update 1: the fire bird

"The removal of the charms had other effects. I began to dream. I started on the first floor, seeing the curling flame fill the fireplace and spreading outward as roots and limbs of a great tree supporting the house. Contained in the fire was a jeweled egg, somehow not being scorched by the roaring flame. I knew strange things that I could not speak. I felt her essence winged and aflame and flanked by shadows. Roses seemed to tumble from the branches that were the walls of the house, overpowering me with their scent. As my specter wandered the halls, I felt her magic embedded in every part of the house. I knew that she had become something marked by the scent of fire and roses." - from "The House of Longing"

The first creature I added to the game is the firebird.

The firebird is a creature of destruction and creation. To me, it sparks ideas of passion, desire, creativity, and choice. Over the years I've come to associate it with the Sun and roses, embers and ash.