Etherflies

Etherflies
Etherflies are a species on The Dreamworlds.

Type
These species are part of the Ether type.

Characteristics
Etherflies look somewhat alike to butterflies, but they have no visible body, as only their wings are visible. They can appear on a variety of shades between cerulean blue and lily. They irradiate a particularly beautiful blue-lily aura, very alike to the color of their bodies. Their light can be extremely helpful in very dark systems/ecosystems. They are very friendly and will never attack you. Their mere presence can supposedly bring a sense of peacefulness and energy to an explorer. Their size is varying, from 10cm to 35cm. They are rather common in some of the safer dark levels, as well as non-system spaces. Etherflies are extremely intelligent, and often guide explorers towards supplies and safer zones on systems. Etherflies appear extremely spontaneously, sometimes seemingly out of nowhere. Despite their friendly personality, adopting one has been proven to be extremely difficult due to their mercurial nature. They can cure skin that has been in contact with silent-form. Etherflies cannot die of age, nor cannot them be killed by any attack, making them completely immortal. They are completely inmune to any kind of silent-form matter, and they seem to also know perfectly a number of different systems, including infinite ones.

False Etherflies
False Etherflies are just like regular Etherflies, but their light dims at moments and will eventually dissolve into fog. This can happen in a matter of seconds or up to hours, and it is thought that during the time they exist the explorer is protected of any malign species (excepting silent-beings higher than Grade 2, although they can repel Grade 1 silent-beings) and will not suffer any harm while a reality-break happens. They are not actual species, they are just holograms projected by an unknown force. However, it is hypothesized False Etherflies are a signal sent by other Ether type species (including but not limited to Etherflies) to indicate danger, trying to help explorers in systems they aren't in or certain places they cannot access for one reason or another.

Hytherflies
Hytherflies are somewhat similar to regular etherflies, but they are slightly larger in size, ranging from 17cm to 45cm in size. They are extremely rare, and can spawn in any level, with a slightly higher chance of appearing in more dangerous levels, with some exceptions. Hytherflies have an incredibly beautiful color, constantly flowing and changing. The light they emanate is very, very powerful, estimated to be 3 to 5 times more powerful than the one from normal Etherflies. Explorers who are at 15 meters or less of distance of one of them will be completely protected of any danger present on the place, be it a malign specie or a being (including all normal silent-beings). Essentially their powers are the exact same than those of a regular Etherfly, but much more powerful.