Traits

👻 Around early 2019 development, the name Xulap is inpired from a non-comittal Filipino expression "Ma-ulap ata ngayon?" translating to "I think it's cloudy today?" which refers to acknowledging a beneficial cover against a tropical country's harsh sunrays, with a fair chance of an intense and inconvenient downpour later.

👻 The Xulap orginate from the debris of the Entity of Reality's bones, having mouths that resemble cracks on a surface. Their ghostly appearance is contrasted by numerous limb-like nubs that would grow out majestic fins overtime.

👻 Xulaps are always accompanied by a variety of small floating ornaments chipped off of from its main body. The shape of these tidbits resemble abstract symbols or figures - that freely shift, animate, and float about (examples below). The colors of it stay close to the main body and its fins, only turning vantablack in powerform.

👻 A Xulap's head may come in many forms, as long as it is flat or a blunted surface in some way.

👻 A Xulap's cracks, often viewed as a mouth, always start at the head but freely vary in length across their body. It acts like a singular zipper, actively closing and opening out of a fidgeting habit, or in preparation to use for their power form.

👻 Their fins come in a variety of designs, some accessorize or trim them for aesthetic purposes.

👻 A Xulap's power form is referred to as their "Phantom Form" which turns their entire body void of color, and actively rejects light - only showing a thin outline that is visibly to who it would allow perception of it. However it is not infallible, as Xulaps perusing this form will always carry a "signature" constellation, ever so slightly altering the visual surface of wherever they are hiding to resemble that mildly. For example: A Xulap hiding in your soup will move about its little food bits and components to follow this intricate symbol in some way, or a far larger Xulap will alter a planet's entire atmospheric conditions to have storms in different locations that map out its markings.

👻 This ability is often used to scout areas, gather information, and dutifully report back to cartographers of Planet Xaoc. It allows them to observe and phase through objects, places, or even entire planets while remaining partially undetected in the process.

👻 Due to their power form's ability to affect surfaces enmasse, Xulaps are also known to participate in roles that involve widescale environmental manipulation . This may involve climate control, demolition, substance spread, and many more. However, the effectiveness of these actions entirely depend on how much their body can stretch, how long they have studied these skills and its field of procedures, and what help others can provide (both in resources and physical assistance) to maximize the end results.