Genius Loci

Genius Loci is the spirit of a place. In 2020s parlance, the general vibe of a location. Genus loci vary vastly depending on their location--nymphs of peaceful groves are genius loci, but so are the ghosts of a haunted house--such as the Spirit in Hill House from The Haunting (1963)
Classic: Creatures of the Night has a variant called Lodger where a sentient, insubstantial being takes control of a structure (sort of like a hermit crab)
==Examples==
=== Of the Multiverse ===
*It is said that Samuel Luke Station has subway nymphs--creatures of concrete, layered posters, and flickering, fluorescent lights.
*The Harrowed Hearts Club is likely to have a genius loci, and a spooky one too. The whole place is a magnet for supernatural strangeness.
*Ultra-tech settings, such as supervillain lairs, may have an artificial intelligence as a genius loci.What's in a Lair? by Christopher R. Rice, Pyramid 3/86: Organizations
**Technological genius loci tend to be more precise and calculating, but lack the uncanny knowledge of relationships and desires of its inhabitants.
*Haunted houses have varying levels of genius loci, with strong ones acting as fully-statted characters.Safe As Houses by Christopher R. Rice, Pyramid 3/58: Urban Fantasy II
*Even caves of cavefolks, like those in the World of Banded Night, can be protected by genius loci, if properly summoned.The Old Ways by Christopher R. Rice, Pyramid 3/56: Prehistory
===Other Examples===
*Danny the Street (from Doom Patrol) is a type of genius loci--they have a general, nonspecific presence over a street and its adjacent buildings, and they can communicate by altering banners, roadsigns and storefronts. Danny is seemingly powered by their living, breathing community, which with they share a sort of symbiotic bond--Danny teleports into towns and out of trouble, and the Dannizens (Danny denizens) get to live in their own community free from prejudice.
==References==
Category:Spirits
Category:Creatures of the Night