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===Known Soul-Manipulators===

*Practitioners
**[[The Shepherd]]  ([[Valkalla]])<ref name=":6" />
**[[Crone Mara]] ([[Heartless]])<ref name=":2" />
**Gail [[Duchamp]]'s husband ([[Necromancer]])<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>The other man looked out of place compared to the two guys, who looked very much like bikers who had cleaned themselves up but couldn’t give up the general trappings.  He had neatly parted brown hair, sharp eyes, and a cleft chin that might have been attractive if it wasn’t so pointed.  He wore a scarf and a stylish, form-fitting jacket with four brass buttons arranged in a square, his pants cut to a slim fit, and he carried…<br><br>I saw his implement.  A crystal ball with a skull in the center, tucked in the crook of his arm.<br><br>Looking at it, I was immediately reminded of the Bane.  The undead thing with scythe-arms.  A tormented soul.<br><br>Gail’s husband.  Joyce had separated wife from husband.  She’d done it very deliberately.<br>[...]<br>Images of faces flickered between the orb-encased skull and the necromancer’s fingertips, as he caressed his implement.<br>[...]<br>The necromancer reached out, and the images of faces danced out, much like a flash of electricity.  Green Eyes took one to the collarbone, reeled, and then disentangled herself, ducking under a fence - [[https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/10/28 Excerpt]] from  [[Duress 12.8]]</ref>
**[[Gudbrand]] ([[Valkalla]])<ref name=":22">“Gudbrand,” Joyce said, looking down at the list.<br><br>“Valk-something?” I asked.<br><br>“Valkalla,” Joyce spoke.<br>[...]<br>“He was unhappy with the fact that she only bore girls.  Valkyries and the various offshoots, they work with spirits and souls.  Rather than have girls, he used his newborn daughters.”<br><br>“As fuel,” I said, just a little spooked at the thought.<br>[...]<br>That left two options.<br><br>The valkyrie man who had turned his own children into fodder for his practice, and the scourge, who dealt specifically with Bogeymen and the Abyss.<br>[...]<br>I caught sight of the Valkyrie-man.<br>[...]<br>Unlike Crooked Hat, the Valkalla was undeniably bad. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/11/15 Excerpt] from [[Execution 13.5]]</ref>
**Advanced [[Astrologer]]s<ref name=":15" />
*Others
**[[Conquest]] ([[Incarnation]])<ref name=":11">Her old mentor offered himself up, to be one of those tragic ghosts in the Lord of Toronto’s manor, buying her safety with his afterlife.  - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/03/29 Excerpt] from [[Collateral 4.10]]</ref><ref name=":12" />
**All [[Nosferatu]] aka Vampires (possibly)<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":0" />
**[[Barbatorem]] ([[Demon]])<ref name=":14">“He’s not real,” Rose said, “The diary says as much.  When a man is cut in twain by the shears, the part that retains the heart and soul is female.  He’s… I’m going to need your help.  I’m going to need promises, because we can’t fly blind here.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/10/18 Excerpt] from [[Duress 12.5]]</ref><ref name=":13">On a more abstract level, [[Barbatorem]] deals a deeper form of damage that is hard to encapsulate in this text.  Rather than state the myriad ways he might harm his victims, this author would suggest a few key points to note, suggesting the wider variety of feats he can accomplish: It is believed that he can sever his target’s ability to access any higher plane, forever and irrevocably denying them whatever good things might await them after death, and he can remove any ability a practitioner has. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Bonds 1.7]]</ref>
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