Vilpkin

Vulpin-like creatures with a body structure made purely of Fire Aether that call broken pots their homes. They are elusive creatures that show hermit crab-like behaviour, often hiding in plain sight or rolling away at high speeds.

Biology

Vilpkin are being of flame, choosing to take the form of vulpin-like creatures with big heads, stubby legs and a large tail. When resting or feeling threatened, Vulpkin will retract back into their pots for shelter. Although not the most optimal defense, it is what the Vulpkin deam most safe. They can often be found in ruins or bazaars, disguised as one of the many pots littered about the area. When young, Vilpkin kits are too small to live in pots, resorting to using smaller objects like cups are shelter until they are big enough to move into their own pots. Most Vilpkin are very picky about their pots, they refuse to use prebroken pots, only picking durable pots in which they still crack open anyways to let their limbs out. Travelers who offer a Vilpkin a pot in which they deam fit for living, will gain that Vilpkin's trust and gratitude.

Diet

Vilpkin do not have a traditional body structure and thus do not have digestive tracks. They consume by burning fuels sources into their flames. Although Vilpkin can eat any burnable material, they have a preference for sources that make their flame burn the brightest. In the wild, that would be mainly tree bark or anything burnable stored within their pots by unsuspecting merchants / explorers. Domesticated Vilpkin have developed a strong form of pickiness the moment they experience more luxurious form of fuel like alchohol, coal or oils. In most cases though, people use them to burn food scrapes.

Eternal Flame

A Vilpkin's flame and life burn forever bright as long as their flames are not put out. Vilpkin in the wild live to a max of 50 years, their flames dying out due to a lack of resources to keep their flames roaring. In captivity, they can live for many years, the longest record of a Vilpkin living is 6,000. Because of this, there have been some cases of explorers bringing along Vilpkin as portable stoves for long journeys to keep warm or cook food.

Native Regions

Vilpkin tend to love dry places with lots of shelter. They struggle in damp humid regions where rain is abundant. Making regions like Vyper and Bellvué idle places for them to live in.

Elements

Vilpkin are primarily a fire-based aether species. There have been no records of these creatures being of any other elements in Solaurum

Visual changes

If certain minerals or chemicals are given to them, the color of their flame will change accordingly. This is purely cosmetic and their flame color will revert back to normal in time.

Rumors

Food supplies disappearing overnight, the bottomless pot, will-o-wisps. Those are the myths people unknown to the Vilpkin had created. Storing food into their pots only to find them gone the next day, burnt to a crisp by the Vilpkin that dwelled within. No matter how much is placed inside, nothing comes out. Vilpkin are nocturnal, prefering to reveal themselves at the pitch of night. Creating rumors of ghosts or just a couple of mischievious fae.

Variants

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  One of the natural flame colors a Vilpkin can have, most common
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  One of the natural flame colors a Vilpkin can have, uncommon
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  One of the natural flame colors a Vilpkin can have, rare and very hot