Editing Vestige (section)

== Creation ==
If a human's [[Self]] is sufficiently damaged, they may be left as a Vestige.<ref name="R1.1"/><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name="5.de1"/><ref>“His victim, maybe.  I’m not sure what happens when a person gets hit by the Evil Eye a lot but doesn’t die or whatever.” “I can think of a few things,” Raquel said, twisting around to look over at the other table.  “Vestige.  Lost something essential?  Like a hollow shell without the filling, or you lose a bit of soul and something else takes its place and plugs into the stuff the soul would.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/cutting-class-6-3/ excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.3]]</ref>

It's also possible to create a Vestige from only a small portion of a person's Self, such as by stealing their shadow or reflection and using it to create a shadow version of them. In this case, the vestige is incomplete from the beginning, an imperfect copy.<ref name="R1.1"/><ref name="Demesnes">''Jie'' has his Demesne start speaking to him, and turns it into an assistant, running the data and organizing things so he is more free to work on the less dreary details.  As part of a critical project for a key individual, he captures reflections of the various members of one family, brings them to the Demesne, and then interrogates those vestiges thoroughly for details to further the project.  Once used up, the consciousnesses and remains of the vestiges are fed to the Demesne to advance its own awareness and capacity. - [[List of Books#Demesnes]], quoted in [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/12/demesnes-text/ 6.5 Bonus: Demesnes Text]</ref>

Practices which look back in time, drawing on the [[spirit]]s' memories of the past, may result in echoes and vestiges coming through the connection.<ref>“Not looking forward, but back.  Many of the Sight-focused practices, the research-rooted practices, and the practices focused around awareness have some form of it because… it’s all there.  Spirits remember, the forces of this world leave tracks where they tread.  Trace back those tracks, put in the right power, and you can ask. [...] There are some where you outright seek out a signal.  Turn the dial, focus the image.  But it can fight you.  Scenes with emotional weight, a deep meaning or significance to them might make that fight harder.  You may end up with the device wrenching the dial one way, plunging sound and audio into incomprehensible static at the most critical moments you most wanted to see.”<br><br>“Does it hurt to try?” Zed asked.<br><br>“It can.  Echoes can come roaring through the static.  But I know you have Mister Kurtz’s radio, and you’ve run into that very thing.  But more important-”<br><br>“More important than murderous echoes and vestiges?” Nicolette asked. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/31 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.2]]</ref>

Vestiges are not limited to being made from humans. Via similar methods, a vestige can be made of a place<ref name="2.6e1"/> or an [[Other]].<ref>They made more wretches, casting some into the air, causing the masses to stumble and pile up.  All by dividing them further.  Broken vestiges even before they were divided. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/02/19 Excerpt] from [[Judgment 16.9]]</ref>