ¡and then sometime later it multiplied so much there were suddenly all kinds of illumothes all over Mejika! I like traveling a lot, so whenever I come across a new one I take a photograph to remember that I found one. They tend to follow me around though, and I really cant keep them all, so I decided to follow my other friends directions and offer them up for sale. ¡I think everyone should have a little mothey companion!

    • Can you detach the lanterns?

    I tried that once, and I couldn't find a way to unhook them from their links. I guess they're really stuck to their wings, so I guess you can't You can't open the lantern either, but don't worry about refilling what's it there; ¡the illumothe itself knows how to do that!

    • Speaking of magic, do they also have affinities to the regular magic types?

    ¡You bet! ¡In fact, that’s what's inside their lanterns! Illumothes all have various elements in their lanterns that make them work, and lets them use all sorts of magic. I'm pretty sure it isn't 100% raw magic though, but I also don't really know exactly what the material is either, so I just name them by what they're like.

    Specifically, the lantern glows and elements go together light this:

    Fiery/Fire -Watery/Water - Windy/Wind -Earthy/Earth - Sparky/Electric -Flashy/Light - Shadowy/Shadow

    • Wait, how do the other elements like wind shine if they aren't fire or other light making energies?

    ¡It's all magic! The other ones just sort of… shine or sparkle in certain ways. You'll know it when you see it. The shadow ones are weird though, its like a some kind of black light that can reveal some hidden things. There's a lot of that kind of stuff around Mejika that my friends don't know about, but I think The Enchantress knows a lot of about it.

    • How many are there?

    ¡I don't know! I think there's only so much in Mejika though, but even then there should be a lot.

    • With that many, how do you even keep track of them?

    ¡They kind of sorted this out naturally actually! ¡What I found out is that the number and size of the chain links before their lanterns on their wings determines their magic rank. The more links they have, the more powerful they are.

    Actually I noticed that the more powerful an illumothe is, the bigger its wings will be too. ¡I saw one that was really big once! I wish I could have gotten a picture…

    • I think I came across one earlier. Can I keep it?

    ¡I would love that! That just makes it easier for me to share them out with everyone. ¡Just make sure to run it by me so that I can take a picture of it and add it to my collection…!

     [That means that Illumothe are an  Open Species; you can make them for yourself if you want and put it in the group for the rest to see..! There won't be a regular species guide though, so you'll just have to rely on canon examples and your own imagination/magic if you wanna make one..!]

    • How would I get one normally?

    You'd get them from me whenever I find a new one. I'll show you a picture of the one I found and everything, and then sell them to anyone who wants one, including a straight autobuy, an auction, raffles; ¡all sorts of ways!

    I don't know how they are personality wise, but I'm pretty sure that won't be a problem. The one's I've met have all been nice, ¡so I'm sure they'll be for you too!

    • Do they have any consistent traits?

    There's a bunch of thing's they all have a common,

    This is all of them I remember they :

    -Can all fly.

    -Are usually around a little bigger than of a grape fruit (¿maybe the size of a watermelon?), varying around that size.

    -All have luna month like wings, but sometimes it looks like other bug's wings a little.

    -All have two feelers that pop up from their head, ¡but they come in all sorts of shapes!

    -have lanterns connected to their wings at the bottom.

    -have chain links that connect the wings to the lanterns, that also show their magical rank. A small link represents 1, and a big link represents 5. I think there are special links for special numbers too.

    • Do they have genders?

      ¡They do, I think! Otherwise I don't know how there would be so many of them.
    • Where do they live?

    I think they live wherever they got their energy to fill their lantern. And that means, ¡they can live anywhere! If they were something like bees, that would be kind of scary, ¡but thankfully they're not!

    • What are they like? Do they require a lot of care?

    ¡They don't really! Just give them a place to replenish their lanterns and I think they'll be happy. Also don't keep them in a cage, ¡they don't really like being held down so much!

    • Do they wear things sometimes?

    I don't think they're  big enough to wear clothes or anything, but sometimes they pick up small things to decorate themselves and their lanterns with.

    • Can they speak?

    I don't think they can, but I've heard them make cute little noises from their mouths so I know they can do that at least. I also saw them brighten and dim their lanterns really fast, ¿so maybe they also communicate through blinking lights?

    • How do you forget that you made an entire magical species?

    ¡I dunno! It was just a fun time with a friend at the time, but I guess I didn't really know what I was doing. In fact, the reason I remembered to do this was because The Magician asked about them, ¡so go thank him! I'm kind of the youngest of all my friends so I guess I'm not as good at this stuff as they are, ¡but I still think it's cool they hang out with me!

    ¡And I think that’s it! If you ever have questions later, don't hesitate to come back and ask, and I'll see if I know enough to answer them."

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