What Lurks Out There

Now its time to describe the main groups of entities out there in the world of my Crimson Soul Chronicle. These grouping a reasonably broad, but breakdowns within the group all share common traits, and needless to say there are things that cross and blur the lines between.
The first two are probably the hardest to comprehend, which is why they are first.

The Elemental
These entities are the very essence of a thing. If you take something and metaphysically boil it down you will be left with an elemental. For example take the flames on a camp fire and within is a Fire Elemental. Take a pebble on a beach and within is an Earth Elemental. This is on the simplest level, elementals get more complicated as the thing they are the essence off becomes more complicated. Magna from a volcano, boils down to an elemental of fire & earth. Elementals are primal forces and largely without intelligence, but there are always exceptions. Living things like plants & animals do not boil down to an elemental, but the parts that make up their physical forms do. A fact that can be used to devastating effect by those with the knowledge.

The Spirits
The spirits are the metaphysical reflection of a thing, cast upon the world. A fire spirit may appear similar to a fire elemental but are very different creatures. Like elementals most spirits are mindless or without intelligence, this though is dependant on what has cast the reflection and how people view that same thing. For example a tree spirit is cast by a tree and its concerns are off a tree. But if intelligent creature view that tree as evil and malignant, the spirit comes to be evil and malignant. This is because the tree has been metaphysically altered.

The Angelic
Angels, Messengers of God(s), Mortals who ascended to sainthood. These beings are divine in nature, the move silently and almost invisibly among mankind seeking to guide and enlighten us. Those who can see them are considered blessed and the gift they give to those who work with or for them is the inspiration of a concept or idea within that mortal. Beware though for the Angelic are not a united group and what some believe is correct will truly terrify you.

The Demonic
Demons, Fallen Angels, Mortals damned to the hells. These beings are dark creatures. They feed upon the mundane world, small demonic imps feed on the flesh of animals while greater demons may feed on emotions such as hate or regret or lust. Others may feed off concepts such as murder or war. The demonic make pacts with mortals and in exchange for their “gifts” the beneficiary is required to perpetuate the ideas that feed the demon.

The Dead
The dead who will not or can not move on. All members of this group once lived as mortals do, they where born, they grew, they died. This group breaks down into two major subdivisions – Insubstantial and Physical dead. The first group are your ghost and poltergeist type beings. An argument rages between scholars as to whether these entities are actual dead people whose souls have not moved on or the spirits of dead people. Yup there is a difference, have a look at The Spirits above. The physical dead on the other hand are walking corpses from mindless rotting zombies to highly intelligent vampires.

There remains but one major group left within this world, and that is the Mundane, the mortal, us!

Wisp