Bitlings

Bitlings are the result of an attempt to artifically recreate a Gachagon without all the magic necessary to fully perfect the product by a mad scientist Gachagon, long ago — the experiment went terribly awry, but awry in all the right ways. From there, Bitlings were born! They are considered cousins to Gachagons, and while a good chunk do happen to live in the Gachagon hub of the Keep, the majority of the species live elsewhere and have their own customs, simple magic, and ways of doing things that differ from Gachagons. Most Gachagons and Bitlings co-exist happily, but there are small pockets of Gachagons who do not take kindly to them.

Bitlings are much smaller than Gachagons — as Gachagons are the size of small-to-medium cars, Bitlings range from the size of a large motorcycle to a small bicycle. They are blocky and compact with square-like heads, and are typically quite heavy and strong (they also have quite the impressive bite force!) Due to this, most Bitlings are flightless, though there are outliers.

They are also far simpler in terms of biology in comparison to Gachagons: they lack cheeklights in the traditional sense, instead having gel-like patches on the sides of their face (cheeks) that mimic the cheeklights of a Gachagon, as they light up, albeit more faintly. Similar to Gachagons, they can be born without these patches, though it is a very rare occurance. Their eyes are another distinct and key feature of a Bitling — they look rather odd, elongated and with a larger, typically white pupil taking up much of the eye. They have poorer eyesight than Gachagons, but for what they lack in sight, they make up for in strength and physical durability.

Instead of dedicated pouches like those of Gachagons, they have a larger container on their body that holds their trinkets as they are, outside of gachapons. The container of the average Bitling is typically made of the same membrane-like material like that of a Gachagon's (making it far easier for movement) but it is possible for containers to be made of a different material than normal! The container of a Bitling usually takes up 50% of their body, though this isn't always the case.

Unlike Gachagons, Bitlings do not have currencies in the same way that Gachagons do, only a prize — known as a 'trinket' — that they can freely dispense at will, to whoever and whenever they like. Their trinket can be just about anything, and usually appears early on in life for a young Bitling. It is rare for a Bitlings trinket to change after this, though it is possible.

The magic of a Bitling is far simpler than that of a Gachagons, and doesn't seem to be luck nor chaos based like the magic of their Scribblie or Gachagon counterparts — rather, it appears to be a simple kind of magic that is mostly spent holding them, their container, and their trinkets together. Due to this, they struggle to reproduce, and couples (or more) often only have one Bitling hatchling at a time in farther apart periods, as using their magic for it is both time and energy consuming, and can be costly.

They tend to have shorter lifespans than both Gachagons and Scribblies, but do still live for a fairly long time despite this. Like Gachagons, they cannot die of old age, and rather seem to die from either container injury (they can withstand it better than Gachagons, but it is still dangerous) or natural depletion of magic over time. Container injury is still uncommon, but occurs more often for Bitlings than it does Gachagons due to their rough-and-tumble nature and natural strength.