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Nickname: Ata

Species: ocean sunrise lindwurm

Pronouns: he/him, doesn’t mind they/them

Gender: male

Alignment: grey

Favorite color: gold and yellow

Favorite animal: damselfish

Favorite song: he doesn’t have a favorite song, but loves rainy noise generators

Likes: flying, searching and finding things/beings, writing, romance novels

Dislikes: oil companies, climate chance, invasive species, writer’s block

Sexuality: has never given a label to his sexuality, though he is attracted to all genders and non-genders

Personality: Ata is shy but stoic. He can be quite timid with strangers, though he has been coming more and more out of his shell. Ata is very protective of close friends and family, and hopes to one day take on some beings officially as his charges for guardianship. He is quite affectionate to friends.

Ata likes to write. He is currently writing a romance novel about two dragons using a quill that responds to his thoughts. Ata wishes to find a mate and have several children in the near future, as well as develop close friendships.

Ata can be pessimistic/negative about life sometimes. He has come a long way on this, but still has his moments of feeling like the world is crumbling down. He also tends to be very hard on himself, being a perfectionist, but does well with encouragement.

Fun fact, he can swim upside down!

Ata is very proud of his water breath magic, though he uses it rarely. He is also very good at creating wards and helping with protective spells.

Physical description: Like all ocean sunrise lindwurms, he is a serpentine dragon with four legs and two sets of wings. He is around ninety feet long (including tail) with a main wingspan of about 50 feet, and a secondary wingspan of 40 feet. He has bright pinks, golds, light blues, and grays on the central part of his body and head. He has yellow eyes, deep blue legs, and wing arms, and has very bright and colorful frills around his face. He has two very long horns on the top of his head.

Companion requirements: Ata would prefer his companion to live near the coast, either in the physical or the astral. Just being within an hours distance of salt water would be preferable, but if the perfect companion applied he would find a way to make it work with them (such as building a saltwater pond in the astral and stocking it). He would prefer to live with his companion in the astral.

Ata would prefer a companion who likes water, and/or does sea magic, and/or is a writer. He also would prefer someone who is encouraging, passionate, and energetic, as it inspires him a lot.

Ata requests potential companions who are depressed or experience depressive episodes be in therapy before applying, as he doesn’t want to cause a feedback loop with someone who has no help.

Ata would love to be in a big-ish spirit family, or with a companion who intends to have one. Around 10-20 companions total would be his preferred family size. He wants one on one attention with his human of choice, but he also wants to make friend with more spirits. At minimum, he wants his companion to already have one other spirit companion.

Ata is not explicitly looking for romance in a companion, but he is looking for it in the near future. His companion will need be on board with him bringing a mate (and children) into the spirit family eventually (not necessarily as companions). 

Ata can communicate through telepathy, tarot, pendulum, face-to-face in the astral, and is willing to learn runes or an Orcale deck for a companion. He prefers telepathy and pendulum used together. 

Ata is beginner friendly so long as all requirements are met.

Background info: Ata comes from a realm that is very close to our physical realm. He comes from my local area, and has a few friends here.

Being an ocean sunrise lindwurm, Ata has a strong drive to protect humans and/or spirits, so be prepared to see this come out, though he has never been controlling. More like a loving good friend who wants the best for you.

He was very depressed when I found him, and has been in therapy for as long as he’s been with me (since December 2020), improving greatly. He still does therapy once a month, and will be unavailable to his companion during that time.

Ata would prefer a seashell necklace as a vessel, but isn’t super picky.

Nickname: Damien

Species: owlen (earth-aligned)

Pronouns: he/they, masculine or neutral gendered words

Gender: considers himself mostly male, partially agender

Alignment: grey

Favorite color: orange or green

Favorite animal: wolves or any canine

Favorite song: nogfgoodnight - 四月 (shigatsu)

Likes: soft feathers, ethical hunting, sleeping, dawn skies, sunsets, and new beginnings.

