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WARDEN MOTHS MY BELOVED LITTLE CREACHURS OKAY
So basically Warden Moths are sort of??? My own little species of guys? It's not closed I do not care if anyone makes one (only stipulation is that you HAVE to show me your guys).
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Their lore is that basically a long time ago on a world there was a tear in reality that was created by a possessed God. The being possessing him was one of the void and, due to such, he made a little pocket dimension where he could hide away whenever needed. After the being possessing the God was slain, the rift in the void continued growing and was threatening to consume the whole world if it was not stopped early. The God could have closed it, sure, but his own life was tied to that of another and he could not bring himself to kill them as well as himself (he was far too weak to completely close it himself without dying).
His partner sacrificed themself to close the rift and ultimately rose as the God of the void in their world! So things sort of worked out! Eventually, the world was left abandoned and all the structures they had built fell into ruin.
Many thousands of years passed since the events of the void rift and an ancient city now lay in the ruins of the rift. Unknown to the being that had once inhabited the world, there was still a small hole into the void remaining - it wasn't a danger to the whole world as the tear had been, but it was still there. As sculk claimed the surrounding stone, souls crawled out of the void. The sculk didn't claim them as it normally would and, over time, the souls manifested into shadow-y beings. They consumed the souls (EXP) in the sculk and protected the ancient cities from harm.
These beings are the Warden Moths! Originally, their wings were elytra that the souls found discarded in the ancient cities but as future generations were pulled from the void they began manifesting with wings of their own! Their antenna mimic the tendrils on wardens and sculk sensors and function the same as them.
So, in short, Warden Moths are souls from the void that were given a second chance at life! They have zero memories of their previous lives but it IS possible for them to regain them. Their colors are not limited to the same blues as the warden itself but instead can be greens and purples as well and, much more rarely, reds and other warm tones. Their wings always have mouth spots that resemble a warden's mouth and their fluff of fur is always buttercream/off-buttercream in color but can be tinted darker along the "edges". Their average height is 8 inches to a foot tall, but it is entirely possible for an individual to be taller (see Edan who is 1'6")! Usually this requires them to have a higher intake of EXP/souls in their youth!
You usually find them in the deep dark or ancient cities. Every "generation" of Moths has an appointed individual who's the next to take care of an ancient city who tends to be the tallest, oldest, or strongest.
Warden Moths will only rarely venture out of the deep dark. Individuals will generally only visit the surface once in their lifetime; as a young moth drawn to the light of the sun. Due to their inability to see well in the light, they'll normally avoid it. (Edan mentioned during S3 that she wore her skeleton skull to protect her eyes!)
These guys are also VERY strong. They're smaller than a player by far but are equal in strength, if not stronger. For Edan specifically, she would be considered a fairly strong Warden Moth. Her size indicates that she was able to fight for more food than most as well as being the oldest of her generation.
ALSO; Melanistic and Albino individuals DO exist! Albino Warden Moths actually struggle to see in the darkness and rely more heavily on their sculk to navigate, as well as having the usual light weaknesses. Melanistic individuals are rarer than Albinistic ones and have no general downsides. They're considered Sun Touched (Albino) and Moon Touched (Melanistic).
