Female Hatchling
Name: unnamed
Species: Mercurial Imp
Birthday: Friday, October 31, 2014
Owner: ApprenticeCrone
Element: Void 
Young mercurial imps must be kept away from food and small objects. They will steal things only to return them later in the same place, something unappreciated by most magi and that perpetuates claims that the Keep is haunted. Mercurial imp hatchlings are hard to spot, being quite small, and even harder to catch. Tasking younger students with the near-impossible task of catching one is a favorite prank of older students.
Mercurial imps are strange creatures. They prefer the company of other mercurial imps and may even seem distant from their magi. They are small enough to live in the nooks and crannies in the Keep walls, although dark places in general are favored. Mercurial imps are keen observers, able to sit and watch the goings-on of the keep completely unnoticed. Most magi consider them unnerving or outright creepy, for it is not uncommon to turn around and find an imp watching them with pale, clear eyes, as if the imp was studying them. Sometimes magi turn around to find absolutely nothing, the imp having disappeared too fast to be seen. Imps are seen less often outside of the winter and late fall seasons.
Sprite art: Tekla/GlassWalker (hatchling) | Description: Tekla