Nysirium Log #32: Moon Angels

by Artemis · shared on our Discord, October 20, 2026

Pencil drawing of Moon Angels and a juvenile Chornda

Barely longer than my finger, these butterfly-like creatures sport dazzling blue wings with eye-like spots, much akin to some Enalian butterflies. As beautiful as a swarm of these across the night sky might be, even a glimpse of the gorgeous blue clouds can spell death in under a minute if we aren't prepared — or swift — enough to avoid them.

They hunt in swarms, and their primary prey are creatures larger and fiercer than Ravagers. A single swarm the size of a human head is able to devour a carcass the size of a bear in about twenty seconds, and most swarms are larger than my entire team huddled together. Fortunately, they hunt mostly at night and seem to flee bright light, so as long as we keep our lanterns lit with enough Rolla wax, we should be safe. Today we accidentally caught the tip of our cadaver's wing on fire, and it burned to ash in an instant. Kalera suggests their aversion to light is due to their apparent high flammability, which explains why the fire-breathing Rolla seem to be avoided by their swarms despite their soft bodies.

The other day, we came across the sludge left behind from a Chornda carcass they had recently devoured. Some Jurru beetles were eating the sludge, and we decided to monitor them from afar. They seemed fine for about a day, until the larvae hatched and the next generation of Moon Angels ate them from the inside out. We're going to burn every sludge pile we see now.

— Scholar Mardjann, Expedition 6

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