Legend says that the first Specillu (short for Specular Illusions) was Narcissus himself, who became so deeply enraptured by his own reflection on the water that he looked too deeply into his eyes, and his soul fell out through them into the reflective space, forever trapped and leaving behind the body he loved so much to look at. He spent hundreds of years yearning to get back to it, possessing the most beautiful people who locked eyes with their reflections a few moments too long and left the windows to their souls open for the taking. Narcissus would kick out the previous occupant and send them into the mirror space, but could not resist his beautiful reflection for long and continuously found himself back where he started, discarding the soulless body and leaving the poor souls he trapped in the mirrors to fend for themselves or find their own bodies. 

Every inhabitable mirror surface is connected to the same realm and serves as a window into the pocket of space behind reflections. It's a cold place, large and dark, the only lights to be seen coming from the mirrors the Specillu look out at the world from. There is no sound, no time, and the inhabitants do not need to breathe, eat, sleep, or even have a single heartbeat the entire duration of their stay. Because they are behind the reflections, the Specillu can never see themselves, a devastating fact when so many of them are the type to be concerned with their appearance, as looking in the mirror too much is what got them there in the first place. Many Specillu find themselves sticking close to a mirror once they catch of glimpse of someone pretty they like to see often or wish to take over the body of. The more time they spend around a particular mirror, the more they change to look like it, their horns taking on the material and shape of decorative scrollwork or other such things. They don’t like to live in the mirror space, so the more malicious or desperate ones will take a soul’s place when given that opportunity, inhabiting someone’s body and kicking their victim out to take their place in the mirror. Taking over a body at a young age can be a confusing experience after a while and some specular illusions may come to believe that they are the original inhabitants of their host.

Any forgetful Specillu can easily remember who they are is when they re-enter the mirror space and read the tags attached to their souls. A Specillu's tail acts as a reminder of who they were, an identification that sets their soul apart from the other lost ones roaming the in-between places like the mirror dimension. It often has meaningful phrases or images that tie into their souls, and their lives are written out on them. The scrolls grow longer with each possession, as their lives are recorded only outside the mirror space. 

Some of these Illusions have been known to whisper things to whoever owns their mirror, causing mischief or helping people out depending on the individual Illusion's morals and what they believe the person deserves. They have made deals in the past to spy through other mirrors and report back to the owner of the mirror as well.

Breaking a mirror that one of these Specular Illusions dwells in will result in a strong grudge that humans tend to perceive as bad luck. They latch onto the nearest reflective surface and hound after the person, tormenting them until either a new mirror is brought into the home for them to move into, they catch the owner’s gaze long enough to take over the body, or they lose strength and fade away (usually seven years).

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Each month has a set of optional extra traits that are only available for that time of year, or with a special ticket. They do not have rarities, anyone can use the traits from the current month even with a common ticket.

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THIS SPECIES IS NOW OPEN FOR ALL TO CREATE

I don't have the time, energy, or social skills to run a species yet, so create as many as you want with any rarity.

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- Comment here if you create a character, and please put them IC or link to them so I can continue to update the list

- Remember to credit me for the species and link to here in character profiles

- You may make as many as you want for yourself, but my permission is required before making adopts for others

- The monthly traits are still in effect. (If you make a Specillu in August, you can't use November traits, etc.)

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If enough people are interested, I'll make a toyhouse world to add them to and maybe create a few events where you can win species-related prizes like more tickets, or raffles for adopts of this species.

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