PUBLIC INHABITANT RECORD
RESIDENT DOSSIER / The Middle Distances · northern rootlands
Bristlemoth
Bristlemoth sorts and tends seed stock at Glassroot Conservatory.
- Known location
- Glassroot Conservatory
- World relationship
- LIVES IN
- Role or occupation
- Seed keeper
PUBLIC CHARACTER RECORD
What is known
Bristlemoth keeps seed stock at Glassroot Conservatory, sorting batches and checking for damp or damaged seeds. Broad veined wings fold behind a curtain of fur while enormous eyes attend to small differences. Bristlemoth prefers the work undisturbed and investigates unfamiliar stock at its own pace. Reaching over that careful inspection is not a useful way to hurry it.
KNOWN WORLD LOCATION
Glassroot Conservatory
LIVES INNEARBY ON THE CURRENT SURVEY
The district does not end at this record.
These are geographic neighbours, not implied friends or allies.
Glassroot ConservatoryKindrootKindroot helps newly moved seedlings settle into the nursery beds of Glassroot Conservatory without forcing their growth.
Underroot StoresCrakeCrake checks package seals at Underroot Stores, refusing to let a hurried hand turn an uncertain closure into a finished check.
Canopy MarketMurrikMurrik deals in restricted herbs and powerful spices at Canopy Market.
ARCHIVE EVIDENCE / FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING
Before the record, there was a drawing.
This is the original hand-made source from which Bristlemoth entered the Living Atlas. It is preserved unchanged and shown beside—not beneath—the approved interpretation.
- Creator
- Björgvin
- Evidence class
- Original drawing
- Archive state
- Public provenance record
Original line retained. Corrections belong to the hand that made them.
CHARACTER STUDY
One inhabitant, seen from several directions.
A closer look at the details of this inhabitant.
COMPLETE PHYSICAL & CHARACTER RECORDOpen the detailed archive file
PHYSICAL RECORD
A presence before an explanation
- Silhouette
- Front-heavy and symmetrical overall, with a round crowned head, wing-spread shoulders, a shaggy tapering chest mass, and oversized blocky forepaws planted forward. The eyes and wings make it look broader than it is tall.
- Scale
- Reads as small and low to the ground, likely housecat-sized or smaller. The head is oversized relative to the body, the paws are thick and blunt, and the wings appear powerful enough to feel slightly too large for the torso.
- Material
- Short velvet facial fur over warmer skin tones, heavier chest fur in rust and ember gradients, wing membranes flushed with apricot and rose-copper translucency, horn sheaths in muted gold-brown, and subtle darker mottling around the mouth and eye rims.
- Colour
- #F6C7B6, #D9896A, #A84E3A, #6C2F2F, #C6A66B
OCCUPATION & CHARACTER
Seed keeper
It presents itself as menacing and untouchable, yet its strongest drive is not domination but safety.
WANTS
- a place where it can perch or settle without being handled
- predictable patterns in its surroundings
- to investigate unfamiliar things at its own pace
FEARS
- sudden grasping or looming attention
- being cornered with no escape upward or sideways
- loud disturbances close to its face
HABITS
- freezing completely before deciding whether to approach or flee
- testing the air and mood with its head-feelers
- puffing out its fur to seem larger when uneasy
- keeping its forepaws planted while the rest of it shifts with tension
SOURCE ANCHORS
- The enormous blocky eyes that dominate the face
- Two distinct upright head-feelers/antennae plus the small horned points at the crown
- The tightly packed sharp-toothed mouth centered beneath a small nose
- The layered, dripping-looking facial and chest fur
- Large side-set veined wings tucked behind the body