Grimoire One of the Imagineer Series
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Imagination has no limit…
Our Heroine: Me. And boy, are we all in trouble. A seventeen-year-old with a love of fantasy and unmanageable hair? Hardly anyone’s idea of the knight in shining armor. I went about life with no idea the world around me was not as it seemed, until one dark night I saw glimpses of things I knew shouldn’t exist. I’ve got enough problems of my own to deal with, but the glimpses of what I’m certain is a magical world that tantalize me like no other. When I find a pair of turquoise glasses that allow me to properly see everything, I put those bad boys on without a second of hesitation. I probably should have hesitated. I’m now neck deep in kobolds, pookas, magic castles, youkai, unruly werewolves, talking houses, and an ancient magical mystery in need of solving. Oh, and magic lessons. Turns out I’m an Imagineer, which was totally unexpected. An Imagineer creates by using imagination, willpower, and magic to form whatever they wish. Their only limitation is imagination, and imagination? Has no limits. At least, if you’re doing it right. Tags: Magic is REAL, like really real, intellectual competency, if that even is a thing, I made it a thing, terrible parenting, friendship 101, awesome sidekicks, Reagan being BAMF, because she’s awesome that way, wendigos, and other scary creatures, cool grandmothers, road trip!, Brazil, a little India, complex magic, imagination has no limit, Mongolian metal music, fluff, all the feels, bizarre roommates, modern with magic, magic engineering, sort of based on reality, I don’t even know, I tried, a bit of kidnapping, featuring special guest star: kobold, no pookas were harmed in the making of this story |
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Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.
Our Heroine: still me. A sleep-deprived me, which, considering I’m a murder and ten cups of coffee away from showing my displeasure to the world, and there’re clans to save, is not a good combination. Fixing the ancient Hub transportation system is becoming more and more of a priority in order to help with situations like, oh, THE AMAZON BURNING DOWN. Only problem? We don’t know where the Hub is. Or how it was built. Or why it was shut down to begin with. Houston, we have all the problems. Is it too much to ask for an alien abduction? Tags: family of choice, figuring out ancient complex magical systems is more difficult than it appears, Reagan is so done, Reagan needs hugs, basically everyone needs hugs, there are a lot of issues, Reagan is one scary Mofo, be glad she’s on our side, hijinks and shenanigans, imagination has no limit, thinking outside the box, teenagers changing the world, female PoC heroine, jet lag is the worst, especially when hopping multiple continents, walking with druids |
List of Mythological Races
Atomy. A fairy of surprising smallness from European mythology.
Bakaneko – Japanese yokai. It is a cat that has been changed into a supernatural creature.
Barghest – Northern English folklore. A mythical black dog with large teeth and claws.
Byangoma – Bengali mythology. A bird with small head, long legs, and draping tail that is white, gold and red in color. It is portrayed as a wise, fortune-telling bird that helps the deserving.
Dragon – large, serpent-like creature of legend from almost every folklore in the world.
Druid – a priest or magician in the ancient Celtic religion.
Dryad – a nymph from Greek mythology that inhabited a forest or tree, especially oak trees.
Fae – a legendary creature from European folklore with human appearance and metaphysical, supernatural and preternatural ability and forms.
Fairy – a small winged creature with a small humanoid form from European folklore.
Gamayun – a prophetic bird of Slavic folklore. t is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the mythical east, close to paradise. She is said to spread divine messages and prophecies, as she knows everything of all creation, gods, heroes, and man.
Gargoyle- European mythology. The gargoyles were humanoid in shape with wings and sometimes sharp beaks. They created to stand guard and ward off evil spirits or other creatures that sought harm.
Gnome - a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground. From European mythology.
Goblin – a creature from European folklore, first attested in stories from the Middle Ages. They are ascribed various and conflicting abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. They are almost always small and grotesque, mischievous or outright malicious, and greedy, especially for gold and jewelry. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon.
Gremlin - a British folkloric mischievous creature, similar to the chupacabra, that causes malfunctions in aircraft or other machinery.
