Gwraig Verth

Gwragged Verth ("green wives") are a manifested species used by Citron Lithomancers to enhance their sensory perceptions. They are somewhat like carbon-based servitors or familiars. They are awoken with the use of AC Drycraft, which is an experimental chaos magic system unsupported by most Courts. However, there are no concrete laws against creating Gwragged Verth. Certain vigilante types may try to sabotage sites where they are being grown or summoned, however.

Gwragged grow from a germinated seed awoken by an alchemist, typically of the Mercatrix job class who have access to more forms of natural growth magic. Then they must be given an electric current. In fact, in a once in a million chance, one Gwraig Verth was awoken when lightning struck her seed. Many believe this to be a myth but it has happened at least once.

Thus, certain lithomancers who utilize crossvein, nwyfre, and silica are also able to create similar beings due to them being piezoelectric or capable of generating energy. In fact, nwyfre is the most successful at synergizing with sided magic due to its ratiation properties.

Much of their creation can be achieved through Direct Current Drycraft, but ultimately they are bound by photosynthesis to require consistent sunlight to stay active, and can be very hard to wake up from dormancy. They require a lot of energy to reboot.

To keep them alive long term requires what is known as "sided magic", which uses electric impulses to change the chromosomal or genetic makeup (known as a person's egregore) within the germinating seed. This can make them dependant on the electricity generated by their core (be it electum, silica, meldstone, and otherwise), so they can find ways to stay charged at night.

Though they are usually created as familiars, they can eventually attain independance -in fact, most often they do stop listening to their lithomancers when they are strong or experienced enough, though there are claims some lithomancers marry their gwragged verth to keep them close. There are unfortunately stories of ill-repute lithomancers who deliberately destroy them to get their spent energy and materials back.

Essentially, Gwragged Verth were a transfigured creature and familiar who attained independant personhood, and they are born from a plant seed and thus not Nachkoma. This creates some complicated politics, and will eventually become an issue when they organize themselves.

Gwragged Verth can substitute for senses that the original lithomancer might lack - for example, taste buds to detect nutrients in plants, or even a missing limb or eye. They grant senses to the lithomancer, who ultimately births them by using their life force (usually blood or semen, but some lithomancers have used their own cloned or grafted organs...). It is thought the creation of Alrauna is derived from Gwragged Verth.

They do not speak or seem to have widespread communication tactics, though lithomancers often comment that they can hear the Gwragged Verth thinking and talking in their heads (not sure if this is a delusion). Lithomancers are able to sometimes give them agency by feeding them Fish Oil and notably, by singing or playing music to them, or walking them in forests where they can use the mycellium beneath to gather important information on the forested areas. Much remains unknown about the Gwragged Verth, save for those who find the way to create them.