I work for the site http://worldofumbria.net

It's an adoptable pixel critter site (in a magic/steampunk world)

I've been spriting for almost 10 years (4 of them spent at Dragcave.net )
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These have been rotting in my mind for years....I was finally given the liberty of creating them for Umbria. OH HELLS YES am I HAPPY with them <333

Even furthered them with some Aurora. These were for the winter festival.

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"The Arctic Spirits are creatures that embody the meaning of winter. The summoning of these creatures requires a cold climate, meaning in most areas magi can only summon these creatures in the winter time, usually around the time of the Winterlune festival. Arctic Spirits are exactly that, spirits. The body of snow and twigs is one that the spirit itself manipulates to interact with the physical world. On cold nights in the dead of winter you can see the spirit itself, these are commonly mistaken as the northern lights, or aurora borealis.

It is said that the Arctic Spirits were brought into this world a long time ago by a snow stuck Magus. Desperate to get free from his wintery tomb, he released a large amount of magic, accidently ripping a hole in the fabric of reality for a split second, allowing a spirit to get free. The spirit, being a kind and benevolent one, wished to help the now exhausted magus. A creature formed before the magus made of snow and tree branches, the materials that the spirit was able to manipulate. The Arctic Spirit brought the Magus to safety, then fled into the wilderness, never to be seen again. However, with strong enough magic, some snow and tree branches, a wandering spirit will merge with the materials and become the Arctic Spirit of the story."
(writting not mine, lore behind them is, they are my creation)