Overview
Veilmoths are Leakborn creatures -- condensed Veil-stream energy. Three to six feet wingspan. Their wings appear to be made of night sky: not dark, but actually night sky, with visible stars that move. They are translucent at the edges and completely opaque at the center, as if reality gets thinner the further you look from their body.
Looking at a Veilmoth directly makes your eyes water -- not from brightness, but from your brain trying to process something that is and isn't present simultaneously.
Behavior
Silent. Watchful. They appear near major magical events and during temporal disturbances. They cluster at the Loom's weakest points. The Hours monks consider them sacred.
Jane's companion Moth may be a juvenile Veilmoth -- or a fragment of one.
Significance
When the Loom begins to fail, Veilmoth sightings increase dramatically. Students see Veilmoths carrying images of other Thornwoods in their wings -- the Forge dimension's steel academy, the Void dimension's ruined one. They are not just creatures. They are windows.