Spirit of Love

> Goodbye, my dear. Remember, true love...requires true sacrifice.
>
> - The love spirit to Bailey

**Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers Below this Point**

* Spirit of Love
* Parasite Spirit

The Spirit of Love resides in the flower titan arum in the Faraway. She is resurrected after Bailey Ward plants the pomegranate seeds given to her by the Moth Spirit. Once Bailey speaks the true name of the spirit, it is actually a parasite.

## Background

The spirit of love worked with Dr. Lemke, who was conducting illicit experiments to create safer memory purges. She taught him to extract memories into a gaseous form, in addition to concealing himself in the illusion of the person he loved the most, which was his deceased wife.

## Plot

### Book 1

While seeking answers about Lydia, Bailey stumbles upon the Moth Spirit, who gives her seeds to plant the titan arum. In the flower, she finds the Spirit of Love, who promises to help her as long as Bailey reciprocates her gestures. She teaches Bailey the spell of love and covers the the rose symbol on the back of Bailey's neck with her own, and asks to keep their meeting a secret from others.

The spirit requests Bailey to place sandalwood on the grave of Josie Lemke, which dispelled Franz Lemke's illusory persona as his deceased wife. She is trapped in a fire with Franz, who dies in a fire. However, she escapes when she is transported to the Faraway by the Spirit of Love.

### Book 2

Bailey is able to escape the fire in Franz Lemke's apartment by casting the Spirit of Love's sigil, which transports her to the ritual tree. According the the spirit, she did transport Bailey to the Faraway which she is unable to recall because she was unconscious.

After an astral crow accidentally dies when it sees Bailey's brand, she casts the spirit's sigil once again to travel to the Faraway to prevent the Coven from learning about her brand. After casting the sigil, her brand becomes bloody and light fills her room, transporting her to the titan arum. Bailey asks the spirit to help her retrieve the astral crow that saw her on earth, to which she agrees on the condition that Bailey covertly gives a lily flower to Deena Harrison.

Bailey confronts the Spirit of Love once Harrison agitatedly asks Shirazi to withdraw the race upon finding the lily she placed in her bag. The spirit of love tells Bailey that she was unaware of the consequences, only commenting that "no child should be without a father". To compensate, the spirit shares a memory from the astral crow about Swan, who was creating a weaved spell made from three spells without the Coven's knowledge - furthermore, it shows Swan has been manipulating the crows to etch the spell into the Monolith.

The spirit of love comments that each time she brings Bailey to the Faraway, she is made weaker, which necessitates that Bailey also give a favor in return. The spirit also mentions Harrison and Shirazi are the two dancers from the Fox Spirit's prophecy , who are "nasty" in character in comparison to Bailey.

After Bailey informs Shirazi about the spirit of love, he warns her to stay away from the spirit as no such spirit exists and is not what she believes it to be. Despite Shirazi's warning, Bailey returns to the spirit of love a few more times: to escape being trapped underground and to protect Naomi from being pursued by astral crows. However, Bailey refuses to fulfill the spirit's requests, causing the spirit to retaliate in anger. When Bailey is trapped in Swan's room, she is unable to use her magicka, which was purposefully blocked by the spirit as punishment.

Bailey emerges in the Faraway, and finds the Spirit of Love in the titan arum - however, the flower is rotting and the spirit incensed by Bailey's negligence. The fox spirit rescues Bailey from the flower, and tells her that no spirit of love exists. To see the spirit in its authentic form, Bailey must reveal its true name. Because the spirit feeds on Bailey's emotional pain, Bailey identifies her as a spirit of parasites.

### Book 3

After defeating Goddess Annie, Bailey is startled to hear the Spirit of Love's voice inside of her head upon passing the star on the locker that she had been commanded to open earlier on. Her voice persistently follows Bailey throughout her interactions, and eventually, Bailey realizes she needs to discuss this with Nurse Beaubien. Bailey speculates how the spirit's deals with her always go awry, including when she place sandalwood on Lemke's grave that led to the fire, her refusal to open the locker, and putting the lily in Deena Harrison's bag.

When Janitor Hank tells her that Spud's locker is the one with the blue star, the Spirit of Love tells Bailey to finally open the locker in the east wing. After Bailey casts *dispel magic* on the locker, she discovers the locker is adored with hidden stickers that unlock the door once placed properly. Immediately, a putrid smell wafts from the locker as Bailey finds plant parts, a dead mouse, and a stack of folders. She idenfiies three folder files, one with "Hater and LIAR.... Jennifer Myer", the second with "NAUGHTY girl... Sandy Pearl", and a third folder with "BULLY and FRAUD... Amelia Ward" written on them. Inside of the folder pertaining to her mother, Bailey sifts through several newspaper clippings and illustrated maps. Spud tracks through the hallway, startled to find Bailey at his locker. Bailey confronts him about his mother,

Bailey decides to confront the spirit, who rejoices at Bailey having opened the locker. Bailey notices that the spirit discreetly rejoices at her pain, confirming Beaubien's theory that the spirit is sustained by her negative emotions. Furthermore, when asking about the spirit's "second face" Bailey is immediately hit with a rancid odor. The spirit glints her eyes at her and insists that she only has "one face", and one desire - to be part of Bailey forever. The spirit tells her about the rose brand, and that it was created by a witch who "was split in two. As the spirit attempts to drain Bailey of her life energy, Bailey returns to the Faraway with the help of Vittorio Diolo and defeats the spirit.

## Physical Appearance

The love spirit first appears in the guise of a young woman sprouting from a flower, with ringed purple irises and black pupils.

When its true name is revealed as the Parasite Spirit, it is a large white worm. The "face" worn by the spirit of love is revealed to be a mask.

## Quotes

"Oh my, look at you! Sooo sweet! I could just eat you up." - The spirit gushing over Bailey on their first meeting

"You understand little of this reality. It's why I love you."