Spirit World

The Spirit World is one of several trans-mundane "realities" or "layers" that overlap with the physical world. Anything done to things in the Spirit World will happen in the real world, with the world working out how to do so through contrived coincidence.<ref>Subordination 6.8</ref>

Blake stepped into the spirit world at one point but thanks to his connections he didn't fall into the abyss.<ref>Conviction 5.3</ref>

Breaking the spirit world counterpart of and object can prohibit its use by an other but will likely lead to the destruction of a real world counterpart,<ref>“Your other friends are occupied or caught in traps by Duncan and his sons, Rose is bound indoors, and I’ve broken most of the available and useful reflective surfaces in the spirit world. Things are going to find an excuse to break in the real world in the coming days and weeks, but we can cross that bridge when it comes.”

“Sounds like bad karma,” I said. “Giving the universe a lot of menial work to do to keep everything coordinated.”

“Well,” Laird said, “I’m hoping to make it up to the universe.” - Excerpt from Subordination 6.12</ref> likely causes some form of bad Karma.

A trip into the Spirit world is often the first think a new practitioner form a traditional family does.<ref> Dependin’ on how ye went about it, ye might smoke a pipe with some special leaves ta pay yer visit, square things away with any local spirits. Most practitioner families will have their wee apprentices and bairns do that part. Easy, builds a relationship - Excerpt from Stolen Away 2.6</ref> Finder/Chaos Mages commonly work with the spirit world.<ref name=":0">[2.7] Location Diary</ref>

As with all places it depends on where on earth the spirit world is for the various changes and similar.<ref>“Can we ask the spirits directly?” Lucy asked.

“No. Some places ye can, but they’re tha places where men pay heed to tha spirits and spiritual, ta superstition, ta symbols and meanings in tea leaves, aye? They put a peedie amount of tharselves in the spirit, an’ the spirit gets a peedie bit of humanity.”

“Enough humanity to talk?” Verona asked.

Alpeana nodded.

“I would have thought we were more spiritual than that,” Lucy said. “We have churches. A lot of people put stock in religion, in Kennet.”

“Aye, but not in tha way that counts, see? Not many who see tha heavens crack, flash, and rumble, cleaving a tree in twain, and think there might be somethin’ to it.”

“Gotcha,” Lucy said. “The spirit world is shrinking then? As people stop believing?”

“I dunnae about shrinkin’, Lassie, but it’s changin’. All things do.” - Excerpt from Stolen Away 2.6</ref>

Known Residents

Spirits
Incarnate
Mouir<ref>The Mouir is wildlife of the spirit world's borders, a physical spirit that takes on physical characteristics of the world it borders. A collector of the more physical detritus and scraps of the spirit world, the Mouir gathers what can't survive or 'live' into nesting and what can survive is given a place to reside that establishes community and purpose for each scrap, while allowing them to form into something more uniform. One might guard or carry a nest of hair, while another could do the same for piled skulls or leafless forest. Residents could appear as tiny humans or vague bloblike birds. Forms of the Mouir, as in most things spiritual, are extremely variable, ranging from turtlelike hulks to birds that only graze the ground to collect scraps.

A Mouir feeds to some degree on the purpose of its own existence, and on the community it fosters. More coherent spirits may feed it for keeping areas clean of the physical scraps that get trekked in (which makes spiritual movements swift and unimpeded, and prevents damming), or may take a Mouir under their wing as a servant or pet. Some may reward the Mouir with meals in exchange for handling tasks - which usually amounts to arriving at a location and unleashing their nestlings on the problem. - Wildbow on Discord</ref> - Others that collect the physical detritus that comes into the Spirit world, crafting cities with the junk as a refuge. Variable as all is in the spirit world.
Tortoise Spirits
Manna plants<ref name=":09">Plants are from our world, except for the cloudy ‘manna’ plants. Lots of danelions tho. Why? Because they get more focused attention than grass/trees?

Miss called the puffy growths ‘manna’. Cloudy, wispy, cotton-candy type stuff. Food for the spirits. - [2.7] Location Diary</ref>

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