Dark Spirits

Its best not to go into those old ruins; they be filled with wicked spirits that will do awful things to ya if they catch ya. - Wary Old Man
  Dark Spirits are darker creatures that care little for all living things. Unlike other types of Spirits, they desire to harm the living in any way they can if they enter their domains. Often wandering around these places seeking to free themselves from the inability to pass on from the world and despise all those who can.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Spirits are often astral being that have no true from, but they are often seen a beings with humanoid bodies or shapeless forms existing beyond the physical realm with few this being able to touch them.

Biological Traits

Otherworldly: These creatures do not follow the laws of the physical world as they are not naturally part of it. They do not require the basic needs that creatures that naturally exist in this world do, such as eating and sleeping, and have powers that are beyond the reach of mortal beings and can be hostile to them.   Twisted Nature: These creatures do not understand right and wrong and only wish to satisfy their dark desires. Often doing whatever they want without thinking of the harm they are causing or the consequences of their actions.   Divine Weakness: These creatures have a weakness to the power of deities that have more power over them and magic that can harm them. This means through theses power they can be destroyed or simply cahnced away to ensure that they do not cause harm to anyone. This alos means they cannot enter places that have been bless by a god or have magic wards that are designed to keep them from entering.

Genetics and Reproduction

Dark Spirits are never born; they are the product of Dark Magic, and troubling events that are what create them, and only through these can they be made.

Growth Rate & Stages

Over time certain Dark Spirits can become more powerful by taking the lives of the living or gaining hold of some powerful objects. But time can also lead them to become more corrupted and twisted depending on their nature.

Ecology and Habitats

Dark Spirits can make their how anywhere they desire, often in places long since abandoned, such as ruins and tombs in any type of environment that is found without suffering the consequences.

Dietary Needs and Habits

While not required to eat, certain Dark Spirits have been known to drain the life force of living beings and even their souls to fill an empty void within them despite never being satisfied.

Behaviour

Dark Spirits are often never at odds with one another, considering that they often desire the same things as one another. However, in the terms of the living, they will always be hostile to them often trying to kill them at every chance they get.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Stronger Dark Spirits often have power over lesser ones to do their bidding without question, as they tend to be weak-willed and cannot fight them.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Some Dark Spirits have items that can give great power to anyone who gets a hold of them, but they tend to have horrible side effects if they are constantly used.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Dark Spirts can be found anywhere in the world from long forgotten ruins to houses with a troubled past.

Average Intelligence

Dark Spirits can often think at a higher level, like any other sentient creature able to communicate with them. Still, their corrupted nature only has them give in to their urges to kill and satisfy their emptiness.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Sight: Unkown   Sound: Unkown   Smell: Unkown
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Class: Supernatural
Lifespan
Unlimited
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Black, grey, white

Spirits of Woe

 
None of us to go near those ruins, you hear mean there are ghosts in there that will not hesitate to end you should you cross them. - Serious Guard
  Dark Spirits are considered highly dangerous to all living things as they only wish to harm them. When not trying to kill them, they often cause a Possessions upon a person to try and bring torment or achieve a desire that they crave. Luckily they will not leave the places they haunt as they are bound to them or simply prefer them. Nothing even good comes when a Dark Spirit is near and only those that are prepared to face should do so.  

Servents of the Dark

 
Come forth my minons, come forth to serve your master and carry out his will against all those that will stand against him. - Warlock Summoning Dark Spirits
  Dark Spirits are often the creation of those that use Dark Magic in order to achieve their goals. What this means is that those that can use it can control theses being to be used as slaves to do their dirty work. This will often result in Dark Spirits going out to do their masters bidding and cause trouble where ever they go and disposing of anyone that gets in their way in order to achieve it. Dark Spirits under the control of a powerful Dark Magic users are more power due to the magic that is empowered by them should the user grant them power.


Cover image: by MidJourney

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