Sprite

-- monster in Sauromugue Champaign [S], all detailed information goes here --

Historical Background
In European folklore, a sprite is a diminutive spirit-like or elfin creature (a small humanoid being with magical powers and properties), often considered an analogue of a fairy. The word sprite is often used generically to refer to all diminutive spirit folk and has an association with spirit beings affiliated with the water element.

Sprite is derived from the Latin word spiritus (“spirit”) and was first used sometime in the 13th century CE. Spriggan is an etymological variant of Sprite.

Sprite is also the word for a type of upper-atmosphere lightning, specifically lingering reddish flashes (also called red sprites) first discovered in July 1989, occurring during thunderstorms above the cloudtops. Sprite has also been used to refer to moving pixels in computer-generated graphics (particularly video games).