Sphirix

Each grifix have their own sphirix. The sphirix is actually the grifix’s soul which uses the magic in the air to take the shape of a spirit animal that can only be seen by the grifix who owns it. It has a separate consciousness than the grifix but they can share thoughts. It mostly has the same personality as it’s grifix (they are the soul of the grifix, so they are the same person). The grifix and the sphirix can not be “friends”, they’re the same person, so saying that would be wrong.

If the magic is overused, the sphirix can temporarily disappear, just to appear back when the magic starts flowing out again. However, that can be very dangerous because the grifix can get very bad panic attacks from the sphirix’s disappearance.

Every grifix has a sphirix. Without one, they die.

The kids’s sphirix don’t have a fixed shape, being able to become any animal they want.

A sphirix cannot leave their grifix side. They will always be around them and can not get farther than a few meters from their grifix. If they get too far, both the sphirix and the grifix would be in great pain (it’s literally tearing their soul apart).

When the grifix gets to maturity, the sphirix settles to the most suitable shape and it cannot change anymore. However, a special ceremony is required for this. If the ceremony isn’t performed on one grifix, it can have extremely harmful effects on them, their magic getting uncontrollable and dangerous, being harmful to the Grifix and even causing death. This can only be prevented if the Grifix has an extremely powerful magic, which somehow provides some sort of stability, but it also requires special training to keep it under control (the Everfree Village Queens go through special training since they never go through the Sphirix Shape Ceremony).

The sphirix have gems like the grifix too, but they can have them in different places, not only on the chest. However, the gems have the same pattern, just the area on the body they are placed in may be different. The sphirix are always the same color as the grifix’s gems, because they’re made of the gem’s magic. They usually have abstract markings on their coat. Sometimes they don’t have them at all, and rarely they can represent actual things too. The sphirix never changes it’s markings, not even when it changes its shape as a kid.

The sphirix usually float around, having no weight, so they can be aquatic creatures too.

The sphirix can see each other, but they cannot be seen by other grifix than their own.

They are genderless, their gender and biological sex being defined during their lifetime, depending mostly on what the grifix considers them. Therefore, it’s not unusual that the sphirix have a different biological sex than the grifix. When they’re young, they can also change through the biological sex of the animals they take the shape of. However, around the Sphirix Shape Ceremony the sphirix usually has the gender decided so they will take the shape of an animal with that biological sex. Sometimes it’s not much of a difference but there are animals that look very different depending on the biological sex. The sphirix can change their gender later in life, but not their bilogical sex.

When the grifix's soul is wounded (I'm talking about trauma), the wonds show on the sphirix. The wounds can be minor and heal as the trauma heals, or be permanent and then the sphirix ends up scared for life. This mostly happens in the case of childhood trauma, since that trauma is the most likely to stick and affect someone during their whole life.

Sphirix names

The Everfree Village, the Lost Tribe, and the Frozen Empire:

The sphirix isn't always named at birth, and their name is whatever the grifix starts calling it. Unually they get a name whenever the grifix starts talking and names it whatever. That sometimes leads to some weird names, but that's how it is (the same way children name their teddybear). Sometimes though, the parents name the sphirix but that's a bit weird for them to do since they can't see it. In the Everfree Village they can ask the Healer for name suggestions, since the Healer can see it. The sphirix's name ALWAYS consists of one word.

The Divided Grifix Camp

There is a strange grifix living deep in the in the Divided Grifix Camp. Grifix normally don't walk that far into the cave, so they don't interract with him. They sometimes bring him food but he seems uninterested in it. He doesn't seem to need that food to survive. They call him the Prophet, but truth is he never gave any prophecies or anything. In fact, he never talks. He is blind, but seems to be able to see sphirix. The Divided grifix bring their new hatched babies to him, and he names their sphirix by writing the name on the ground with a stick.

Quick sphirix drawing tutorial

Sphirix examples:

Sphirix drawing tutorial: 

Old sphirix drawing tutorial 1 ✦ More complex Sphirix Drawing Tutorial

This tutorial works best for ibisPaint. You can scan the QR codes to get the brushes I use.

Super easy tutorial: