Spirit
Spirits are sentient beings originating from the metaplanes.
Most need be summoned, attracted and helped along by a mage's power into the physical world (or, at least close enough alongside it to be helpful).
Others, however, do not. Amazing, terrifying, powerful, and dangerous- those spirits often pose as much threat as aid depending on their temperaments and what all they encounter. That said, plenty a free spirit are left to live among our world as they please, so long as they don't cause any notable harm. Baba Yaga and Shedim may be scarier names tied to this, but plenty other free spirits exist on neutral or positive terms with the modern world and its magic, like Buttercup- the free spirit currently controlling 29% stocks in the AAA corp Evo.
Spirits simply "are", and the more powerful among them can choose their image, as it is just a construct and extension of their power. Buttercup, for instance, appears as an 18 year old Japanese girl, almost normal looking save for her preference to glide around rather than walk.
Even for as normal as they may choose to look or act however, most can readily agree that spirits hold a degree of knowledge best considered dangerous by even trained astral walkers. Spirits are from elsewhere, and as a result most of them that take interest in our world are tourists at best. Tourists with an ancient understanding of the world, its functions, and in many cases its future. Only the trained or the daring are encouraged to interact with spirits to any regular degree, and even then some shy against it. Lesser spirits may make for good companions, mentors, and even friends. But the old, the wise, the all-seeing.. Those are entities better left in the primordial ooze some of them watched first form.
Most need be summoned, attracted and helped along by a mage's power into the physical world (or, at least close enough alongside it to be helpful).
Others, however, do not. Amazing, terrifying, powerful, and dangerous- those spirits often pose as much threat as aid depending on their temperaments and what all they encounter. That said, plenty a free spirit are left to live among our world as they please, so long as they don't cause any notable harm. Baba Yaga and Shedim may be scarier names tied to this, but plenty other free spirits exist on neutral or positive terms with the modern world and its magic, like Buttercup- the free spirit currently controlling 29% stocks in the AAA corp Evo.
Spirits simply "are", and the more powerful among them can choose their image, as it is just a construct and extension of their power. Buttercup, for instance, appears as an 18 year old Japanese girl, almost normal looking save for her preference to glide around rather than walk.
Even for as normal as they may choose to look or act however, most can readily agree that spirits hold a degree of knowledge best considered dangerous by even trained astral walkers. Spirits are from elsewhere, and as a result most of them that take interest in our world are tourists at best. Tourists with an ancient understanding of the world, its functions, and in many cases its future. Only the trained or the daring are encouraged to interact with spirits to any regular degree, and even then some shy against it. Lesser spirits may make for good companions, mentors, and even friends. But the old, the wise, the all-seeing.. Those are entities better left in the primordial ooze some of them watched first form.
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