Spirits

From Solstice Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Overview[edit | edit source]

Spirits of those who wish to not leave this world, the fragmented Arcane remains of a mortal who lurk the Realm of Aevonhold attached to the mysterious Astral Plane. Confused and agitated, spirits lurk the realm walking through walls and watching from distances. Some spirits are able to communicate directly, while others may be flickering glimpses of ghostly apparitions.

Unable to remember their death or any information afterwards, their recollection of events is spotty and for the most part spirits will carry out routine tasks from when they were still alive. Spirits always have a reason for their haunting and that does not change until they pass on. A spirit may be of a dead human or animal, of recent times or long ago. New information is poison to a spirit, and when presented with anything that differs from their past life, spirits react in many different ways. Anger, sadness or outright insanity may swallow the spirit whole if their version of reality is threatened in any way.

Much of the spirits from times long past do not age well, their connection to the Astral Plane may even be snuffed out completely. Much of the ancient spirits recorded in books on the light, tomes and older oral tradition have been portrayed as angry, malicious and dangerous spirits that barely mirror their former selves.

Both Beastfolk and Werewolves do not manifest as spirits as their connection to the Astral Plane has been severed either through unstable Arcane energy surging throughout their bodies or the curse of Lycanthropy, which damages the connection greatly.