The Hemmerichs
Heartly
the tender-hearted fern-child who feels every ripple of the world
fern-spiral foundling, knee-low to a child · 40 cm
Origin: emerged
Personality
A gelatinous little soul who feels everything at full volume — joy, worry, wonder, all of it visibly rippling through her translucent belly. The tentacles droop or rise depending on mood, and tiny glowing tears roll down when it becomes too much. Lives in damp, quiet places where feelings have room to breathe.
Core traits
emotionaltender-heartedexpressiveeasily-overwhelmedsincere
Where they live
ClimatewetlandTerrainshallow pool
- still black pools rimmed with curling ferns
- skin of pollen and pond-skater ripples on the surface
- soft mud that holds the shape of her squat
- frog song at dusk
- warm humid air thick with green smell
What they eat
- fallen fern fiddleheads
- rain-softened berries from the bank
- mossy bog-jelly
- tadpole egg jelly (only abandoned strands)
Did you know
- the color of their belly shifts slightly with their mood