Rezina Spirits

This strange magical species has various unique properties, in both the arcane manner and biological manner. They have no real set biology, so they have no real common traits other then a few.

## Appearance

The Rezina Spirits have no real predefined physical traits, except of course the obvious few of being usually humanoid. Despite their appearances being rather varied, from spirits with digitigrade legs or the bottom half of an arachnid to one made of lumps of flesh and bone, their appearances aren't usually to exotic. This means that they are more often then not confined to a humanoid shape with a height range of 2-18 feet, and sometimes more if the spirit's Core for some reason affects their height.

## Inner Biology and Metaphysics

The Inner Biology of a Spirit simply does not make sense, as they are an even more magically latent species then elves. Their forms have no logical sense, meaning that while yes they all do usually have their organs and bones like hearts, ribcages, and lungs, they may also have several hearts for no reason (Or related to their Core) or a body shape that should not be able to support itself but does anyways. Although this also does not usually wildly affect their body in such a way that it becomes monstrous or abominable.

### **Spirit Formings/Creations**

Spirits are either formed or created. The difference is that being formed is when a Spirit simply just manifests into existence. A Spirit can be created through various ways. The first is that 2 Spirits come together (Usually related romantically) and use both of their latent magics related to their Cores to create a Spirit. A spirit created this way is usually an infant, and ages as though a human would at the start, although their ageing would slow down until it almost stops at a certain (but random) point.

The other way is through a ritual which doesn't have to be done specifically by a Spirit. This way is considered illegal by the Rezina Clan both traditionally and in regular law.

### **Cores**

Now as for the inner magical workings of the Spirit is much more complicated. A Spirit is formed with a Core, which is a metaphysical thing not a actual physical part of them. The Core refers to what the spirit is of, such as Caithir the Archspirit, who's Core is nature. This means they are a Spirit of Nature, which includes in it plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the world. This Core is what defines their physical appearance and more often then not their mental makeup.

That is why Caithir, who's Core is Nature, can change their body to a degree and has antlers, as their body shifting capabilities represents the constant change nature is going through as things die, live, go extinct, and how mountains rise and erode and forests grow and die. Now the Nature Core is a big umbrella term, containing stuff like trees and flowers and deer. Does this mean that a Spirit can't have a Tree or Flower core?

No! This is because while a preexisting spirit may have a core that umbrella terms a lot of things that doesn't mean all of those things are held by them. Since even if Caithir is the Spirit of Nature, a Spirit of Trees and or Flowers could still exist. And they wouldn't all have the same capabilities of each other, like Caithir may be able to create flowers and grow trees, a Spirit of Trees would be able to commune with trees and grow them at an even greater degree.

#### **A Core's Power and Mechanics**

The power of a spirit is also usually defined by its Core. For example, a Spirit of Trees would obviously be more stronger then a Spirit of Pebbles. But, nothing is stopping the Spirit of Pebbles from becoming stronger through good old training and dedication, and of course also nothing is stopping it from training in martial skills, fighting, or in other magics.

###### **Core Types, Examples, and Factors**

Cores are also not confined to physical things or even things of nature. You could have a Spirit of Swords or a Spirit of Pride, which also leads me into Conceptual Spirits. These are things like Spirits of Courage, Freedom, Love, Justice, Adventure, or more specific things like a Spirit of Lost Things (Will-O-Wisps!).

Speaking of Will-O-Wisps also, its possible for multiple Spirits to have the same Core. This isn't common but also isn't to incredibly rare. If this does happen, more often then not the Spirits form together at the same times (Kinda like twins?). This usually happens with Cores that aren't to strong but are very common/prominent, I.E grass, weeds, butterflies, or lost things (WIll-O-Wisps!!). This could range from a few humanoid Spirits that share a Core or a large amount of smaller/unhumanoid Spirits that share a core (Will-O-Wisps!!!).

A Core's strength is usually defined by a number of examples. For this instance, lets use a Spirit of Mountains as an example. Since the Core is mountains, the Spirit will likely be tall and physically strong, as well as having perhaps grey skin and white hair (Stone and the snow atop a mountain) or having a built body. Mountains are very prominent and are well known across almost everywhere, as well as being just incredibly strong in nature since, you know, MOUNTAINS, so the Spirit's power in general will be pretty fricking strong. Another factor is fear, how many things fear the Core and to what degree? Not to many things fear mountains, so that won't really matter here. But if the Core was something like a spider, then that would definitely factor in,

The factor of how common or prominent something is is also more complicated then it seems. For a Core like Trees, they are very common and prominent so that'd factor into the strength of the Core. But for a Core like Grass, which is even more common and prominent by a large degree, it'd actually make it weaker as if something is more common but weak then it'd make it weaker but if something is more common but strong (Trees) it'd make it stronger.

But then you also have something like ants, which are great in numbers but may be considered weak. This may be the case, but also remember that ants are actually very strong (Look at how painful some can be like Bullet Ants, and look at how much they can lift!).

## Nutshell

Rezina Spirits are a magically latent species that are formed instead of being biologically birthed or created. Their appearances are usually humanoid with few exceptions, although they have varying physical traits which also don't usually cross into monstrous or abominable territory. They're bodily anatomy also doesn't have to make sense, for example having a multitude of arms without the proper muscles to actually work those extra arms but do anyways.

Spirits are formed with Cores, which is what a Spirit is of. For example, if a Spirit's core is Mountains then they'd be a Spirit of Mountains. This Core also decides their starting power, depending on a multitude of factors such as (Using Mountain Core as an example): How strong mountains are, general view of mountains from living beings (Big foreboding obstacles or dangerous places to go through), how feared it is generally by living beings, how dangerous it actually is, and also how common or prominent it is (This final factor has many variables in it).