Editing Tortoise Spirit (section)

==Abilities==
Well known as guardian spirits along with the Dog. <ref>Guardian Spirits (Warden) - A text detailing three kinds of guardian - the Stone Lion, the Tutelary Spirit, and two types of animal spirit predisposed to protection, the Dog and Tortoise spirits.  Some summoning rituals are included. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.gvxoxstm6oln Pact Dice: Mile End Books collected]</ref>

Can be spent to consecrate an area though this can be seen as a waste.<ref name=":1">'''Background:''' Tortoise spirits are very old, both in the sense that they have been around for a long time on an individual level, and the sense that they have been recurring figures in practices dating back to early humanity.  Tortoise spirits are uncommonly consistent in what they represent, whatever culture they appear in - contrast this to the snake, who is a symbol of healing and rebirth to one culture and a bringer of the apocalypse to another, a guide and sign of wisdom to one culture, yet a tempting, cunning spirit to another.  Tortoise spirits do not tend to die easily, but remain rare and hard to find due to how they manifest, proving weak and valuable despite being numerous, they are often preyed on.  The ones that survive their first weeks, months and years are often the ones that survive hundreds of years. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZCj0NXTQNFMardL9rsjWhdRcUfLtTnXBb22cJpi_HgE Tortoise Spirits]</ref>