Hypokirin

The hypokirin are the Welking spirits that inhabit the clouds, above the Silverfall Empire. Since the installment of the Welkinforge, their number dwinled, and their race eventually started dying out. Now they resort to stealing back the clouds from the primal realm, and have gone into hiding. They became part of the local folklore, as the shiny creatures that steal the clouds.

The hypokirin are currently led by Agolon and Sovolar, and their children are either born under the sun or under the moon. They only receive their name their first successful stealing of a cloud-cluster. Until then, they are only referred to as their date of birth. There is one hypokirin, however, who was born at dusk, and who is later named Evanor, by the protagonist, Kalen.

The hypokirin can freely pass through the prime and the welkin realms, but it requires concentration and training. They are also the original cloudmakers, who taught their art to humans, centuries ago.

Hypokirin are people that were cursed and transformed into beasts (cave drawings of people that were half lion half men), and chained to the sky, along with the Luvian. When Evanor turns into human, it is because she reverts to her original form.