Sleeping Daemons are a closed species that I came up with recently and so am still sorting out the details.
Sleeping Daemons are born from the strong presence of a single emotion in an area over a period of time. Once born, they feed off that emotion. Whenever they are completely full, they fall into a deep slumber. If awoken, they release a huge burst of their chosen emotion, affecting anyone nearby. They can not fall asleep again until they recollect the emotion that they have lost. (The general advice is to let sleeping Daemons lie.)
When sleeping Daemons feed off an emotion, they remove the emotion from their target. (Some governments have made use of this, such as having an anger daemon quell a mob.) As a consequence of this, sleeping Daemons can not feel their own chosen emotion unless they consume some of that emotion that they have collected. Emotions can range from as general as joy to as specific as a desire to explore the stars. The more specific the emotion, the more consentrated the energy sleeping Daemons receive from absorbing the emotion. (So specific emotion Daemons have to absorb less emotion to be full). Sometimes Daemons also glimpse memories that are associated with the emotion they absorb.
The more complex emotions can cause sleeping Daemons to be formed of multiple colors that swirl around like a galaxy.
Sleeping Daemons do not age, but rather stay in the appearance they first take.
They can use their power to take away or give their emotion to those around them. They can sense high concentrations of their emotion from far away and are naturally attracted to those locations.
Most newborn sleeping Daemons roam the land aimlessly looking to gather their emotion, gaining memories as they go. Some continue to do so until they are full, while others are drawn by the allure of civilization. This self conscious decision often causes random markings to appear on the Daemon, a reminder that they have strayed from their natural state.
If a sleeping Daemon loses all of its emotion, it will die and dissipate back into nothingness.
Sleeping Daemons vary in appearance with the most common form being a human although they can take the form of any living creature. The closer they resemble the being they take the appearance of, the more powerful they are (smaller horns, no demonic wings or claws, etc.)
All sleeping Daemons have horns, which allow them to protect themselves in various ways.
Those with a single horn have magical abilities such as elemental control.
Those with multiple horns sprouting from the front of the skull have mind manipulation abilities such as glamours and persuasion. (These Daemons have the easiest time blending in to society as they can easily trick others into seeing them as human).
Those with multiple horns sprouting out the side of their heads have heightened physical abilities.
Those with multiple horns on the back of their heads have the ability to communicate with and control animals.
Rare cases have been noted of sleeping daemons having multiple types of horns.
Examples (not very varied I know @-@):
Emotion: rage
Emotion: superiority
I need more examples so I am doing free customs temporarily
To order a custom [temporarily closed]:
Resemblance (human, fox, etc):
Sex (male/female):
Horn(s) shape(s) and size(s):
Other aspects that make it different (wings, claws, extra eyes, a tail, different ears, etc):
Full (sleeping) or how empty (awake)?:
Emotion:
(Color is based off of the emotion; complex emotions can take multiple colors)
Markings (if assimilated to civilization):
