# Spirits and the Beyond In general, a spirit can neither be perceived nor touched by a living being. There is an impenetrable veil between the realms of the living and the beyond. However, sometimes and at certain places, the veil is much thinner than usual and can be pierced with a strong will. Especially during the new moon, talk of ghostly interaction swells. Strange things happen then and it is even possible that a spirit binds itself to a soul lika a vine grows around a tree. A benevolent spirit may be convinced to aid the soul in its endeavors, becoming a *spirit familiar*. But if a spirit of malicious intent attaches to a soul, it may feed off their life essence like a leech and try to dominate their host's will, *posessing* them. A restless spirit that finds a host in this manner will try to resolve their unfinished business in the material world at all costs. Removing a spirit from a soul with force is usually an arduous and painful procedure. # Souls and Afterlife While both souls and spirits are made out of the energy called favor, each soul needs a material body to hold it. Whenever a body is not able to support life anymore, the soul starts to detach and to pass on into the spirit world where it will seek the realm of the deity it feels most connected to. The worst fate is to never be allowed entry in any of the realms and be forced to wander the spirit world. The longer a spirit wanders, the more twisted and tortured it becomes. # True Spirits There are also spirits that were never souls. They are something else, maybe even older than souls. These are the native inhabitants of the spirit world and some of them seem to prey on the restless and wandering souls. Pray that a god will protect you from them after you move on from the mortal realm.