SpiritsFrom the Ethereal Plane do these creatures ascend. A soul lost or cast wayward from its peaceful rest it should have gotten upon death. Tied to the living world not of their doing. Trapped within a parallel reality which is tangentially connected to the living world, but distinct with its own laws and physics.
There are many different kinds of spirits. Ghosts, wraiths, specters, poltergeist. Some are more mischievous then the others. Some simply exist, roaming the graveyard or wandering the realm aimlessly. While others are forever locked in a moment. Haunting the place where they died or once dwelled. Forever remaining with the lingering unfinished business as their tether to the mortal plane. Or they were cursed to eternally roam due to some sort of magic spell. The most dangerous tend to exist forever trapped in a loop of torment. Where they had died a violent death or had suffered somehow. Perhaps they were wronged by a lover. But these spirits are vengeful and aim to cause strife and harm to those in the mortal realms. To each, they all have their reasons why or how they exist. General Lifespan Spirits are only immortal for as long as no one slain them. What is meant by this is, there are only certain ways to kill spirits. Be it to find and destroy the objects in which they are tethered to or find their corpse and salting and burning the bones. Some may even feel that they have unfinished business. Help them to finish it to release them. Or perhaps they are bound to roam the earth due to a curse. Break the curse to help them to move on. Point is, they can not be slain by normal means. You can not shoot a spirit nor hit it with a bat and expect it to be destroyed. Strengths/Abilities Spirits often have the ability to transform and their bodies are made of a substance often referred to as Ether. Most all Spirits have the ability to induce feelings or emotions over others. Often the victim is unaware, while a spirit may be inducing fear, excitement, stress, sadness, and more. Usually a Spirit will enforce emotions relevant to their own ending in life. Spirits can pass through walls and other physical matter as long as it isn't warded. And while Spirits may lack a physical form on their own, this doesn't prevent them from mysteriously moving physical matter about. A powerful and truly dangerous entity may even have the ability to possess others. Weakness True faith. Holy water. Mirrors. Psychics. Iron. Wards. |