Facetal Branch

Facetal branches are elder facetals whose gemstone bodies have grown into large glowing crystals. Instead of donning humanoid guises as facetal nodes do, facetal branches use hardlight to project insect-like bodies in the image of their deity, Sairazul.

With minds capable of revisiting their memories with crystalline perfection, facetal branches can both move and communicate across space and time. They're named after the constant improvements they make to their past selves, navigating branches of alternate histories to achieve crystalline perfection.

Gathering Moss

While their younger cousins, facetal nodes, travel to accumulate knowledge, facetal branches turn their explorations inwards, scrutinizing past actions for minor imperfections that could stunt their slow, crystalline growth. When they identify a flaw, they can reach backwards in time to alter their past—but only if their past self occupies the same location as their present one. For this reason, facetal branches tend to stay put.