Putti
The Putti are a type of Chimerical Creature found throughout the Dreaming.
Overview
These chimerical entities (also called the "Chubbies") resemble plump human babies of less than two years of age and were employed in Arcadia as house servants and valets. They are god workers (albeit with a wide streak of mischief) but do not thrive in truly dangerous environments. Within the Dreaming, some colonies have gone feral, reverting to mundane baby culture (or lack thereof). Other are traded among cannibal chimera as a delicacy, and still others have gone rogue, quitting their jobs and living throughout the Dream Realms as free agents.
Although they can walk and manipulate objects with enough steadiness to carry heavy tea-trays and march in procession, Putti possess no physical skills not commonly available to two-year-old human babies. Some breeds possess small wings for gliding short distances, but such Putti have become quite rare. No Putti are particularly good at fighting, although feral types have been known to bite. Their lifecycle is quite bizarre, as they are apparently grown and harvested like fruit on trees. Childlings are infamous for being both fascinated and disgusted by them, and they vacillate between feeling jealous enough of the Putti to try and get them in trouble and romping happily with the as equals. Left to their own devices, Putti prefer to go naked. When on-duty, they can usually be found wearing livery chosen by their masters; decadent or escaped specimens wear a burlesque of human fashions.
Highly placed Putti have been know to put on airs and behave as if they were human beings or even true changelings. There have been incidents of Putti valets getting involved in human vices like cigar smoking or gambling, and a number of famous Putti have participated in palace intrigues.
- See also Puttitown
References
- CTD. Dreams and Nightmares, p. 70.