Shrinelings are fae creatures, that can appear humanoid, anthro, or feral! They work alongside magic users as conduits in a symbiotic relationship; they increase the potential of magic while feeding off it. They need to be around magic users to survive!

To bond with a shrineling, one must first find or be shown there shrine. A shrine is unique to each shrineling. A bond is made in one of three ways: taking an item from the shrine, leaving an item, or an even trade of items. Each with a different result! The most common, and most civil, is an even trade.

Shrinelings are born from their crystals, or shrines. These crystals from in areas of concentrated, becoming like magnets to further draw the magic in. As the crystal grows the spirit is born, eventually leaving to have it's own physical form. A shrineling may stay as a spirit for as long as it likes, and can observe the world around it through "shrine-colored glasses". A shrineling can not form any bond while a spirit, nor can the shrine be moved. After leaving, the shrineling can only return to spirit form after dying.

Unless the shrine is destroyed, a shrineling never truly dies. Should their physical body die, the spirit returns to the shrine to reform. The power of the shrineling determines whether they come back as who they used to be or someone new. The stronger the shrineling the more "permanent" they are.