Spirits

**Spirits** are entities that have either lost their physical form or never had a physical forms to begin with. They are beings of soul radiance in its purest form that are able to live amongst the spiritual elements.

## **Anima**

**Anima's** are animal souls that form in nature to aid as guardians to the area they are protecting. Animal spirits mainly live within the **Mortal Realm** or many would call it the **Human World**. These animal creatures often have no special abilities, aside from the ability to communicate with other species or humans if they so choose and physical gifts that are comparable to that of some Titans and Inhumans. Instead they work along side the Kishoku, under the guide of Gaia Nature's Goddess to protect the foundations of the earth as the legend states.

## **Gaia Nature's Goddess**

**Gaia** is known as the one that breathed life into the world, but that's just what the legends say. Gaia has never officially been seen by human eyes and records of her existence are muddles with contradictions and competing interpretations. However, Anima's have been confirmed to be real by doctors, but nothing confirms them to be the chose guardians of Gaia herself. Instead, many researchers actually believe that Anima's are just a **Phantasmic creatures** that are unable to let go of their environment before passing on. There are a few key differences from Phantasmic creatures that Anima's don't share, which poke holes in this understanding though.

In the Western world, Gaia is nothing more than an old legend and out in the East they see her as an extinct spirit that has already passed over into the next life and may possibly be reincarnated someday. However, in people that live Iberia a continent that's split between both the eastern and southern hemisphere, generally believe Gaia to still be part of the world today.

## **Infernal Spirits**

Key article: Infernal Spirits

**Infernal Spirits** are lost souls that were unable break their connection to the mortal realm, therefore their eaten alive by their own soul and transformed into an Infernal. This outcome is what most professionals work to avoid this by any means necessary because if an Infernal digest enough souls it may attract Dark Forces Creatures from the Krypt to seep out of the **Beyond**, which would only cause even more conflict. Moreover, these creatures are threats to beings alive and dead.

## **Lost Souls**

Often referred to as **"Ghost," Lost Souls** are individuals who lost their life, but remain tethered to the **Mortal Realm**. Lost Souls often are unable to move on from the lives the once had, goals they wish they could've completed, relationships that they will never be able to experience or satisfaction with how they're lives ended up and etc. These factors lead to their souls staying attached to the world in which they died in and makes it impossible for a professional to help them pass on into the next life. While there are ways to force them into the next life, it is generally forbidden because a forceful passing could cause ripples in the mortal realm and potentially allow beings to slip through the Beyond. Lost Souls will continue to wander throughout their realms, until they have either transformed into am Infernal spirit or accepted their passing and allow themselves to be passed on, but until one of the two happens they will continued to be monitored by the professionals in their region.

A lost souls appearance will be the last appearance the individual had before their death, but since Infernals are able to transform their appearance at the higher levels then one must be careful to check for the indication of the souls spirit, which should be located where their heart should be. If there's nothing their, then its safe to assume that its an Infernal in hiding, that should ben dealt with. **Mystic Gaze** or **Pure Sight** will be good enough to check for this scenario.

## **Kishoku**

**Kishoku** is the **Joushinese** term for nature spirits that protect the environments they are in, under the guide of Gaia Natures Goddess. These spirits may take the form of a person or transform into an animal they are seen as the true guardians of nature that lay bear within the roots of their lands. There are four primary nature spirts that reside over the sky, oceans, forest and land. Often confused with giant beast such as the Realms Serpent, which resides mainly within the oceans and seas, but those mythical beast are **Chimera's** that did act as guardians for the Kishoku in the past in exchange for protection, but due the advancements in peoples skill with radiance not event the Kishoku have been able to defend their lands as well, much less the Chimera's. Furthermore, just like with Gaia, Kishoku's have never been confirmed to be real and tales of their legend seemed to only live in myths or legends. Researchers speculate that these tales may be misinterpretations of lost souls before humans understood what they were.

### **Noble Guardians**

Key Article: Noble Guardians

**Noble Guardians** are legendary spirits that have been re-awakened to serve as guardians for those who have made a contract or pact with the spirit in question. In order bring a guardian back into this world, the master must finds a **Sacred Treasure** of the guardian and then they must connect their radiance to spiritual wavelength of that items frequency, while placing the item on top of the guardians **Noble Crest**. Once these guardians are summoned, they will act as servants to the person who summoned them.

## **Wandering Spirit**

**Wandering Spirits** are lost souls that drift into the beyond and possibly from realm to realm as they search for the reason they aren't able to pass on into the next life. Wandering spirts are spirits that want to move on into the afterlife, but are unable because their souls is still not at peace because something is still tethering them to the world and its a professionals job to help them find out whatever it is that keeps them stuck. These spirits usually do not transform into Infernal spirits, for long periods of time because their souls are still incomplete and their spiritual frequency hasn't reached the levels required to interact with the void. Nevertheless, a professional should be careful around these spirits because finding their missing piece may not bring them peace and instead push them over the edge.

To identify a wandering spirit easily look for the gaping black hole within their chest that would usually signal their transformation into an infernal creature. Upon discovering their missing piece the hole may close, which shows they are at peace and ready to move on or black hole will expand, thus they will transform into an Infernal creature.