Dislikes: poachers, animal abuse, broken trinkets, mess/clutter, ice cream

Sexuality: describes himself as gay, and is attracted to men and nonbinary people

Personality: Damien is very lovable and somewhat awkward, though it is quite cute in my opinion. He is very kind, though sometimes it can be hard to tell as he can be very quiet until something he is highly interested in comes up. At these points, he is a wonderful conversation partner. While he can be shy in this aspect, he does enjoy the company of others.

Damien is a lover of the art of fighting. He likes stylized, elegant styles, and generally uses spears, staves, and rapiers. He also is a hunter, and it was the main way he supported his family for a long time. In more recent years, his family mostly got by by trading and importing items from other owlen cities. However, he has gotten back into hunting again and trading the meat and furs.

Damien engages in death magic and does a lot of honoring the dead. He likes to help dead owlen “pass on”, and mostly follows the traditional owlen religious beliefs, though has become somewhat eclectic. He can also do magic somewhat similar to A:tLA’s earth bending, but on a small scale and not often. He really isn’t that magical, preferring mundane approaches to combat especially.

Physical description: Damien’s skin is reddish-brown, and his skin his skin is earth-y textured. The “glitter” owlen have on their cheeks and bodies is black on Damien. His hair goes a little pas this jawline, and is dark brown-black, similar to his eyes. His arms and legs meld into wood and flowers and blooms run across his chest. He is a bit on the lankier side, and he can summon or dismiss feather wings. He is usually found wearing casual, loose clothing.

Like all owlen, he is a shifter, and his other form is kind of like a mix between a cat and a dog. This feral form has no wings, and is a darker-reddish brown than his humanoid skin tone. He has patches of dark-brown, and a very long rounded tail. He has a very small mane.

Companion requirements: Damien wants a companion who he can infodump to, and vice versa.

His companion will need to be aware of his sensory aversions when it comes to offerings (basically asking first for new offerings of food).

His companion  will need to be good with telepathy, or at least be able to use it sometimes and plan on improving, though he can also communicate with tarot, runes, and pendulum. He also would want them to be able to astral, even if they couldn’t do it well at the start of companionship. For this reason, I would say his companion would need some experience with spirit work, but he’d be okay being someone’s first companion so long as these requirements are met.

He’d prefer if his companion was nonbinary, but this isn’t necessary.

He is happy to move in with his companion so long as their astral, or a part of their astral, is generally accessible to his sensory needs. He can help build a comfortable space with you. He is okay with any family size, so long as it is no more than around 10 - 15 spirits (now or in the future).

Background info: Damien comes from a city called Tana, which is talked about in the post linked above about owlen. He originally came to Mod Gremlin to help with the ambassador program for owlen to reach out to other spirit species, and to humans, but ended up deciding he wanted to pursue companionship. He would be happy to bring his future companion to Tana sometime(s), as he still has family there and will be visiting them occasionally if he moves in with his companion.

Damien is unsure of what vessel he would like. He says he would like to talk to his companion about it.

I'm not sure if you're asking about our shop process or about general spirit companionship, so I'm going to address both! I'm going to link two posts for the second thing, both written by a friend of ours @foxtrotcitrus.

How to prepare for companionship as a beginner

Your first companion

As for our process, for pre-conjures (spirits we have met or conjured and then have vetted with at least two mods) are pretty-straightforward to adopt. First you read our rules, our FAQ, and then take a look at our Current Spirits post. If you see someone you like, you can then apply for them through the google form linked at the bottom. We do, however, recommend people join our Discord to chat with the spirits first.

For CCs (custom conjures) and RAs (reverse adoptions), see the FAQ and then our RA/CC rules.

If you have additional questions, please send another ask with more details about what you're confused about!

