Mirmicette

Mirmicettes are materialistic fey who obsessively collect small tools, household goods, and similar trinkets. Though not particularly malevolent, mirmicettes consider the items they collect more interesting than the sentient creatures who create them. They have nondescript, unassuming gray faces and spindly fingers that end in clawlike nails, which they use to pluck any item they covet from its resting place.

Mirmicettes wander from place to place in search of treasures to add to their ever-growing collections. When a mirmicette steals an object, they often replace the stolen item with a near-perfect copy. Mirmicette copies are most convincing when the fey is close by, quickly losing their luster as the distance between the mirmicette and the object grows. While this swapping has led to the disappointment of many an adventurer, a loss of material goods is far from the worst outcome one might experience when encountering a mirmicette. Mirmicettes dislike anyone who touches one of their counterfeit items without permission, often using the object itself as a weapon against the would-be thief.