Imagenae

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History

Imagenae,^{[Note 1]} historically known as strangelings, and rarely, Faekind,^[2][3] are a species of creature that inhabit Planarcadia, created from Wishpower.

Description

Imagenae are creatures which populate the world of Planarcadia. They are sustained through Wishpower, a phenomenon on Planarcadia drawing from the Path of Elation.^[4] Each imagenae is driven by their internal core, gaining wishpower from the Phantasmoon or human beings, while their body is composed of a discrete matter. Studies into these cores are difficult, so much about how they work remain speculation.^[5] Imagenae are sustained through a constant supply of Wishpower, otherwise they will degrade into wispae.^[6]

Creation

The creation of imagenae can occur either as a natural phenomenon on Planarcadia, created through the passive Wishpower of the Phantasmoon, or through the process of imagenesis. The exact origins of imagenae, and their evolution, have been lost to time, leaving only room for theory.^[7] The most popular account is that imagenae were first created by Graphia, when she invented the art of imagenesis during the Cindearth Age.^[5][8]

While it is possible to attempt the creation of any kind of imagenae, going too grand will often result in failure. Due to Planarcadia's gradual shift to realism, the prospect of creating large imagenae has dimmed. Currently, the Thundercoil is the biggest imagenae to be created. Attempting to create imagenae of this manner is a serious crime, and the sanitarium of Duomension City is filled with these failed creatures. It is outright illegal to create humans through imagenesis.^[5]

Aberrations

Aberration is the term coined for imagenae deemed "uncontrollable and degenerated." These imagenae are not created intentionally, and are instead a byproduct of environments rich with energy or Wishpower. This process has been directly compared to how Pathstriders function.^[5] Due to the conditions of their creation, they are more likely to appear during the Phantasmoon Games, due to any "miracles" offered by Supplicants, oversaturated Wishpower, and concentrated generation of aberrant disasters. It is the responsibility of the Department of Aberration Defense to deal with aberrations when they appear.^[9] Graphia Academy teaches Aberration Prevention as one of its courses.^[10]

Culture

Culture around imagenae has significantly changed with the oversight of the Interastral Peace Corporation. The IPC heavily pushed for the introduction of basic human rights to the imagenae, which saw the introduction of several laws to better introduce imagenae to human society.^[11] One of these laws, the Faekind Protection Act is currently in its fifth edition, and dictates the responsibilities for both human and imagenae kind. One major change, was the official recognition of "imagenae" as the species name, rather then "strangeling," which is seen as outdated.^[12]

Known Variants

• Aggressive Reading Material: Humanoid imagenae born from the guilt of having "so much unread" and the self-deception that "I'll get to it someday"
• Assistant Graffiti: Imagenae born to assist creators
  • Assistant Graffiti: Demander
  • Assistant Graffiti: Rusher
  • Assistant Graffiti: Slacker
• Automatic Vending Machine: Imagenae inspired by automatic vending machines
• Autonomous Wand: Imagenesis Armament belonging to the Magical Girl Troupe
• Bullet Wyrm: Bullet train imagenae inspired by wyrms
• Canvas Peacock: Peacock imagenae born in the art school originated from the rumor of "brushes moving and painting on their own"
• Emoti: Imagenae inspired by text emojis
• Error Pop-up: Imagenae inspired by pop-up windows^[13]
• Fortune Cat: Imagenae inspired by fortune cats
• Furbo: Humanoid imagenae inspired by tanuki in Japanese folklore
• Ghost: Imagenae born from regret and obsession^[14]
• God-Devourer Offspring: Prototype of the imagenae created from Asat Pramad's split Voracity power
• Joy Ascendant: Imagenae created by the Wishpower of those infected with Happiness Syntax and Shuhu's cells^[15]
• Kappa: Humanoid imagenae inspired by kappa in Japanese folklore, currently extinct except one survivor^[16]
• Lightpaw: Humanoid imagenae with animal ears and tails, nimble and agile^[14]
• Mechatron: Imagenae inspired by robots^[14]
  • "Alloy Pommy": Mechatrons providing security and cleaning services for Star Rail FEST, based on Pom-Pom
  • Alloy Mechatron: King Pom-Pom: The "Alloy King Pom-Pom" mechatron controlled by the Daybreak Squadron
  • Daybreak Squadron: Azurewing: The mechatron controlled by Azurewing
  • Daybreak Squadron: Blazeweaver: The mechatron controlled by Blazeweaver
  • Daybreak Squadron: Cinderborne: The mechatron controlled by Cinderborne
  • Daybreak Squadron: Dawnlance: The mechatron controlled by Dawnlance
  • SD Civilian Mechatron: General-purpose mechatron
  • Starblazer: The first mechatron created by Himeko to replicate the Pegana mecha
• Moonlull: Humanoid imagenae inspired by rabbits^[14]
• Orch: Humanoid imagenae inspired by orcs in fantasty fiction, with green or purple skin^[14]
• Pixel Plane: 8-bit airplane imagenae^[17]
• Ploo: Humanoid imagenae inspired by ducks^[14]
  • Rocking Rebel: Muscular ploo bassist
• Security Doggo: Dog imagenae mass produced by the Department of Aberration Defense
• Shadowcroc: Crocodile imagenae born from the complicated feelings the people of Planarcadia have for the IPC^[18]
• Thundercoil: Ancient serpent strangeling that powers Planarcadia
• Wispae: Small, cube-shaped imagenae that function as building blocks for all other imagenae

Known Imagenae

Playable Characters

2 Characters match the category selection:

Character	Rarity	Path	Combat Type
Evanescia		Elation	Physical
Sparxie		Elation	Fire

NPCs

There are 91 Imagenae NPCs:

Species Mentions

Character Stories

Character	Stories
Sparxie	Character Story: Part I

Readables

• Aberration Threat Levels in Planarcadia
• Ballad of Encanvasing
• Bar Collateral Pamphlet
• Bartoli Miranda's Notes (Excerpt)
• Compulsory History Course in Higher Education: Whistle of a New Era
• Compulsory History Course in Higher Education: World in Canvas
• Death Is A Sleep Without Sorrow
• Faekind Protection Act (Fifth Edition)
• Fulwish TV Channel Guide
• General Knowledge Reader: Do You Know Your Origins?
• Graphia Academy Code of Conduct
• History of Graphia Family
• Imagenae 101: So Simple Even a Ghost Could Get It
• Imagenist Management Regulations
• Lecture Notes: Hypothesis on Imagenae Evolution (Excerpt)
• Legend of the Demons From Beyond
• Letter from Unknown Moonlull
• Magical Girl Cocolia
• May Wishpower Be With You
• Mechatron Freedom Manifesto
• Notice to Local Residents
• Painting Class Notes (Torn Page)
• Preface on the Basic Studies of Wishpower
• Regulations on Ghostly Activities
• Ryusuke's Work Appreciation (Part 1)
• Seafeld TV Chronicles
• Select Your Faction
• Summereve's Letter
• The Great Crisis of Phantasmoon's Changing Expression at the End of the Century
• The Rise of Pearluxe Corp
• Umbralle's Notes
• Unfulfilled Wish List
• Urban Legend: The Vanishing Giant
• Wishpower Recovery Insights
• Wispae Protection Initiative

Items

• Arcadian Token

Consumables

• Cold Joke

Relics

• Magical Girl's Everdance Battle Skirt
• Magical Girl's Protective Gloves
• Peripheral Conduits of the Life Sciences Institute

Equations

• Aberration Idol
• Empathetic Cupcake
• Exorcist
• Fabulist of the Stars
• Frost Giant
• Imagenated Creation
• Man, Serpent, Astral Ring
• Nightmare Lord

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Trivia

• Some types of imagenae are likely inspired by various creatures in Japanese folklore.
  • The ploos resemble kappa, small water-dwelling creatures with beaks.
  • The orchs resemble oni, ogre-like humanoids that have bright and unnatural skin tones.
  • The furbos resemble bake-danuki, a shapeshifting version of the real-life Japanese raccoon dog.
  • The ghosts are similar to yūrei, spirits trapped in the mortal realm due to a strong emotion or obsession experienced in their last moments.
  • The origin story of the moonlull is reminiscent of the moon rabbit.

Etymology

• Imagenae is a play on the word imagine, referencing their sustained existence on Wishpower.
• 幻造种 huànzàozhǒng translates to "phantasmal creation-kind." The word 幻 huàn, lit. "fantastical, phantasmal" is also part of the Chinese name of the Phantasmoon (幻月 huànyuè).

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