Amiffs
Classification: Aerial Bioluminescent Lifeform
Description: Amiffs are radiant electric, air-floating crystal jellyfish
Status Effects: Paralysis
Status: Harmless to Lethal
Group Name: Mess
Locations: Jouven, Neon Forest
Description:
Amiffs are radiant, air-floating crystal jellyfish native to the Neon Forest of Terra. Their bodies shimmer in neon hues—most commonly bright green and purple, with rarer variants in blue and orange. Amiffs begin life as grounded polyps, gradually growing and self-organizing until they're buoyant enough to float. Once airborne, they drift gracefully through Terra’s charged atmosphere, powered by pulses of internal electric energy.
Their jelly-like forms are semi-translucent, with refractive crystalline surfaces that scatter light and crackle with static. Their tendrils pulse with current, giving off faint zaps when nearby flora or fauna brush past. While some Amiffs are docile and curious, others are predatory and dangerous.
Behavior:
- Messenger Amiffs: Friendly variants have developed the ability to **record holographic messages**. These Amiffs are occasionally used by the people of Terra to transmit communications over long distances, as they float across regions and eventually descend to deliver their stored projection.
- Predatory Amiffs: The more dangerous forms use their tendrils to capture small creatures—or even unsuspecting travelers—and **lift them high into the sky**, where they feed over time. Once the Amiff dies, it floats back to the ground, often alongside the skeletal remains of its prey.
- Death Cycle & Messes: The skies of Jouven occasionally create turbulent updraft intersections. At these points, numerous Amiffs die in the same area, raining down like bioluminescent petals—along with whatever remains they carried. These haunting zones, littered with **Amiff husks and bones**, are ominously known as **“messes.”**
Lifespan & Evolution:
- Stage 1 – Neon Polyps: Clustered on the forest floor; pulse faintly with electric rhythm
- Stage 2 – Lift Phase: As the Amiff grows, it builds enough charge to ascend
- Stage 3 – Drift Phase: The mature Amiff glides across skies, feeding or delivering messages
- Stage 4 – Death Float: Once depleted of energy, the Amiff descends back to the forest floor
Variants by Color:
- Common: Neon Green, Neon Purple
- Uncommon: Neon Blue, Neon Orange
- Rare: Boss Amiff (shimmers with iridescent rainbow crystal hues; unusually large and hostile)
