Visual Description
A brightly colored harlequin egg.

Lifestyle
The story of the Harlequin family is one of innocence, faith and love. It starts in Cloud City, with an artificer named Gepe and his daughter Milia. When Milia turned six, Gepe took her to see Darla Nettingbird to choose her first unicreature. At only six, Milia was very young, but Gepe was an accomplished caretaker and happy to help his daughter raise her pet. After spending the day at Darla's and playing with the creatures though, Milia announced that none of these pets was intended to be her starterpet.

This situation repeated itself on Milia's seventh birthday and again on her eighth. By now, Milia had met every unicreature available at Darla's and Gepe began to wonder if his daughter would ever be a caretaker. That evening, he carefully broached the topic with his daughter and asked why she didn't choose a starterpet. Milia, with youthful innocence, simply told him that she was waiting for her teddybear Harlequin to be her starterpet.

Gepe was very surprised by Milia's answer, but not worried; as she grew older, she'd realize that a stuffed toy couldn't be a true pet and become a caretaker. Sometimes though, children are wiser than adults. On Milia's ninth birthday, three years after Gepe first took her to Darla, the girl's faith was rewarded. That night, a falling star streaked through the sky and Harlequin came alive: drawn by the love Milia had for her toy, Esmelda imbued the teddy with life. That wasn't the only thing Esmelda did though, and ever since, Harlequin eggs appear in Cloud City.