Spirits & The Alcheringa

==The Alcheringa==
The Umbra and the Dreaming were not divided from each other in Bandaiyan by the events that caused the Sundering in most other continents. In the untamed wilds, despite the efforts of humanity and the Wyrm, the Dreamtime is still virtually one with the physical realm. The ancestors of the Aboriginals arrived in the Dawn Times and became part of a culture that existed outside of the Sundering, the Impergium, and the War of Rage. Gadimargara, first of the Gumagan, was guardian of Alcheringa (the Dreamtime) and sang into creation a mystical concordance between the triadic forces, creating a unique and more balanced and stabilized metaculture that lasted in isolation until the coming of the Europeans in 1788, bringing catastrophe.
The Acheringa is under seige. The native peoples of Bandaiyan don't share a common language, but Alcheringa is the name for both the realm and its spirit broods in the Aranda language and has been adopted by the Garou Nation. The Alcheringa does not have the same pacts with the Garou though it formed its own long ago with the Mokole and other Fera that it considers its Children. The Alcheringa realm bridges to the Aetherial Realm and is part of the Tellurian. Many Fera conisder it the true heart of Gaia and despise the Garou for the War of Tears and "unforgiveable" crimes against it. 
Garou and others with Spirit Speech can communicate with Alcheringa beings like normal spirits but gifts to command or control them (or even define them) do not work unless specifically taught by one of the Alcheringa- and those gifts/rites do not work upon the Umbrood. Some Garou mystics and shamans, especially among the Silent Striders, Uktena and lupus Bone Gnawers are able to learn both. Some Alcheringa are more friendly towards Fera, human shamans and even outsiders than other: there is a rich and complex diversity of spirits within it. The only kami in Bandaiyan come from the Alcheringa. 
==The Unsundered Dreamtime==
Alcheringa & The Umbrood
Alcheringa & The Fae
Alcheringa & The Concordiat
Alcheringa & The Wyrm
Alcheringa & The Weaver
Alcheringa & Mages
Alcheringa & Psychics and Sorcerers
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