Near Spirit Realm

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== Overview ==
The Near Spirit Realm (often pluralised) is an otherworld reality relatively closest to the physical world, starring in one way or another in a multitude of Earth mythologies. Often called the "Spirit World", treated as an afterlife, and extensively described by a number of animistic faiths around the world, the Near Spirit Realm is the most general, undefined and 'shared' reality in the near otherworld.
The Realm's proximity additionally means that the physical reality and this otherworld are directly, if weakly, connected. Particularly devastating events in the physical reality will quake throughout the Near Spirit, while wrecking devastation in the otherworld will instead bring about repercussions in the real world.
The Near Spirit Realm hosts a plethora of flora and fauna, its denizens largely resembling their equivalents or allegories in the physical world yet often more majestic, twisted or simply a little different - odd glows of auras being most common. Beings can originate within the Near Spirit, yet the realm also has its number of immigrants living within - most commonly humans and other here-to-fore unknown races inhabiting the Earth. While not inherently native, these beings are often found either travelling through the Near Spirit Realm, or making their permanent home should they believe this otherworld to be their afterlife.
Like most otherworlds, the Near Spirit Realm is somewhat mutable, shifting its properties around to match the image and mental state of its inhabitants. These changes are, however, minute or within realm of comprehension, which sets the otherworld from its deeper sisters - the Middle Spirit and Deep Spirit.
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