Wraith

Wraiths, also called the "Discord-driven" are beings that are largely villainized by the Twin Dragon faith as malevolent entities that seek to bring disharmony to the universe, often described as "heartless, mindless and soulless". Although they are called this, they are not considered "evil". 
In it’s default form, a wraith can appear as anybody; this includes people, animals, and even trees or forests. A wraith in the form of a person can be identified by their eyes being a grotesque greenish yellow, and their pupils slit like lizards. Wraiths dislike anything that is considered naturally harmonious, and will attempt at any pace to destroy it, bringing disharmony to the world.
== Description ==
It is almost impossible to tell what a wraith truly looks like, as they blend in to crowds of regular ordinary civilians, nature and other forms of depictions.
Often, behaviors of a wraith is them acting unusually hostile, or more hostile than they usually are, often targeting military targets or civilians. Unusual growling, and sometimes strange sounds that emanate from their cods can be heard when organizing raids or attacks on others. Despite their rather primitive sounding communication, they are actually capable of speaking a language. Commonly known as "Wraithic", strange sounds are said to have emanate from their mouth whenever they speak it, almost as if they were spiders.
Wraiths appear to have a caste system, with the lower level grunts being the ones unable to really speak at all, and are mindless drones sent to attack, or disrupt civilian and military travel. Sometimes, they will fight for territory like primal beasts, which militaries will take as an advantage to strike at them both. Lower level grunts usually have a hard time standing, appear warty, bloated or are rotting undead corpses. Sometimes, they will be vessels and will be controlled by others such as light casts that are animated humanoids or other sorts.
Medium classed Wraiths are usually more armored, and have better weapons. They are capable of speaking, and will often be the ones who have higher commander roles in armies, organizing the grunts, and leading them on raids. Sometimes, they will also command each other and will organize attacks on the fortresses. Medium classed Wraiths are capable of standing up straight, and can even appear as regular elvenoids or other beings, and are usually hard to distinguished, making them blend into settlements, though they do stand out more with their eyes, and paler skin.
Elite-classed Wraiths are the most dangerous type of Wraith, as they are capable of commanding armies, speaking other languages other than Wrathic, and can easily infiltrate into nations to sow the seeds of disharmony. Elite-classed Wraiths will often be shapeshifters, with a second form being their more wraithbeastish form, while their primary form is whatever they are trying to blend into. Elite-classed Wraiths are generals who usually ensure their operations go smoothly, and although they can be negotiated with, they are well known to backstab those they make deals with them at the last minute to take what is rightfully theirs. Elite-classed Wraiths can be anyone, and it is almost impossible to tell how they act, or if they struggle.
Wraiths are usually referred to as "it" due to them not being technically alive, but not dead as well. They may appear as what gender they were when they were alive, but they are classified as non sentient.
== Origins ==
According to the Twin Dragon faith, Wraiths are said to have originated from a drift in balance during the earlier years of the formation of the universe. Although the true origin of Wraiths are unknown, it is said that they are likely aspects of a failed attempt at creating a "perfect" being, as perfection was rejected by both the Queen of Light and the King of Dark. This said rejection is the possibility in the said beings being vengeance-bound to interrupt any attempt of creating a universe that is balanced. Despite the efforts of Astaera and Huayin in their harmonization campaign to vanquish them, the Wraiths only grew stronger, and eventually corrupt both of them, causing them to cause disharmony in the name of Order and Chaos.
== Wraith Taint ==
Wraiths can cast a powerful magic that can either transmit from a wraith biting the victim, or cast by a more powerful and elite mage to have them become tainted in what is known as "Wraith Taint".
When a person becomes infected, they at first feel sharp pains and migraines as anyone else who would get bitten would, or hit with something. About a week into the affection, the person will begin to feel droplets of black liquid fall from their eyes, which is reported to having sinus allergies water up their eyes. Slowly, this will change their eye pigment regardless of whatever it was to a grotesque yellow.
Depending on what type of wraith infected the person, if it was a low level grunt, they will start to loose the ability to speak normally, and start to become more primal, and hostile towards others, even if their personality was not violent before. Impulses to destroy military or civilian related property start to increase. If a medium or elite wraith infected them, corruption in their brain will make them have more inharmonious impulses, making them forced to try and become more chaotic or more orderly, eventually becoming a danger to the general population.
If one is to willingly be infected by wraith taint by selling their souls to them, they do not suffer from the effects, and will become irredeemable unless their soul is given back to them in their body from the one that took it from them.
To cure Wraith Taint, a powerful antidote known as "Wraith's Bane" is to be made from 2 branches of Lothranic Cinnamon, 4 Momaganic Lava pebbles, Celestial Tea and a special type of tea known as "Balance Brew", which is made in the center of either Lothranis or Momaganon. Interestingly, this has been made by mortals, and has proven to cure a person of taint temporarily. However, a permanent cure has yet to have been found, and is said to possibly be within the Matron herself, although the ingredient is unknown.
== Wraithbeast Generals ==
Within the Twin Dragon faith, there are nine Wraithbeast Generals. Each of them possess different types of powers that are said to be greater than a divine's, and are said to have capabilities to end worlds. Each general has a different magnitude of strength, and as one goes down the list, their destruction can spread even further up until the point where they can end whole universes. They are said to be extremely intelligent, being able to read everyones moves, everyones tactics and sometimes minds and consciousness. They feed off of fear, dread and doom, especially hopelssness. Wraithbeast Generals can spread wraith taint faster than any other wraith, and can even possess different vessels to trick people into joining it's ranks.
So far, only one wraithbeast general has invaded Celeia, an entity known by others as Segra.
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