Introducing the stigs! They come in many shapes and sizes, but what they all have in common is a passion for all things wild and joyful. They are definitely the life of the party in the world of magical creatures.

The most common and probably well-known of the stigs are Mediterranean stigs (otherwise referred to as fauns). Mischievous and playful, you will often find them in forests and mountains dancing, singing and playing together. They have a rich culture that reveres art and music and their hedonistic belief system revolves around the desire to sense, taste, touch and experience everything life has to offer. They are also adept users of magic and have the ability to shapeshift into goats. They're not concerned with petty feuds and prefer to resolve conflict not through physical fighting, but through play, dance and pitting their niche skills against each other.

A lesser-known variation of stig is the highland stig. Found in Scotland and some parts of Ireland, the highland stigs have an equally rich culture as their Mediterranean brothers, but the frigid North has made them more rough and tumble. A highland stig's idea of fun might be getting into rock-throwing fights with the other clans (a tradition known as pebbleclash), starting friendly brawls or if they are feeling particularly bold, shapeshifting into a goat herd and harassing the local human population.

Among the highland stigs are individual females who act as spiritual guides. These are the glaistigs, beings whose close relationship with magic are unparalleled by any other stigs. They have command over a number of alternate forms including that of goats, clouds of mist or even humans. Glaistigs have been known to change their form into that of a beautiful woman in order to lure in unsuspecting men. After these men take the bait, the glaistig will call upon her clan to beat the man senseless and rob him blind of anything valuable. Glaistigs are one of the few types of stig who craft and wear clothing. Unlike humans, stigs do not need clothes to keep warm or cover anything up, (if anything, stigs promote a culture of living as naturally as possible). It is purely for aesthetic purposes and for the joy of the craft.

Stigs also have a surprising amount of knowledge of medicine and care, to the point where they have developed their own magically-charged prosthetic limbs. All stigs (but mostly highland stigs) have a habit of losing limbs due to the harsh mountain environments they inhabit. Perhaps the most famous example was the legendary Billeh Gruff Braynes, a fierce warrior stig who lost three limbs defending his clan from beasts and man alike. He was able to keep fighting well into old age when one of his legs was replaced with a blade.

Living alongside highland stigs are the even rarer sheeg. The sheeg strongly resemble sheep rather than goats and are the most timid of them all. It is extremely rare to see a sheeg in their native form, preferring to remain hidden as a sheep. Highland stigs and sheeg have a shaky relationship. Some stigs outright despise sheeg for their perceived cowardice while other stigs try far too hard to befriend them, an affection that is often too aggressive for the timid sheeg to deal with. Sheeg also have an ace up their sleeve when it comes to defending themselves against predators and other threats. Magic-savvy sheeg may be able to take on the form of the "wool-bearing wolf" (or woolf in it's shortened form) and chase off anyone who may cause their herd harm.

Even if sheeg and stigs don't always see eye-to-eye, there are times when both species come together and have offspring, otherwise known as a shig. Shig are extremely rare due to being infertile and there have only ever been a handful of them throughout history. Most notably, Fujfur Braynes, the son of Billeh Gruff Braynes, who grew up to become a talented artist. Many around the world have seen his works in galleries but no-one knows that the artist behind the works was in fact a shig as he used a human pseudonym to protect his identity.