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ABOUT THE WILL-O'-THE-WISPS...

"THE Will-o'-the-Wisp is out on the marsh,
And all alone he goes;
There's not a sight of his glimmering light
From break of day to close;
But all night long, from dusk till dawn,
He drifts where the night wind blows."

/Annie Campbell Huestis/

TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION:

Class: Little people
Order: Fairies
Family: Pixies
Species: Will-o'-the-wisp (aka corpse candles)

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Ignis fatuus

DESCRIPTION:

The will-o'-the-wisp is the most common name given to the mysterious lights that were said to lead travellers from the well-trodden paths into treacherous marshes.
These creatures originated from the freshwater marsh of the realm Fantastica but they have already migrated into several other realms as well.
The will-o'-the-wisps have very curious nature. Definitely omnivores but they have sweet tooth. Their intellectual capacity approximately equal to a five-year-old child but sometimes they are surprisingly clever.

APPEARANCE:

Approximately a tennis-ball-size glittering sphere with a tiny creature in it.
The will-o'-the-wisps have two pair of wings attached their backs. When they fly the fore- and hind-wings are linked together so that they beat unison. These fairies able to jump and fly with astonishing speed.
They are able to control the intensity and temperature of their light. When a will-o'-the-wisp is tired or scared its light became dim. In normal circumstances this kind of fairies have glittering yellow or blue shine.