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Shapechildren, or shape-children, (PROSE: A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol) were juvenile forms of the Embodiments of the Void.
Nature
A shape-child's body appeared as “disorganised shuffle of random and irregular shapes, all with different dimensions”. Born in clutches of three to the mature Lady Spatium of a given era, they were initially undifferentiated; however, each would be taken under the wing of one of the three adult Embodiments, and earn from them, as well as imprinting on the eldritch energy they emanated, thus differentiating into a Thymon, a Psykha and a Spatium. If one of the adult Embodiments died or was lost, the corresponding shape-child could thus replace them. (PROSE: A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol, Family Business) However, if a young shape-child did not receive sufficient eldritch energy in their early years, they might progressively vanish and cease to exist altogether. (PROSE: A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol)
History
After Lord Thymon deserted his duties to come to live in the Cupid Homeworld, (PROSE: Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving) one of the three shape-children at that time began to take after him, becoming known as “Tiny Thymon”. However, Tiny Thymon was sickly and in danger of vanishing because Philatel-426 too rarely alowed the adult Thymon time off to visit his nephew in the Void. This changed after the 2019 Christmas season, when Philatel was made to experience a Christmas Carol scenario by the Three Spirits and witnessed a future in which Tiny Thymon had vanished completely, with Thymon and Spatium holding a memorial service for him. Waking a changed Cherub from the magical night's travails, Philatel promoted Lord Thymon and gave him much more time off, also coming to visit the family personally for Christmas dinner. (PROSE: A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol)