Monthly Art Challenge - April 2020

Filligree Filcher

Biological Notes
A small rodent-like creature made of glass or porcelain, often equipped with wire filligreed antennae and wings, although the appearance of these can vary based on their origin location and how they were 'born'. These rodents are roughly an inch and a half to two inches tall, and tend to sit in a round manner, slinking around when needed. Highly susceptible to sunlight, they have an almost gargoylian reaction, freezing solid any time sunlight hits their shells. During this time, they basically return to being figurines until night time again. As a note, Sunlight is a trigger, and testing has proven that being taken out of sunlight does not relieve the condition before the sun sets.

The Filligree Filcher lives in small communities called 'Investments', often within two or three points of 5 to a home, and although not particularly territorial, do kick out their own members for 'quality control'. Highly susceptible to sound, familial homes that make a lot more noise are far less likely to have any at all, as too much noise can crack their delicate shells, where homes with more jewelry and more things that sparkle are more likely to have them.


Birth and Reproduction
Filchers do not practice live birth or egg laying, but they can reproduce. it is an unusual trait that has been witnessed by only one blacksmith and his potter neighbor. They will gather the materials they need and mold a new creature off the dominant unit's figure, with tweaks that one has made to ensure the new one will not be better than it. (The criteria for better varies between Investments, and can range from wings to antennae designs to skull shapes.) They then 'paid' the potter and the blacksmith with found items to have the new figurine cast, and the entire Investment watches over the process while glowing. The finished figurine awakens the next dusk after its creation.