Editing Draoidhe (section)

=== Patrons  ===
They work primarily with old powers such as powerful spirits of nature.<ref name=":0" /> An [[Alabaster]] can serve as one of a Druid's patrons.<ref name=":1">In a lighter way, a Draoidhe who has associated with the Alabaster may call without binding.  The Alabaster may regularly grant small gifts and give goodwill for use of those gifts in maintaining balance and addressing problems, and this goodwill can be spent in a dramatic, ethereal claiming of a territory by way of vines and flowers, the installation of a forcible peace where all weapons are trapped, time is stopped, or everything is stilled, or the forcible creation of a safe path. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref> Some urban variants of this practice will work with powerful urban spirits rather than those of nature.<ref name=":2">“Jorja’s the third sibling to come.  Her older brothers are already here.”<br><br>Zed pointed them out.  The girl was ten, with hair about as straight and black as hair got, to the point it looked like it was wet, with the way it lay against her scalp.  She was pale, and her clothes slightly mismatched for age, size, and type.  She was the one who had run over to greet the boy, with the large, gliding Other following behind, always moving slowly and not catching up to her until she stood still for a little while, which was rare.<br><br>To Avery’s sight, there were black handprints all over her, with the finger of one handprint hooked into her eye and pulling her eyelid down.  Black veins webbed out from the handprints.<br><br>“Callers.  That’s caller with an a, not an o.  Slang for them is Druid or Draoidhe, but I’m not sure how PC that is,” Zed confided.  “Most druids tap into the big, old nature spirits.  her family taps into more urban things.  The black gutter, the glass prison, the chemical lightning.  Each kid picks one of these big, unrestrained lord spirits in the same general category, and then sort of taps into it for big, unrestrained, ''nasty'' practice.”<br><br>“Spirits of drugs?” Avery asked.<br><br>“Yeah,” Zed said.  “My gentle verdict?  Avoid.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/29 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.4]]</ref><ref name=":3">Tymon and Talos’s younger sister Jorja joins us, already an adept caller of a greater Urban spirit.  She should be recognizable or even familiar to those of you who attended guest lectures with their mother. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/01 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.5]]</ref>