Depictions of these creatures vary. Often they are described or depicted as animals with spiky backs, large strange eyes, and small clawed frames that feature sharp teeth.
Hag - A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman. From European mythology.
Harpy - In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, a harpy was a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds.
Hyter sprites – these green-eyed fairies in East Anglia, England can shapeshift into sand martin birds, and they help lost children get home. A type of Brownie.
Imagineer – a person with magic that focuses specifically on conjuring ability. While normally human, Imagineers are known to be born to all the races.
Incubus- from Mesopotamian mythology, a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleeping women[1] in order to engage in sexual activity with them.
Inugami – from Japanese mythology. A type of familiar spirit, resembling and originating from, a dog.
Kappa - A kappa is an amphibious yōkai demon found in traditional Japanese folklore. They are typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and a turtle-like carapace on their backs.
Kelpie - is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form.
Kitsune - are fox-type Yōkai from Japanese mythology. The most powerful ones have nine tails (called "Kyuubi"), and many different kinds of Kitsune are found throughout Japan and East Asia.
Kobold – from German mythology. The most common depictions of kobolds show them as humanlike figures the size of small children. They are generally house spirits of ambivalent nature.
Kodama - are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees, similar to the dryads of Greek mythology. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. They are small, white, and with disproportionally large heads to their bodies. Generally peaceful.
Kotodama – the power of words. Japanese mythology. Any word spoken aloud has power in and of itself.
Mage-healer – a magician that specializes in healing magic.
Manticore – from Persian mythology. A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpion.
Negrinho do pastoreio – from Brazilian mythology. Taking the shape of a small boy with ebony skin and wearing white clothing, they are known as largely benevolent. Any Christian person that lights a candle and says a prayer for his soul, a Negrinho do pasteoreio will appear the next day and take the candle and leave it on the altar of holy Mary. You can ask for his help to find lost things.
Night Parade – otherwise known as the Hyakki Yako, or Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, it is an idiom of Japanese folklore. Sometimes an orderly procession, other times a riot, it refers to an uncontrolled horde of countless numbers of supernatural creatures known as oni and yōkai. As a terrifying eruption of the supernatural world into our own, it is similar (though not precisely equivalent) to the concept of pandemonium in English.
Nix – a human that has no magic or contact with the magical world.
Orc – originally known as ogres in English fairy taes, the Orcs are a brutish creatures, aggressive scavengers and opportunistic carnivores (with a taste for both in-species cannibalism and human flesh). While possessing a low cunning and crude culture of their own, they are generally portrayed as a subject race used as soldiers by beings of greater power and intelligence.
Pixie – from European mythology, a pixie is a supernatural being in folklore and children's stories, typically portrayed as small and humanlike in form, with pointed ears and a pointed hat.
Pooka – from Celtic mythology. Considered to be both good and bad fortune, they could help or hinder as they hose. Pooka are shapeshifters and can take the appearance of horses, goats, cats, dogs and hares. They can take human form as well.
Shapeshifter – a supernatural being that can transform into other shapes or creatures.
Spriggan – from Cornish faery lore. They are remarkably mischievous and thievish tribe that likes to dwell in burrows or cairns. They are usually grotesquely ugly, wizened old men with large, child-like heads. Although small, they are the ghosts of giants, with the ability to swell to enormous size. Something they act as fairy bodyguards.
Tengu – from Japanese mythology. They have both human and avian characteristics as their body is human but they often have beaks, an unnaturally long nose, and the large black wings of a crow.
Tranca-rua- originally from African mythology, this spirit can be found in Brazil mythology as well. Legends hold that he is a man in a white smocking, white hat, with a red band on the hat. Person of dark colored skin that likes to stand under light posts and on a crossroad. It’s a spirit. It can be good or bad depending on how you treat it.
Tuatha Dé Danann - also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé, are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are thought to represent the main deities of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland. The Tuatha Dé Danann constitute a pantheon whose attributes appeared in a number of forms throughout the Celtic world.
Vampire - is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighborhoods they inhabited while they were alive.
Water sprite - is a general term for an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and sometimes can fly. They are mostly harmless unless threatened. From European mythology.
Wendigo - In Algonquian folklore, the wendigo or windigo is a mythical man-eating creature or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of the United States and Canada. They are known to be unstoppable unless by a shaman or a magician using elemental magic.
Werepanther – from American mythology. Werepanthers are a supernatural species that endows individuals with the ability to physically assume two different forms: human and panther.
Werewolves – similar to werepanthers, the werewolf can assume both human and wolf form. From European mythology.
Wind sprite - is a supernatural entity. They are often depicted as fairy-like creatures or as an ethereal entity. From European mythology.
Yali – a creature from Indian mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an elephant.
Youkai – any supernatural being from Japan. It’s a general term meaning either ‘spirit’ or ‘demon.’
Youkai monk – from Japanese mythology. A demon that has the appearance of a Shinto or Buddhist priest. They sometimes are capable of duplicating their powers but generally have their own unique abilities. Also generally beneficial, as they’re protectors of children.
Zashiki-warashi – from Japanese mythology. A small creature, it always assumes the appearance of a child. Often they dwell in the basement of households and while they do pull small pranks on the inhabitants of the household, they’re known to bring both rain and good luck.
Bakaneko – Japanese yokai. It is a cat that has been changed into a supernatural creature.
Barghest – Northern English folklore. A mythical black dog with large teeth and claws.
Byangoma – Bengali mythology. A bird with small head, long legs, and draping tail that is white, gold and red in color. It is portrayed as a wise, fortune-telling bird that helps the deserving.
Dragon – large, serpent-like creature of legend from almost every folklore in the world.
Druid – a priest or magician in the ancient Celtic religion.
Dryad – a nymph from Greek mythology that inhabited a forest or tree, especially oak trees.
Fae – a legendary creature from European folklore with human appearance and metaphysical, supernatural and preternatural ability and forms.
Fairy – a small winged creature with a small humanoid form from European folklore.
Gamayun – a prophetic bird of Slavic folklore. t is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the mythical east, close to paradise. She is said to spread divine messages and prophecies, as she knows everything of all creation, gods, heroes, and man.
Gargoyle- European mythology. The gargoyles were humanoid in shape with wings and sometimes sharp beaks. They created to stand guard and ward off evil spirits or other creatures that sought harm.
Gnome - a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground. From European mythology.
Goblin – a creature from European folklore, first attested in stories from the Middle Ages. They are ascribed various and conflicting abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. They are almost always small and grotesque, mischievous or outright malicious, and greedy, especially for gold and jewelry. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon.
Gremlin - a British folkloric mischievous creature, similar to the chupacabra, that causes malfunctions in aircraft or other machinery.
Depictions of these creatures vary. Often they are described or depicted as animals with spiky backs, large strange eyes, and small clawed frames that feature sharp teeth.
Hag - A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman. From European mythology.
Harpy - In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, a harpy was a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds.
Hyter sprites – these green-eyed fairies in East Anglia, England can shapeshift into sand martin birds, and they help lost children get home. A type of Brownie.
Imagineer – a person with magic that focuses specifically on conjuring ability. While normally human, Imagineers are known to be born to all the races.
Incubus- from Mesopotamian mythology, a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleeping women[1] in order to engage in sexual activity with them.
Inugami – from Japanese mythology. A type of familiar spirit, resembling and originating from, a dog.
Kappa - A kappa is an amphibious yōkai demon found in traditional Japanese folklore. They are typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and a turtle-like carapace on their backs.
Kelpie - is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form.
Kitsune - are fox-type Yōkai from Japanese mythology. The most powerful ones have nine tails (called "Kyuubi"), and many different kinds of Kitsune are found throughout Japan and East Asia.
Kobold – from German mythology. The most common depictions of kobolds show them as humanlike figures the size of small children. They are generally house spirits of ambivalent nature.
Kodama - are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees, similar to the dryads of Greek mythology. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. They are small, white, and with disproportionally large heads to their bodies. Generally peaceful.
