Glitzerkinder
Glitzerkinder are a class of individuals who have been subject to reality trauma, and have thus developed an intrinsic connection to the Entropic. Their most identifiable feature is the crystalline growths from their skin, typically taking the form of hexagonal prisms with flat ends.
The growths' material resembles blue goldstone, an artificial gemstone made by mixing aventurine glass with cobalt particles, a glittering material that is reminiscent of a starry night. They do not interact with matter, but reflect and refract light as if they were matter.
Their connection with the Entropic technically makes Glitzerkinder Entropic Beings, though not to the same degree as Sentinels. Nevertheless, they still exhibit innate abilities (Entropic Actions) such as mild precognition, empathic projection, and Echo subcognition. More rarely, they may also exhibit telekinesis, telepathy, and Object vectoring/anchoring.
Reality Trauma
Reality trauma is defined as an event that violates the core axioms of reality as it normally exists. There is no known way to trigger a reality trauma event, but they have been directly and indirectly observed, and the resultant Object or Being created by them studied.
Whatever the cause, reality trauma triggers a unique behaviour within an entity's Entropic form. Unaffected physical entities typically bear an Entropic form of conglomerated plasma, bounded by a 'membrane' of charged particles. The affected, on the other hand, carry a central 'scar' that acts as a seeding point for pseudo-solid crystal growth.
In Entropic Objects, the crystals are static, acting as conduits for anomalous effects. In Beings, they behave similarly but are loose throughout the form, constantly breaking from the central 'seed' and collecting within sites of significant activity such as the brain, heart, and digestive tract.
It is currently unclear how biochemistry interacts with the Entropic. Studies suggest that electrical charges produced by chemical reactions somehow stimulate superdimensional plasma interactions.
Development
In recent trauma subjects ('young' Glitzerkinder), growths may not initially be apparent. However, as the subject goes about their life, the crystals grow and fragment, permeating their form. They will eventually 'anchor' within activity sites and develop into smaller complexes.
The behaviour explains why growths are most commonly seen on the head and torso. It is unknown what influence that these conduits have on organs, but the brain is clearly enhanced in some capacity, as indicated by the development of Entropic Actions.
Long-term studies of Glitzerkinder and other beings affected by reality trauma are required to determine effects on organ activity, but statistics suggest that subjects live significantly longer and are healthier overall compared to others of their kind.