Earthbound (Hellfire)

## Overview

The Earthbound are Neverborn that left the Outer Realms to bind themselves to material reality. They are heavily intertwined with the more mundane concepts their draw their power from, intertwining themselves to their enviroment. They fey realms exist hidden on various places on earth where they draw on life, culture and spirit. They are masters of the Road of Possession.

## The Great Courts

The Earthbound are a very diverse group that have been divided in X great Courts by Summoners. These are:

### Astrals

As the oldest and rarest of Earthbound the Astrals are bound to physical phenomenon of any kind. It can be a geological formation like a mountain range, a cloud formation, an ocean current or something abstract like sound or light. These Earthbound are fascinated with the physics of the material world, which are so very different from the Outer Realms, and have chosen to embody them. There are few of them left and most of them exist in increadibly abstract and constantly shifting forms.

### Old Fea

They have bound themselves to natural world and all its living elements, being the most naturalistic of the Earthbound. Most of them possess areas like forests, swamps, lakes and river deltas or other places untouched by civilisation. All of them have bonded themselves to the local flora and fauna, nuturing and reshaping themselves and drawing power from their growth. Old Fea often appear strange and dormant to a human, often living through endless repeating cycles.

### Inferi

As perhabs the first Earthbound to directly interact with humans, the Inferi have devoted themselves to the study of death in all its forms. They are involved in the passing and lingering of souls, following and often interrupting their passing through the Veil and into the afterlife aswell as the anatomy and decompostion of dead flesh. Inferi have created their realms hidden under old churches, crypts, cementeries and forgotten battlefields. There they obstruct and catch the souls of the dead aswell as animate and possess their remains to walk among the living. Some Inferi exist in more abstract forms, possessing lingering death itself and silently moving throug the bodies of the dying and doomed.

### Atrivects (Domstead)

The Atrivects are by far the most connected to human culture and creation. They bound themselves to the early most soceities and grew among the shadows of great works of architecture, craftsmanship and art. To this day Atrivects possess neighborhoods and old cities, silently whispering of its legacy and purpose. Some Atrivects have tied themselves to human communities, being worshipped as House Gods and offering patronage and advise to their wards. Others have bound themselves to great works of old time, invisibly inhabiting ancient buildinds and catacombs buried under modern cities like Rome or Mexico City.

### Voxx

The Voxx, as the youngest of Earthbound, have bound themselves to technology and modern innovation. While they possess anything from electrical lines, engines, computer networks and infrastructure; they are mostly associated with the internet. They have burried their realms in the Deepweb, being partially accessable through old serverdomains and convoluted networks of links. The Voxx are by far the most erratic of the Earthbound, constantly reshaping themselves after the ever advancing currents of social media, entertainment and virtual reality. Due to their connection and controll over all kinds of technology, Voxx are also the most sought after Earthbound to place in their service.

The lesser Courts of the Voxx are:

* **Shifters-** are drifting between various aspects of technology and the internet, often exchanging and reforging aspects of thesm
* **Vex-** are defined through the resonance of social media and personal interactons, Vex appear hyper-social, overattentive, twitchy and chatty.
* **Advoids-** are defined through the resonance of online advertisment, banking and buisness; Advoids appear calculating, self-obsessed. highly charismatic, manipulative and burned out; constantly dealing with and in overstimulation of countless ads and calculations.
* **Darcuits-** are defined through the resonance of the most forbidden, brutal and obscene parts of the internet, namely the Darknet. These Voxx are the most twisted, aggressive, cruel, intrusive and insane among their kind.