Editing Salt (section)

==Uses==
Impure [[ghost]]s which are tainted by anger and hatred (i.e. hostile ghosts) are vulnerable to salt,<ref name=":0">“Salt,” she said.  “Is a pure substance, and any ghosts that actively want to hurt us are going to be naturally impure.  Tainted by anger and hatred.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref> as are [[Wraith]]s.<ref name=":1">“Salt,” I said.<br><br>“There’s salt on the road.”<br><br>“Salt holds power because it’s pure,” I said.  “It was used to preserve.  It held off rot and it stopped the emergence of life, if you salted the earth with it.  It flavors food.  Life, consumption, death, it fits into a niche in the cycle of life and death.  Dirty, gritty salt, I don’t know how effective that’d be.  Probably enough for something as weak as Molly is, but…” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/21 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.3]]</ref><ref name="14.5e1">“Ah, ow,” I said.  Almost hurts.  “Salt in eye.”<br><br>“Not a wraith,” Tiff muttered to herself, already digging through pockets<br><br>I could make out Green Eyes swiping her claws at the thing.  Touching only air.<br><br>“Astral,” I said.<br>[...]<br>“Nightmare?  No.  Um.  Doom.  Curse made manifest?  Roxanne, when you looted the bag, did you collect anything that looked like a dreamcatcher?  A necklace, pendant, rosaries?” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/12/13 Excerpt] from [[Sine Die 14.5]]</ref> Even a relatively nice ghost, such as [[Evan]], is vulnerable to salt.<ref>“F-frostbite?” Evan asked.<br><br>He held up one hand, showing us fingers that were frayed at the tip.  More ghostly than they might otherwise be.<br><br>“Salt,” I said.  “This is all very deliberate.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/15 Excerpt] from [[Conviction 5.3]]</ref><ref>I was dimly aware as the dead bird was tossed at the side of the building.  I felt it like a physical blow when salt was tossed onto the body. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/17 Excerpt] from [[Conviction 5.4]]</ref> [[Blake]] suggested that it's preservative, edible, and sterilizing nature gives it a place in the cycle of life and death.<ref name=":1">“Salt,” I said.<br><br>“There’s salt on the road.”<br><br>“Salt holds power because it’s pure,” I said.  “It was used to preserve.  It held off rot and it stopped the emergence of life, if you salted the earth with it.  It flavors food.  Life, consumption, death, it fits into a niche in the cycle of life and death.  Dirty, gritty salt, I don’t know how effective that’d be.  Probably enough for something as weak as Molly is, but…” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/21 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.3]]</ref>

Malignant Others in general tend to be allergic to salt due to it's purity.<ref>Like in ''Essentials,'' malignant Others are going to react to purifying substances and patterns, like salt and running water.  Fresh wood against dead things. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Bonds 1.7]]</ref> It opposes and can be used to [[bind]] [[Bogeymen]],<ref>The negative binding, using opposites, then applies to seal the hallow, should you want to trap the Other within.  Put the Bogeyman or echo into a container that suits them and their nature, then seal that container appropriately with something anathema to them, so emerging is harder.  A rusty box surrounded by fine silver chain, an old fashioned syringe of emotional significance, buried in salt. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/27 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.1]]</ref> Night [[Hag]]s, and [[Goblin]]s, among other things.<ref>[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/26 Bonus Material: Binding and Countermeasures]</ref>

Unlike a Wraith, an [[astral]] being such as a [[Curse]] made manifest is not vulnerable to salt.<ref name="14.5e1" /> Turtle [[Spirits]] find salt neutral, presumably because they are not impure, and it can be used to construct neutral [[bindings]] for them in the same way as chalk circles.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z1JEwkPRbdN0HdrO0So00pjcLVPhkQGEJ8VN7qXCk2w/edit?usp=sharing Tortoise Spirits]</ref>

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