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Minor actor

Mist Moth

A large dusk moth that drifts slow loops over open ground and presses from above, dusting from a perch.

EnemyWildlifeArchetypeMinorAnimal

Character

Slow and legible in the air; a loop across a clearing shows its timing before the fight.

One will hold an elevated perch and press downward, which is what the root-perch placement at the Forked Clearing stages.

Places

Canonical record
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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "mist-moth",
  "name": "Mist Moth",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "A large dusk moth that drifts slow loops over open ground and presses from above, dusting from a perch.",
  "details": [
    "Slow and legible in the air; a loop across a clearing shows its timing before the fight.",
    "One will hold an elevated perch and press downward, which is what the root-perch placement at the Forked Clearing stages."
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "kind": "related-to",
      "targetRef": "ref:alderwood-rise",
      "note": "Drifts through the Alderwood clearing at dusk."
    }
  ],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "mist-moth-named-for-lamp-road",
      "at": "2026-09-10T01:05:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Named the mist moth as a Lamp Road enemy archetype.",
      "reason": "The owner asked for specific enemies instead of placement names; the assignment follows each encounter's staging notes and the decision to expand the prototype fauna into a regional ecology.",
      "confidence": "Archetype identity and behaviour sketch only; combat design remains open.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:lamp-road",
        "ref:regional-enemy-ecology"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Enemy identity request, 2026-09-09"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "mist-moth-catalog-art-2026-09-14",
      "at": "2026-09-14T19:35:21.815Z",
      "summary": "Added a generated illustration for the Atlas catalog and detail page.",
      "reason": "The owner requested artwork for entries without images. The illustration interprets the recorded identity and setting. The image does not establish additional anatomy, spatial layout, story facts, or engine-ready art.",
      "confidence": "Generated catalog concept; existing design decisions and history remain unchanged.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Homepage simplification and missing artwork, 2026-09-14"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "actor",
  "scope": "archetype",
  "prominence": "minor",
  "forms": [
    "animal"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "enemy",
    "wildlife"
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:lamp-road"
  ],
  "image": "assets/actors/wrought-naturalism/mist-moth.webp",
  "lifeEvents": [],
  "archetypeRefs": [],
  "groupRefs": []
}