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GhostArnaud

A textbook ghost, Count Arnaud.

ghost is a type of ectoplasmic apparition resulting from the death of a living organic being.

Description[]

Formation[]

When a living being die, its soul becomes independant its dead body. However, a soul, in its natural state, is invisible and immaterial. Only conscious will can turn into a visible, tangible ectoplasmic compound. This is, in fact, rather rare, as death causes 'fainting' in most people, and many never wake up from their final sleep, condemning their slumbering soul to drift unaware through eternity. However, when a person's willpower is strong, or when they expect their soul to return after death before actually dying, this provides enough focus for them to reform into a ghost. Painful or stressful deaths also result in more ghosts, due to the excitation resulting from the highly nerve-racking nature of the person's last moments.

Psychic Summoning[]

Powerful psychics are able to call a ghost forth, wherever they may be. The ghost may then be awakened.

Abilities[]

Ghosts have a wide array of abilities, depending on both skill and natural talents. All ghosts have some amount of capability at influencing the material world, if only the lighter objects like sheets of papers, and also to ignore it, allowing them to phase through walls. All ghosts are capable of flight, though it takes time to learn how to control it, which makes some ghosts unable to use this gift in practice if they are unwilling to cultivate it. Moreover, many ghosts have more specific abilities. For instance, a psychic (and, indeed, all types of sorcerers) will retain their abilities in death, and may even see them enhanced. Some ghosts are also capable of Wisping (turning into a Will-o'the-wisp), telepathy or possession. Ghosts may also have unusual control over their place of death, as best illustrated by the Ghost Host's unparallelled handle on the magicks of Gracey Manor. Finally, a great deal of ghosts are capable of altering their appearance, either through basic Deadshifting or through more subtle changes.

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