Egregoroi - Psychopomps. Their mission is to guide level graded spirits and other such creatures to final death. They are initially created to complete one hunt, and after that initial hunt they are given the choice between being reborn as a new life, passing on to the after life, or remaining an Egregoroi to serve the greater powers. They are bound to a Mori. Old age is never a reason for becoming an Egregoroi, there is usually an exceptional/odd reason which would not constitute a 'normal' death in the same way dying of age is.

Momento Mori - Simply called a Mori. An immensely powerful being created specifically for the Egregoroi based off of how they died. They funnel their powers through the Egregoroi so they may do their work. The form, personality, attributes and powers of a Mori can vary heavily. Some can be humanoid, others animal like and even geometric. They often communicate with their Egregoroi, as well as with other Egregoroi and their Mori's, but they generally do not do the latter two unless required. As a Level Graded Spirit, they fall ambiguously between levels 5-7, although the full extent of their abilities can rarely ever be drawn upon by an Egregoroi.

Level Graded Spirit - Within the global magic community, there is a general model to help categorise spirits. Ungraded spirits are weak, mostly just fragile memories which cling to places and cannot impact the material realm to any degree, while a Graded spirit can have influence over the material realm and even greater power over the supernal realm. These grades go from 1-10, with 1 being something like a self-aware poltergeist and level 10 spirit being beyond manifestation, more akin to an 'aware concept' than anything else.

Earthmind - Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis wasn't too off the mark. The Earth its self is quite literally a living being, and it can in a sense 'think', although it is more akin to a regulated body than a mind. There is an order that it seeks to maintain, and anything that disturbs that order will attract the attention of the Earthmind. It is suspected that the Egregoroi are a specialised form of 'white cell' to the Earthmind, made specifically to deal with the disruption of death. Over the years, the Earthmind has become more and more strict on what constitutes order and disorder, resulting in a decline of the wondrous. The Earthmind would constitute a Level 9 on the Level Grade model.

Magic - It exists in this setting, as you can imagine, but it's generally kept very well hidden from the public. Muggles, and so on.

Immortal Beings - It's in the name. This classification is about as broad as the Level Grade model for spirits, powerful vampires and magic users being among them. The only clear definer for what makes an Immortal Being target worthy for the Earthmind is that they are, in some form, physically immortal and have amassed enough power in order to be noticed. The latter is not required, but the more power and influence an Immortal Being gains, the more likely it is they will be hunted by the Earthmind and the agents that serve it.

Name: Erica Bergland

Age: 19

Appearance: An image or text description, both if you're feeling adventurous

Nationality: Swedish

Personality: Ever the outgoing sort, Erica sought challenge after challenge in her short life, resulting in her taking up the likes of rock and mountain climbing and other sports on the side. She is not the most book smart person out there, nor does she have any desire to be, but it would be incorrect to call her unintelligent; there is defiantly a creative and 'outside-the-box' method of thinking to this girl, contributing to her success in her chosen sport.

Even unknown to Erica, she has a natural gravity which seems to draw people to her, usually resulting in her becoming the 'leader' of a group of friends. She's sociable, friendly and an overall pleasant person to be around...most of the time. The off-side to her can be impatient, defiant to lectures or being boxed in and sometimes insensitive in her bluntness. Exploration, risk and danger, these are the things she brings to her friends and those around her.

Background & Death: Ever energetic as a child through to her teens, Erica found more in physical activities than the classroom. She never directly failed anything, but academic excellence was a far cry away for her. Instead, Erica turned her focus to mountain climbing. At the age of 16, she climbed to the peak of the Helagsfjallet. Her next big climb took her to Canada's Northern Rocky Mountains, the peak of Mount Ulysses being her goal. It was there that she eventually died.

Name: The Fimbulvinter

Represents: To be killed by the wilds and the weather, the biting cold.

Appearance: Again, text or image is fine. Some Mori's may require text, others wouldn't. Up to you.

Abilities: [These are what the Mori grants the user, and they can gain access to more power or increase what's already there through time, experience and experimentation. In general, there is a 'primary' cause, that being the immediate cause of death, that would grant the majority of their initial power, and a 'secondary' cause which would compliment the primary cause, and serve to flavour the Mori's abilities some more.]

Feral Form - Something common among those claimed by animals. Erica gains distinctly wolf-like features, including a set of fierce icicle claws, teeth and grey fur along her forearms. This ability increases the capabilities of her senses as well as those of her physical body, making her stronger, faster and more durable.

Unforgiving Cold - A secondary power based on the cold conditions which lead to her death by the wild. It is not uncommon for secondary cause abilities to be more utility based, and this is the case with Erica. Unforgiving Cold gives Erica limited control over cold temperatures, allowing her to freeze small areas and make the air around her uncomfortably cold. An application of this ability allows her to move on water by freezing it under her, and to increase the sharpness/length of her ice-based claws.

Name: Wallace Hartley

Age: 23

Appearance:


Nationality: English

Personality: Having been dead for so long you might imagine Wallace to be a stuffy old sack but this, “Centa-trentagenarian” certainly doesn’t act his age. Though he can’t physically interact with it, Wallace has embraced technology and he often likes to watch television in electrical department stores or peer over the shoulder of smart phone users. He remains the same in death as he was alive. Able to accept things as they are and go with the flow with a happy-go-lucky attitude.