Kotodama – the power of words. Japanese mythology. Any word spoken aloud has power in and of itself.
Mage-healer – a magician that specializes in healing magic.
Manticore – from Persian mythology. A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpion.
Negrinho do pastoreio – from Brazilian mythology. Taking the shape of a small boy with ebony skin and wearing white clothing, they are known as largely benevolent. Any Christian person that lights a candle and says a prayer for his soul, a Negrinho do pasteoreio will appear the next day and take the candle and leave it on the altar of holy Mary. You can ask for his help to find lost things.
Night Parade – otherwise known as the Hyakki Yako, or Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, it is an idiom of Japanese folklore. Sometimes an orderly procession, other times a riot, it refers to an uncontrolled horde of countless numbers of supernatural creatures known as oni and yōkai. As a terrifying eruption of the supernatural world into our own, it is similar (though not precisely equivalent) to the concept of pandemonium in English.
Nix – a human that has no magic or contact with the magical world.
Orc – originally known as ogres in English fairy taes, the Orcs are a brutish creatures, aggressive scavengers and opportunistic carnivores (with a taste for both in-species cannibalism and human flesh). While possessing a low cunning and crude culture of their own, they are generally portrayed as a subject race used as soldiers by beings of greater power and intelligence.
Pixie – from European mythology, a pixie is a supernatural being in folklore and children's stories, typically portrayed as small and humanlike in form, with pointed ears and a pointed hat.
Pooka – from Celtic mythology. Considered to be both good and bad fortune, they could help or hinder as they hose. Pooka are shapeshifters and can take the appearance of horses, goats, cats, dogs and hares. They can take human form as well.
Shapeshifter – a supernatural being that can transform into other shapes or creatures.
Spriggan – from Cornish faery lore. They are remarkably mischievous and thievish tribe that likes to dwell in burrows or cairns. They are usually grotesquely ugly, wizened old men with large, child-like heads. Although small, they are the ghosts of giants, with the ability to swell to enormous size. Something they act as fairy bodyguards.
Tengu – from Japanese mythology. They have both human and avian characteristics as their body is human but they often have beaks, an unnaturally long nose, and the large black wings of a crow.
Tranca-rua- originally from African mythology, this spirit can be found in Brazil mythology as well. Legends hold that he is a man in a white smocking, white hat, with a red band on the hat. Person of dark colored skin that likes to stand under light posts and on a crossroad. It’s a spirit. It can be good or bad depending on how you treat it.
Tuatha Dé Danann - also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé, are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are thought to represent the main deities of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland. The Tuatha Dé Danann constitute a pantheon whose attributes appeared in a number of forms throughout the Celtic world.
Vampire - is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighborhoods they inhabited while they were alive.
Water sprite - is a general term for an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and sometimes can fly. They are mostly harmless unless threatened. From European mythology.
Wendigo - In Algonquian folklore, the wendigo or windigo is a mythical man-eating creature or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of the United States and Canada. They are known to be unstoppable unless by a shaman or a magician using elemental magic.
Werepanther – from American mythology. Werepanthers are a supernatural species that endows individuals with the ability to physically assume two different forms: human and panther.
Werewolves – similar to werepanthers, the werewolf can assume both human and wolf form. From European mythology.
Wind sprite - is a supernatural entity. They are often depicted as fairy-like creatures or as an ethereal entity. From European mythology.
Yali – a creature from Indian mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an elephant.
Youkai – any supernatural being from Japan. It’s a general term meaning either ‘spirit’ or ‘demon.’
Youkai monk – from Japanese mythology. A demon that has the appearance of a Shinto or Buddhist priest. They sometimes are capable of duplicating their powers but generally have their own unique abilities. Also generally beneficial, as they’re protectors of children.
Zashiki-warashi – from Japanese mythology. A small creature, it always assumes the appearance of a child. Often they dwell in the basement of households and while they do pull small pranks on the inhabitants of the household, they’re known to bring both rain and good luck.