Hope

TBD. Kaylin's familiar, also known (by Kaylin) as "small and squawky." He takes the form of a small translucent dragon, about the size of a large bird, who typically perches on Kaylin's shoulder.

Origin
We first meet Kaylin's familiar in Cast in Peril - Book 8 of the series. When Kaylin was called in by the Midwives Guild to help with a birth, the woman delivered a mysterious egg, which Kaylin kept. This proved fortunate, as when an arcane bomb was thrown in through Kaylin's bedroom window, the egg absorbed its energy and used it to hatch, protecting Kaylin and Bellusdeo from the blast, though Kaylin's home was destroyed.

Out of the egg hatched what Kaylin described as a small dragon.

Name
For quite some time, Kaylin was content to refer to her familiar as the "small dragon", or as "small and squawky." However, in TBD, she is required to give her familiar a name, and she chooses Hope.

Behavior and Abilities
The familiar is able to breathe out a cloud of translucent smoke or steam, which tends to melt whatever it comes in contact with, including wood, stone, shadow, and other materials. Its particular effect seems to depend on the nature of the threat.

Its almost-transparent wings are also used as a sort of magic lens through which Kaylin can see aspects of reality that are otherwise hidden to her eyes.