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''' | The word '''wraiths''' was often used for a type of non-corporeal undead, marked out by having less personality, willpower, and, for lack of a better term, livelienss, than other forms of undead spirits like ghosts. | ||
== Nature == | |||
Wraiths were different from ghosts in that wraiths had no will of their own, nor much of a sense of self. This made them excellent henchpeople and servants for magic-users who didn't mind the ethical implications. Living people could also magically be turned into wraiths by means of cursed toadstools; the [[Queen of the Black Market]]'s supplier of the same even managed to create ''virtual'' curse toadstools that could turn digital intelligences like [[Temp]]s into wraiths. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | |||
In a [[Limbo realm]], “[[Limbo-wraith]]s” could form out of living beings' traumatic memories of the departed, but had no true existence or identity, nor even a [[soul]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | |||
== History == | |||
The Queen of the Black Market used wraiths as spies, household staff, guards and enforcers around her [[Interdimensional Black Market]]. She also used them as a source of immortality, draining their life-force to restore her own if she was injured or killed, and occasionally attempted to train individual wraiths to make them into novelty pets, such as [[Wallace (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Wallace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | The Queen of the Black Market used wraiths as spies, household staff, guards and enforcers around her [[Interdimensional Black Market]]. She also used them as a source of immortality, draining their life-force to restore her own if she was injured or killed, and occasionally attempted to train individual wraiths to make them into novelty pets, such as [[Wallace (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Wallace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | ||
On an unknown occasion, [[the Frost King]] was trapped by a [[wraith-wyvern]], forcing [[Madame Tarsa]] to come to his rescue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | |||
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[[Category:Sapient Species]] | [[Category:Sapient Species]] | ||
[[Category:Undead]] | [[Category:Undead]] | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 4 January 2022
The word wraiths was often used for a type of non-corporeal undead, marked out by having less personality, willpower, and, for lack of a better term, livelienss, than other forms of undead spirits like ghosts.
Nature
Wraiths were different from ghosts in that wraiths had no will of their own, nor much of a sense of self. This made them excellent henchpeople and servants for magic-users who didn't mind the ethical implications. Living people could also magically be turned into wraiths by means of cursed toadstools; the Queen of the Black Market's supplier of the same even managed to create virtual curse toadstools that could turn digital intelligences like Temps into wraiths. (PROSE: The Grand Multiverse Hotel)
In a Limbo realm, “Limbo-wraiths” could form out of living beings' traumatic memories of the departed, but had no true existence or identity, nor even a soul. (PROSE: The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere)
History
The Queen of the Black Market used wraiths as spies, household staff, guards and enforcers around her Interdimensional Black Market. She also used them as a source of immortality, draining their life-force to restore her own if she was injured or killed, and occasionally attempted to train individual wraiths to make them into novelty pets, such as Wallace. (PROSE: The Grand Multiverse Hotel)
On an unknown occasion, the Frost King was trapped by a wraith-wyvern, forcing Madame Tarsa to come to his rescue. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
