Lost Spirits

Sprite of the Lost Spirit in the Dance Club

> "*My work is not done until I've had my revenge.*"
> ― A Lost Spirit
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**Lost Spirits** are characters in Everhood. They are mysterious figures found throughout several areas, and they aid the player in completing the Normal ending.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

Lost Spirits are black shadowy figures with white masks. Each Lost Spirit has a uniquely-shaped white mask with a unique expression carved into it. The faces have creepy, unsettling appearances.

### Personality

Lost Spirits greatly encourage the player to kill the souls of Everhood, giving the player tips and advice on how to do so. They desire all souls to die so they can part from the current world and move on to the next world. However, the Lost Spirits present during the Lost Spirit's Revenge fight are resentful for the player killing them, and they take out their anger on them.

## List of Lost Spirits

There are thirteen unique Lost Spirits. Twelve of them appear during the cutscene before the Sun fight, while Frog's Lost Spirit is absent. Nine of them appear during the Lost Spirit's Revenge fight; the four missing ones are Brown Mage, Zob, Rob, and Frog's Lost Spirits, although Brown Mage themselves does appear during the fight.

## Battle

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## Story

Several Lost Spirits can be found before obtaining Red's arm: one in the Dance Club, one in Cart Carnival, and one in Cursed Castle. Upon interacting with one for the first time, they will deliver a short, cryptic line of dialogue before vanishing. When the player interacts with their first Lost Spirit, they will also receive the Magic 8 Ball. After a Lost Spirit disappears, it will show up in the Court of the Lost Spirits in the Cosmic Hub.

After defeating Gold Pig for the first time and retrieving Red's arm, four Lost Spirits will appear in front of the player in the room where they fought Gold Pig. They encourage the player to liberate the souls of Everhood, before disappearing. Afterwards, they can be talked to in the Court of Lost Spirits to get tips on where to find souls the player needs to kill, as well as the option to take the Soul Lantern to guide them.

If the player speaks to the Forest Spirit but refuses to kill them and travels back to the Mushroom Door, the Lost Spirit from the Dance Club will materialize and beg for the player to kill the Forest Spirit. They will insist several times and become upset if the player continues to ignore them and make their way towards the Mushroom Door.

If the player has Red's arm and has not killed any souls, an optional cutscene will occur while wandering around the northeastern section of Cursed Castle, with the Lost Spirit that has a heart-shaped mask. This particular Lost Spirit will explain they were once powerful and had experienced all the world had to offer, but felt empty. They abandoned all of their friends, including Brown Mage, and they ended their life in the Incinerator. They were happy and relieved when their life ended, but they felt compelled to help their friends who were still trapped in Everhood.

If the player kills Harrowed Haley and does not kill GRUNDALL or Professor Orange, they will see an optional cutscene while leaving the Laboratory, with the Lost Spirit that is initially found in Cursed Castle. This particular Lost Spirit will mention they are intrigued by Red's selectiveness in their victims, and they question why Red chose to kill them so many years ago.

If the player kills all of the souls in Cursed Castle, an optional cutscene will occur while wandering around the northeastern section of the castle, with the Lost Spirit that has a heart-shaped mask. They will tell the player to return to the Court of the Lost Spirits at the Cosmic Hub for guidance.

Speaking to a Lost Spirit at the Court after killing 29 of the 30 souls will initiate a sequence where the player must kill all of the doors within the Cosmic Hub. Once the task is completed, the Lost Spirits gather around Red and use their power to send them into the sky in order to kill the final soul, the Sun. After Red kills the Sun, Red enters the Door of the Dead and fights the Lost Spirits during the Lost Spirit's Revenge. The Lost Spirits make a brief final appearance within the Isolation Room as the characters fade away around Pink.

## Trivia

* The designs of the Lost Spirits are inspired by Uboa from Yume Nikki and No-Face from Spirited Away, although players often compare the Lost Spirits to Gaster from Undertale, due to the similarly shaped body, head, and eyes.
* Zob briefly takes on the appearance of a Lost Spirit when being summoned by Purple Mage.
* Frog briefly takes on the appearance of a Lost Spirit after the Frog's Wrath fight.
* Gold Pig, Green Mage, Brown Mage, Professor Orange, Purple Mage, and Rasta Beast briefly take on the appearances of Lost Spirits in the Isolation Room.
* Speaking to the Big Bubblegum Spirit will alter the post-Soul Lantern dialogue of the rightmost Lost Spirit in the Court of the Lost Spirits at the Cosmic Hub.
* There are 8 unique faces of death present on either side of the Door of the Dead during the opening of the Lost Spirit's Revenge fight. The number 8 is a reoccurring theme throughout the game.
	+ There is an 8 in the Magic 8 Ball's name.
	+ There are 888 rooms in the endless corridor.
	+ The thermometer during the Sun's death reads -88,888.88 °C.
	+ The player deals 88,888 damage to the Cube during the Universe fight.
* Purple Mage's Lost Spirit resembles the PogChamp Twitch emote.
	+ It is also an emote on the Everhood Discord Server.
* The internal name of Purple Mage's Lost Spirit implies that it was going to be the Lost Spirit first encountered in Gold Pig's Temple instead of the one with the heart-shaped mask.

## References

1. ↑ File:Reference Lost Spirit Design Inspiration.png
2. ↑ https://discord.com/invite/fwEed4F

## Notes

1. ↑ Although the moment of Rob's transformation into a Lost Spirit, or vice versa, is never displayed in-game, it can be inferred that the unidentified Lost Spirit (WhiteMask\_GlowingEye) is Rob:

	* Both characters are missing their left eye.
	* Both characters have a tooth.
	* Rob and Zob were revived by the same binding contract. Zob briefly assumes the form of a Lost Spirit as they materialize. Although Rob is not seen being materialized, it can be assumed they were revived in a similar manner as Zob, and thus has a Lost Spirit.
	* Both Rob and Zob are grateful for being killed by Red. Zob does not appear during the Lost Spirit's Revenge as they have no need to reconcile, unlike the other Lost Spirits. The unidentified Lost Spirit does not appear during the Lost Spirit's Revenge, since Rob similarly has no need to reconcile.