ViRuses are creature of darkness that enjoy taking over others. Wild ViRuses tend to control other creatures most often than staying in their own form so many did not know of their existence. Once tamed by a mage they are docile since most mages spoil their Virus. They will start staying in their original form often and only take over other creature for the Mage. They are not evil per say as they do not kill the creature they are in control of but the creature has no control of their body.

ViRuses are small creatures that cannot survive in the wild without possessing another creature. In their original body they need high amount of sugar to survive but most things in the wild do not contain the sugar content they need and often than not eating other things will make them sick. Few virus survive in their own form by hunting for honey daily but everyone else survive by taking over other creature and taking on their diet.

Possession Skill

It may not seem like a bad thing as ViRuses do not harm the creature they engulf and when the ViRus are done with the creature they just spit out the creature with no ill-effect. ViRuses are just borrowing the body of the creature for a bit. Wild ViRuses though tend to hold onto the creature's form for many many years as it take awhile to get used to a new body.

When engulfed the creature will fall into a kind of stasis, their body is preserved and will not age. They are not getting older but the world they used to know is slipping by. The life they used to have is disappearing. If they had a family they would of moved on or if they had babies of their own they are most likely died without the protection of the parent. When released from the ViRus's grip and back into the world they are often lost. A creature lost in time. All that they have known before is gone.

When ViRuses are in control of body they are able to survive on different kind of food depending on the diet of the controlled creature. They do not enjoy it as much compared to honey or sugar though. ViRuses don't take on the roles the creature had before. They do not gain the creature's memories or behavior.

Everything changes once they are tamed. They do not have to need to possess a creature to survive and they are content with their form. Mages give them protection and the food that they need.

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Taming + Comic Strip

Not just anyone can tame a ViRuses. It needs to be a mutual agreement between a person and a Virus.
If a non-mage wants to tame a ViRuses they will need a help of a Mage to create the trinkets. Since they do not have magic needed, the Mage will infuse the trinkets with their blood.


1. Find a ViRuses (usually could be found if an animal/creature has large blank eye, jagged mouth, and odd form than usually)
2. Place trinket on the ViRuses (hardest part as they do not understand you and tend to run away)
3. Bribe it with sweets or whatever you can offer
4. If they accept they will spit out the creature they are in control of and go with you
5. Love it. After some time they will consider you family and doesn't mind controlling things for you.
 

The full comic strip 
(warning, mild blood and gore + sadness)

Trinket + Fabric

All tamed ViRuses has two trinkets on their head. It is made of runes/magic and placed by a mage. 

The trinkets has fabric or certain items connected to them so they could be easily identified and they look adorable with it. Usually the fabric/item has charms on them for the ViRuses. They are not ears xD

All trinkets can be taken apart so all but one piece can be taken off to change out the fabric/item.
With the Mages own specific magic signature on the trinket that is connected to the ViRuses the Mage is able to understand what that certain Virus is saying while other will only hear babbling.

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