What is a lumin?

Lumins are not fairies, although they are of a similar species. They are intelligent beings who live on the Eighth Continent, in the canopies of trees. While they are winged, they otherwise resemble humans, who they call gawbles (giant wingless beings).

Except for Intuitors, who are rare, they do not perform any kind of magic. Nor do Intuitors.  But they are so sensitive to energy, their ability to intuit what is about to happen, might seem like magic.

When an Intuitor learns all their gifts, they can interpret the languages of all flora and fauna, which is a remarkable skill, but it is not magic.

But they do have a special ability. Their tears are precious. If the shed a tear on a tree seed it will instantly germinate and flourish. Their tears also have healing qualities for trees.

Lumins change their colours to take on the appearance of the trees they live in, which makes them excellent at camouflage, and it is why we humans never spot them. For example, Min changes colour when the Mountain gum she lives in sheds its bark.

An elder lumin is called an ellumin, an adult a lucint, a teenager a glin, and a child a ning.  A baby is a ninglet.