what is each creature?
witches
Witches are practitioners of good white magic often working for the greater good and believe in protecting the innocents from danger.
mermaids
Mermaids are the beauties under the sea with magnificent voices and curiosity for the land folk - they transform when water hits their legs, like shiny things, and mean no ill will towards humans.
whitelighters
whitelighters are the watchers and guides for good witches - they are angels essentially given the powers to heal, orb, and sense their charges aka the good witches they protect.
sirens
Sirens are beautiful malevolent creatures who lure men to their deaths - they have deadly claws, teeth, and bewitching tune in their voice.
warlocks
warlocks are the practitioners of black magic often working towards stealing good witches powers and taking them out for the good of evil.
darklighters
darklighters are the guardians of warlocks - they guide them and protect much like their counterparts, whitelighters.
dragons
majestic creatures that breathe fire, scare poor adventurers and have huge hordes of gold and treasure in their caves.
zashiki warashi
The guest room creatures that visit families, pulling pranks and offering good fortune
tengu
the crow or raven like yokai are at the top of the hierarchy of yokai. they have a demanding presence, black raven/crow wings, manipulate forms or wind - and often seen with a beak-like mask to symbolism their connection with the animal.
gumiho
Seducers of the fox variety, they are otherworldly beautiful, charismatic, sly, and out for human men's blood. the more tails they have then the more power they have. gumiho tend have more psychic focused powers like mind control or things like that nature.
kitsune
the tricksters of the yokai often seen around shrines or temples causing harmless or malicious mischief - they tend to be very chaotic good/evil personas leading to have skewed morals and values. they are natural fortune tellers, dealing with spirits, and holding domain over astral fire.
ookami
The wolf yokai often running in packs, howling at the moon, and often being a more human-friendly yokai. they can manipulate fire.
koi
The wise koi fish yokai often bringing balance and harmony amongst the others. they can control and manipulate forms of water.
moon rabbits
Shailing form the dark side of the moon, moon rabbits are individuals with rabbit ears and gentle souls. they harness their powers from the moon - healing, moonlight manipulation, & restorative power. they are highly sought after due to their healing capabilities. they have close ties to tengu as they usually protected by them.
Neko
the playful and mischevious cat hybrids that love people and a good nap.
oni
an evil yokai often depicted as troll-like with horns and hulking figures.
fairies
the forest take careers that take your things and misplace them, pull cruel jokes on humans and sprinkle fairy dust in their wake.
elves
elegant and wise pointed ear fey - excellent with bows, magic, and rulers of the arcane mind.
yuki onna
Snow driven yokai that often from the mountains pale-skinned beauties that can control and manipulate snow.
demons
hail from the underworld, they are ruthless beings with many different types of demons out there.
hell hound
just one type of demon, they are trustworthy bodyguards and assassins having the characteristics of a hound - good smell, claws, sharp canines, control over hellfire mixed in a with charismatic, otherworldly visuals.
vampires
Children of the night, that feed on the blood of humans often having some sort of power with their unworldly youthful beauty that never seem to age and not always going out during the day either.