Editing Animus (section)

===Observer===
Those who watch; who see the events that could become important, have an [[Wikipedia:Observer Effect|effect by existing]], may answer to some [[Greater Power]] depending.<ref name=ob>'''Observers'''<br><br>The Observer is an Animus, a spirit given flesh and drive to singular ends, and is often seen as a harbinger (not [[Harbinger]]) of ill tidings and catastrophe. In truth, however, they take the form of mortals who remain a step away from things, watching from a distance and often from places that are hard to immediately access (such as the far side of a chicken wire fence or a window). They study events by a system that only they truly understand, sometimes focusing on tertiary players in the grand scheme of things, rather than the people or objects closer to the primary event. The primary event, in any case, is a catastrophe, great moment in history, or something important to the ambient spirits that warrants a more focused eye on events than their ambient awareness can provide. The Observer is often neutral, expressionless, and avoids taking actual part in the events, except perhaps to take items of apparent inconsequential value. Because of the nature of the events they observe, those observed are almost always jumpy or aware something is off, so the Observer may end up having small effects in the course of events as they amplify paranoia or serve as red herrings themselves.<br><br>The events can include the formation of non-practice cults and religions (including masonic lodges or fraternities that are breaking new ground), the testing of new science, networks of criminal activity forming in the background of suburbia or broader institutions (such as academia or law), the performance of new major and untested rituals, the subversion of City, Hero, bloodline, or other forms of subtle Order, and freak disasters, natural or manmade. They may or may not have an apparent or obvious supervisor to whom they report, and it may be their role to provide exposition to the group or individuals that higher powers assign to the issue at hand, if they see fit to intervene. - Wildbow on Discord</ref><ref>Others gathered behind.  A crowd of what appeared to be spirits, and people with a weird look to them.  Once Verona connected the thought of spirit and people with very specific styles, she recognized them as Animus spirits.  Like Dog Tags or Librarians.<br>[...]<br>One of the animus spirits stepped forward, looking up.  A little boy with binoculars. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/11/26 Excerpt] from [[In Absentia 21.13]]</ref>