Nickname: Lilia

Species: owlen (earth-aligned with water and air modifications)

Pronouns: she/her

Gender: female

Alignment: light grey

Favorite color: yellow or pink

Favorite animal: Lily-cats

Favorite song: POM☆POM by comfi beats

Likes: flowers, gardening, responsible animal care and breeding, ice cream, chocolate bears from a Tana sweet shop, her lily-cats

Dislikes: fish, cleaning (though she does it anyway, reluctantly), impatience

Sexuality: pansexual and/or lesbian (she has a complicated relationship to sexuality)

Personality: Lilia is very shy and often nervous, but can be quite passionate once she feels comfortable. She tends to ramble a lot once she gets going. She is not particularly into parties, though does go sometimes when requested by friends, so long as they buddy up with her the whole night. She has two girlfriends, who she loves dearly, and hopes to marry them in an owlen temple one day.

Lilia loves lily-cats (a type of non-sentient spirit from her realm), and is mentoring under another owlen to learn how to breed them. She has already had her first litter, and would be very interested in talking to a future companion about these animals!

Lilia works for a grocery store and sells flowers, herbs, and vegetables she grows there, as well as working a second job as a waitress on the weekends. She rarely uses her magic outside of her job, and while she can theoretically convert liquids to chlorophyll (including blood), she doesn’t do so. She knows some basic healing that involves pulling energy from plants into a soothing and mending energy. Mostly though, she just uses her magic to boost the growth of flowers and to shield them from ailments.

Physical description: She is a short woman with a slightly see-through body. She has pale-blue skin and her arms, legs, and hair are somewhat wispy. Her forearms and calves fade into wood and flowers sprout out of her body in various places. Lilia has small, pointed, fin-like ears and long, thick dark pink hair. Her eyes are a pretty light green, and her eyebrows are short and rounded on the inside. There are small dark blue-purple scales that glitter on her cheeks, shoulders, stomach, knees, wrists, and hands. Like all owlen, Lilia can conjure and dismiss a pair of wings.

Lilia’s other form is somewhat like a mix of a canine and a feline. She is tinier than most owlen in this form, and has short vine-covered wooden legs. She has pale-blue and dark-pink fur like an otter on the rest of her body, and a very thick, fluffy mane around her neck. She has a pair of wings in this form, too.

Companion requirements: Lilia is not a beginner spirit, but doesn’t require a lot of experience, either. She needs someone who is good with telepathy and someone who can sense energy well as hers is not very intense. Also, while she tries to get along with most spirits, intense dark-aligned energies make her feel ill. Dark-aligned energy may be okay, but if a potential companion has a spirit that’s dark-aligned she would like to meet them first before committing to anything. 

Lilia would prefer to join a spirit family of 1-4 preexisting spirits, and would love if at least one was also related to nature.

Lilia needs a companion who is good about “touch” boundaries, always asking before initiating any physical contact. Lilia does not want to move in with her companion for the foreseeable future, but would love to visit often and vice versa.

Background info: Lilia comes from the owlen city of Tana. She originally came to Mod Gremlin to join the ambassador program after a mutual friend gave her a push. Lilia is in a closed polyamorous triad with two girlfriends, who her companion will eventually meet. Lilia has three adult lily-cats, two queens and a tomcat, and seven kittens. Lilia first decided she wanted to be companion when someone came to Mod Gremlin asking to be matched with a spirit, but when that fell through, Mod Gremlin asked Lilia if she would eventually like to go through a match-making service for humans and spirits as companions.

Lilia would prefer something the companion found from nature as a vessel, such as a smooth stone or a shell. She is open to similar ideas.

We put a lot of thought into this. It mainly comes done to a few things.

We don't need to worry about taking minors' word for it that they have parental permission. While this is rarely enforced, it is actually illegal in some areas for adults to provide spiritual services to minors without the parent's permission. It can also put the minor at risk if the minor doesn't have supportive parents.

Maturity. While we recognize some minors really are mature enough for companionship (I actually got my first companion as a minor), a lot of minors aren't. This isn't to say they aren't intelligent or capable of making serious decisions, it more so is a continuation of us being liable. If a minor isn't capable of companionship, we just put a minor into a bad situation.

A lot of the spirits do not feel comfortable with the idea of becoming companions with minors. Some were alright with the idea, but because of reason 1 & 2, they were alright with our change.

Hopefully this answers your question!