Editing Wraith (section)

==Description==
They can be tainted by negativity and other factors, because they've taken in aspects of others and different qualities, have gone 'off the rails' so to speak.<ref name=mft>“Then, um, let me see here, I’ve got it in one of these books, I color coded the bookmarks.  Except I didn’t have a bookmark for the sixth, so I used a sprig of herb.  Here.  First option.  She’s Mary Frances Troxler.  Origin unknown, but she may have been a wraith, a ghost that took on other qualities.  Mediums used to call on her to help women find their husband to be.  The ritual was tainted, too much negativity, maybe it got blamed when the marriages didn’t work out.  Calling her a demon or a thing of darkness, and the label starts to become true, in a roundabout way.  She started showing up when she wasn’t called, was eventually bound, and she remained a minor tool of diabolists for some time.”<br>[...]<br>We’ve got a Bloody Mary,” Rose said.<br><br>“What’s that?”<br><br>“A boggart or a wraith, not sure.  A ghost loaded with enough negativity that it went off rails.  Built with echoes that aren’t its own.  Lurks in mirrors, carves up women if they spend too long looking.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/05/13 Excerpt] from [[Subordination 6.7]]</ref> They are usually quite hostile and dangerous compared to what they once were, driven by echoes different than their own.

A wraith can feel forces flooding into them, and their instincts tell them to inflict it on others, such as those who wronged them in life.<ref>“I’m filled with so much awfulness, and there’s more every minute.  I know it’s not me.  Every instinct I have is telling me that the awfulness is for ''you''.  That I should make ''you''  feel it.  Make ''you'' hurt and angry and frustrated and hopeless.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/23 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.4]]</ref><ref>Molly was dealing with a whole mess of negative emotions, some legitimate, others from being a wraith and absorbing the emotions and impressions around her. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/26 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.5]]</ref>

=== Powers ===
Wraiths can be capable of [[possession]].<ref name=":2" />  They could be capable of touching and moving solid objects.<ref>Molly changed course, toes barely touching the ground as she moved to keep about two arm lengths away from Mags and me.<br><br>Her hand took hold of the same branch that one of the goblins had been plucking twigs off of.<br><br>She lifted it.<br><br>“Fuck me,” I said.  “How much power did you ''give'' her?” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/23 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.4]]</ref><ref>Laird held up his implement.<br><br>How?<br><br>The Wraiths had tossed the thing to him? - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/06/07 Excerpt] from [[Void 7.4]]</ref> Their [[blood]] might be usable to power workings, like a human [[Practitioner]]'s. If given blood, they could keep drawing power through that connection.<ref>The wraith swung the branch at Mags, who caught it relatively easily.  Molly had strength, but that didn’t mean she was necessarily ''strong''.<br><br>Molly let go, and raised her hand.<br><br>A gaping hole in the middle, one finger broken.<br><br>A dribble of ghost-blood fell on the rune.<br><br>“No way,” I heard Mags, as if she were barely in earshot.<br><br>Wind stirred, and blew at my hair.<br>[...]<br>“Ugh,” she said.  “She tapped ''my''  power for the rune there.  She’s right.  I can’t fight her, not really.  I’m getting more calls.  Same people, and it’s getting more insistent.  If they accuse me of not doing my job…”<br>[...]<br>“''Balls,”'' Mags said.  She leaned against the window, bringing her head back hard enough to make the glass rattle.  “She’s a practitioner, but any power she draws on is going to be ''mine'', because I established a connection.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/23 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.4]]</ref>

They are often violent and tend to act within a criteria even at the urgings of a [[practitioner]].

=== Weaknesses ===
They are much more resistant to [[salt]] than a true [[ghost]], but still somewhat vulnerable.<ref name=":1"/><ref>Molly was here.<br><br>She lunged.  Mags threw down a  line of salt.<br><br>The wraith retreated. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/23 Excerpt] from [[Mala Fide 10.4]]</ref>

Natural wraiths tend to burn through the power that spawned them, leading to their own self-destruction.<ref name=":3"/>

Like a ghost, they can be subdued by resolving all the aggression they have that serves as their echo, much like any other ghost. This usually involves getting their revenge.<ref name=":3"/>

They can intermingle which creates its own problems,<ref>“''Not'' the wraith lord.  Wraiths intermingle and mesh together.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/09/27/let-slip-20-z/ Excerpt] from [[Let Slip 20.z]]</ref> presumably a similar situation to what happens when [[Fleshmongler]]s meet.