Liminant

A liminant is a dualistic spirit that contains a spirit and a body in its being. These creatures, although common, straddle the line between physical and spiritual beings and there is much debate on whether they are first spirits or first bodies (animals). In respect to birthing, they are bodies formed in a mother which are indwelled with spirits, yet in respect to death they are bodies that expire and release spirits that continue, though they may sleep, as with mortals. During life they live out the purposes of both: some taking from one side of ontology more than the other and no individual taking the same exact arrangement of purposes by design, though it could and does occur by coincidence. This is not to say the purpose of a given kin of liminants is not unified, rather the individual adherences and behaviors draw from the optional goals, purposes, and designs presented to both spirits and beasts. All sapient creatures are liminants.
Category:Spirits
Category:Sapient Beings
Category:Ontology