Wisps

*For information concerning the sidequest Prisma and the Wisps, see Sidequests.*

Wisps are manifestations for Guildmasters on quests (or Guildmasters who have finished their quests), among possibly other things. They take the shape of a central colored gem with four sets of wings. Aside from Coda, there don't seem to be any other active Wisps with a connection to their Guildmasters, with Wisps generally being rare in the countryside as Syb notes that they're a common pest in the city but not in the Quaint.

Wisps are referred to by various characters as "remotes." What is meant by this is currently not totally clear. It also seems as though wisps and the people controlling them are considered as separate entities; when talking about TATE, Syb refers to the person behind it as "her", but the game text refers to the wisp (body) as "it".

## Coda

   Coda controls a purple, (geometrically) diamond-shaped wisp through her Tome. An effect of this is that her body is immobilised in her bed back at the lighthouse. While she controls the wisp, she can open and move objects marked with a Tome symbol, such as chests containing coins, bridges and doors.

## Glondberg and Orace

The first wisps (aside from Coda's Wisp). After obtaining the key for Dad's locks, walking directly to the Fridge and talking to it prompts the Tome to put "Learn[ing] the Subtle Art of Conflict" as the next part of the Main Quest. Walking directly to the cabinet with Glondberg and Orace and starting combat still completes the quest "Learn the Subtle Art of Conflict" even if you don't talk to the Fridge first. Glonberg and Orace act as a tutorial for the combat system.

Glondberg goes first. It doesn't do much, simply showing the player that conflicts will be ended naturally at the end of the turns, and outliving the opponent is sometimes better than otherwise acting. The player can't do much but instruct Syb to charge her phone.

Glondberg has a pessimistic personality, and has "strong opinions" on closer examination. It sees its defeat as inevitable, and even describes it as tasting sweet. It has a pale yellow prism for a body, with four sets of longer paler yellow wings.

Orace follows up, with its combat demonstrating the Mood system. With Snark Strike, Orace's red triangle attack becomes a 😎Confidence😎 boost for Syb, which results in it proclaiming that Syb cheats.

Orace has a swaggering and prideful personality. It doesn't react positively to losing. It has a light amber step-cut gem for a body, with four sets of rounder pale amber wings.

After both their battles, they thank Syb and Coda for the battle and go back into the cabinet.

## Spridessa

Spridessa is a teal-coloured wisp, with a (gemologically) diamond-shaped body and four sets of teal wings. It is found after buying the Bargainer's Box from the Main Quest "Open the Grate."

When released, it expresses interest in Syb's moods, and offers to teach Syb Calm Down. It can be returned to multiple times in order to change Syb's mood. It has a curious and peaceful personality, and enjoys watching how Syb's moods change. If you examine it in combat, the game says the wisp "just has a thing for people's moods".

## Kaviolette

Kaviolette is a tear-shaped pink wisp, with similarly tear-shaped pink wings, and like Spridessa has a little face. Like the other wisps, Kaviolette has a very grandiloquent manner of speech, and is possibly the most wordy; if you find it later during the Prisma and the Wisps sidequest, it gives a long monologue on its feelings on falling off the top of Makeout Temple. It offers Ancient Receipts and Fortune Scrolls, which depending on your dialogue you could buy from them.

Kaviolette is also (possibly one-sided) friends with the Doombird (or, as the Kaviolette calls her, "The Scrying Bird"). Whether or not this is simply a differing value system or because Kaviolette is dense is unclear.

## TATE

Full name TATE-SKDIS\_2C, TATE is an amber rhombus-shaped wisp with square wings. Her eye(s) look like a cyborg visor with a white square scanning left to right (and back). Despite speaking very formally like the other wisps, TATE also speaks with a lot of corporate terminology. This remains true up until TATE is captured by the HedgeSphinx, at which point TATE drops most of the formality and talks more like Syb.

Also notably, TATE is the only wisp who refers to herself with the most technological terms; TATE (or the person controlling her) refers to herself as an "operator", and refers to the wisp-body as "expensive equipment". The HedgeSphinx also mirrors this speech, calling her an "appliance". TATE is also the rudest wisp; Gwynn refers to her as "Incredibly Rude", and examining her (while in the HedgeSphinx's mouth) yields the description "jerk wisp".

TATE and Syb have a pre-existing relationship; if you press Syb on it, she explains that TATE is a recruiter who flew in through the bedroom window one day, recruited her to Upstart school, and then completely disappeared. TATE accidentally lets slip that she's in Lawnhenge because of a "Re-Zoning", a mission that is extremely classified.

## Minor Wisps

### The Blown Shoe

The Blown Shoe is found at the end of the Trial of the Dashling. It tells the story of a perpetually-dissatisfied Guildmaster it served, who pushed his teammates past their limits, to the point that they left him because of how miserable he made them, and he passed "beyond" alone. The Blown Shoe gives the word "Beyond". It also teaches Chazazz Fast Moves.

### The Broken Shield

The Broken Shield is found at the end of the Trial of the Shield. It tells the story of a singularly-minded Guildmaster it served, who stubbornly insisted on her own will, and as such the Guild fell under the weight of its lack of flexibility. The Broken Shield gives the word "One". It also teaches Gwynn or Palance Arcane Offense.

### The Faded Spark

The Faded Spark is found at the end of the Trial of the Spark. It tells the story of a Guildmaster it served, obsessed with destiny, one that looked only to the future and worried to the point of indecision, witnessing the fall of her Guild. The Faded Spark gives the word "Self". It also teaches Prisma Bass Boost.

## References

1. ↑ TATE is an exception, but she refers to herself and Coda as "operators". Whether this means TATE is a Guildmaster burying the lede under corporate language or whether she's something entirely different is unclear.
2. ↑ Specifically, "the Re-Zoning, its high level goals, or the technology and logistics involved in the current phase."