If you were to peel away the layers and get to know him on a deeper level you would begin to wonder about the genuineness of his disposition. Is it going with the flow? Or is it self-defeatist? Why is it that he gives up so easily?

Background & Death: Over one hundred years ago, Wallace, an accomplished violinist, lead a band aboard the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, bound to New York City from Southampton. Disturbingly, he was at first reluctant to accept the role as bandleader as he had only recently proposed to the love of his life and the time it would take to return to her seemed a tad extreme but ultimately he decided that in the long run it would be better for them as a couple if he had consistent work and accepting this contract would solidify his name in the industry. This was of course the worst decision he had ever made. The ship collided with an ice berg and sank into the ocean, killing all but a small percentage of the crew and passengers.

Many people could have been chosen to become an Egregoroi that night but Wallace stood out. He and his band amongst the chaos chose to calm the terrified passengers by continuing to play long before their fates were sealed. Consequentially, they were all pulled into the depths of the ocean but they became legends and people today still speak of the band that played to soothe the Titanic’s passengers as it sank.

Name: The Leviathan

AKA: Levi

Represents: To be ravished by the sea. Overwhelmed by the truly titanic strength of the ocean, pulled and pummelled by salty water.

Appearance:


Levi is confined to a clear glass jar, sealed by a cork. He rolls the jar like a hamster ball to get around, scurrying from A to B. He’s amphibious/reptilian in aesthetic but humanoid in shape and tremendously tiny. He wears a little hat tilted to the left, akin to a party hat but meant to signify an iceberg.

Abilities: Levi grants Wallace aspects of the sea.

Wallace can materialise and manipulate copious amounts of salt, crystalline white sea salt. He produces beautiful geometric shapes that act as both offence and defence, battering rams and sturdy shields.

Wallace can summon an incredibly dense fog that allows him to act somewhat stealthier in combat.

Name: James "Jimmy" Meyers

Age: 20

Appearance:


Nationality: American

Personality: Jimmy is actually a very nice young man, he cares deeply about his friends, since they are the only possessions he ever had. He is however incredibly lazy and always up to no good. He lives in the today and never even thinks about tomorrow.
Their is a side to Jimmy that is incredibly dark, he is willing to go incredible lengths to get what he wants, and could not care less if someone might get hurt. He feels left alone in the world and mostly blames his failures on society, he can be self-ironic however.

Background & Death: Jimmy was born to a poor family in Queens. His mother loved him dearly but died when he was 9. Then his father started drinking. There where only a few times when Jimmy's Father was abusive but being at home was still a torture for the young Jimmy. The first time he took drugs was with 12. It started with alcohol and weed, later LSD, Meth and Heroin. Jimmy took them all. He dropped out of school with 15, because he never showed up there.
From then one Jimmy lived on the street. He abandoned his home and his father, who never really searched for his son after that. Jimmy did odd jobs for everyone who would be willing to pay, he sold his body, cleaned buildings, begged and stole money. All to get the next hit.
It was a wonder he even made it to 20. Jimmy was a wreck he died of an fatal syringe of Heroin.

Name: Black Tar

Represents: To give up one's own live just to have a moment of euphoria. The slow and self inflicted death by addiction and drugs.

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Abilities: Poisonous Touch- Jimmy's veins seem darkly, even black when he touches someone and fills them with all the pain drugs can do to someone. A single, short touch, of one or two seconds can give the victim strong symptoms comparable to drug withdrawal. Up to five seconds severely paralyze the victim and weaken him. He might not even be able to hold himself on his feet. Over ten seconds of exposure to this ability will kill a person. Like a overdose.

No place like home- The only thing that has always accompanied Jimmy in his short live was the street. Now a city can be Jimmy's strongest companion. He can go into one smelling dark back-ally and come out of another in a matter of seconds. Street-dogs and rats that live from the garbage of the humans will flock to Jimmy and defend him. Doors of old, abandoned buildings seem to appear and open just for him.

Name
Prudence Peabody

Age
23

Gender
female

Nationality
Irish

Personality
Dutiful, cool and unperturbed. Just some of the words one might use to describe Prudence's personlity. Dependable and efficient. Enjoys companionship and affection. She is kind, and caring, duty bound and determined. She is stubborn to a fault, and follows through with what she believes in.

Background and Death
Kidnapped, beaten and abused from the age of Four, Prudence can not remember anything before that time. She cannot remember the love her parents care her, not how she came ot be in the hands of a vicious man. For three years, she was held captive, beaten. Abused. Broken, until one day when she was rescued. She witnessed the killing of the man who had imprisoned her, and the first person she saw was the cop who had done the killing. She was small for her age, weak and underweight, and thus was carried out by the cop.

Needing that law, that responsibility and order, she set herself on the path to becoming a cop, and at the age of twenty, had entered the force She rose quickly, and had a reputation for closing cases and finding those responsible.

And then she died. Shot, and in a building that was on fire, she was unable to escape, and burned to death.

Name
Inferno

represents
To be trapped in a furnace, burning to ash with no escape.

Appearance


Abilities
Fire Storm This gives Prudence the ability to control fire, in a storm of flames. Ever here hell hath no fury like a woman scorn? Pru lives up to that saying.

Fire Form Flames engulf Prudence, a defense as well as an attack enabling her to burn everything in her path and be protected