Editing Self (section)

===Uses ===
A captured or traded soul can be used as a source of power.<ref name=":7" /> [[Valkyrie]]s and [[Necromancer]]<nowiki/>s deal in this sort of magic,<ref>“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. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/11/15 Excerpt] from [[Execution 13.5]]</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":21" /> among others.<ref name=":2" />

Weapons or energies associated with life and/or nature, such as green wood, can serve as a "conduit" for the trapped soul to leave an [[undead]] creature.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">I saw Evan take to the air, sparrow wings flapping.  Whatever hit he’d taken earlier, he was still in one piece.<br><br>The witch hunter caught the stake, and didn’t toss it again.<br><br>“If you try, little bird,” she said, “I ''will'' stake you.  Your tricks won’t work.”<br><br>Evan was a soul in a different form, just like the Bane was.<br><br>I wasn’t entirely sure the method of soul ''extraction'' wouldn’t work on him too. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/10/14 Excerpt] from [[Duress 12.3]]</ref>