Umbra

The Shadow or Spirit or Penumbra or several other names is the spirit-world reflection of the physical world. It seems to reflect the most impactful part of a places history, so the Oxo Tower for example is currently full of art spaces but was previous used for heavy meat processing - hence it carries a weird mix of those two things, a smell of meat, memory? Ghost? spirit? people working, but also dancing and acting. Is a part of the Near Umbra and split from the physical world by the Gauntlet or Veil - a barrier which requires some supernatural effect to cross.

If you go far enough away from the near-umbra/Penumbra you reach pocket realms with their own physical laws and inhabitants known as the Deep Umbra.

Notable Spirits

Name	Description
The Bell of Southwark	A Bell
St. Mary-le-Bow Bell / Bow Bell	A Bell
Bromley by Bow Bell	A Bell
The Bell of All Souls Cemetery	A Bell encountered in Season_Seven#2022-10-24 and recommended by The Bell of Southwark as a good Bell to talk to about seances.
Big Ben	Linking Bell
Father Thames	Unclear
Dragon	Various dragons protect parts of London
Boatman	transport on the Thames
Galliard	An incarna serving Luna, met by the Pack on the moon
Wyrm Demon of the Statuette	an 8 foot tall figure, stick thin, lives in a black void where it can manifest tentacles, met by the Pack at Midsummer 2020, linked to the Syrian Wyrm Statuette
Orpheus	A dream spirit who works with the Primrose-Morton Estate, gives them visions of Wyrm plots to foil once a year at Midsummer. Gave The Pack a series of boons in exchange for their help in Season_Four
The Wolf of the Hunting Grounds	Encountered by Sunny and Jules during Midsummer 2020, seems to be a large wolf spirit that rules over a realm of prime hunting territory. Made some kind of deal with Sunny that turned/made Lottie realised she was Garou, it got us hunting a deer (Season_Six#2022-02-14), aka Father Wolf.
Grass Sprite	Encountered by Carlie in the Summerlands during Season_Five#2021-09-27, a winged figure made of pollen that welcomed her to one of Gaia's homes.
Rat	the Totem of the Bone Gnawers, see also Worship of the Rat Ritual
Archangel Michael	A possible literal Angel, channelled by Lydia into one of the Eight Blades of the Bishop during Season_Six#2022-05-16
Fleshy Humanoid Octopus	A Wyrm creature that attempts to break into the Pack House via a magic circle created by Jules, see Season_Six#2022-08-15
Raven of the Tower of London	A large Raven spirit that works for The Tower of London, met Carlie to try and persuade the Pack to do a job, see Season_Six#2022-10-03
The Conductor	Met in Season_Seven#2022-10-24 at the The London Necropolis Railway, wearing a mix of undertaker and train conductor outfit. Seemed to work on the train that carries spirits to The Graveyard of Everywhere in the Burying World
The Index	Met in Season_Seven#2022-10-24 by Carlie at The Graveyard of Everywhere in the Burying World, seems to know where everyone is buried
Angel Monocea	Met at the Heavenmouth at Bubbles incident at the Gates to Heaven
It Was A Good Idea At The Time	A Wyld] spirit witness to The Murder of Sir Robert Laffrey hangs out near The Museum Tavern, sibling of Insightful Ideas When Drunk sometimes known as Creative Ideas
Insightful Ideas When Drunk	Brother to It Was A Good Idea At The Time, a Wyld spirit witness to The Murder of Sir Robert Laffrey hangs out near The Museum Tavern

Penumbra Locations/Events

Name	Description
Music of the Celestial Realms	Heard by the pack via Southwark Bell
Tall Ships	Seen near warehouses
Arches Court	Runs inside St. Mary La Bow Church
Tower of London	Larger than life with a crystal dome over it
The British Museum	huge, grandiose, solid, Britannia as spirit/statue on top

Umbral Geography and Realms

Further into the Umbra are a number of Realms or "Pocket Realms" which connect to each other and are more focused on various spiritual concepts/powers.

Name	Description	Affiliation
The Shadow	aka "The Penumbra" A strange reflection of the spiritual aspect of the physical world	Neutral
The Net	Unknown	Unknown
The Place of Stones	Unknown	Unknown
The Temple of Winds	Unknown	Unknown
Luna	Unknown	The Moon
Sol	Unknown	The Sun
Malfese	Unknown	The Wyrm
The Abyss	Unknown	The Wyrm
Hellscape	Like an 80s heavy metal album cover	Satan (???) probably The Wyrm
Realm of Heaven	Unknown	Unknown
Realm of Angels	Unknown	Unknown
Realm of The Saints	Unknown	Unknown
Summerland	A realm of the Wyld linked to Gaia, where some Garou spirits go after death	Unknown
The Umbral Church	A place which calms rage and gives a connection to the Numinous	Unknown, but linked to Celeste and the Children of Gaia
The Hall of Heroes	aka The Hall of Warriors a realm where ancestor spirits who died fighting for Luna and Gaia reside	Gaia
The Hunting Grounds	Rolling hills and much prey, overseen by an Unknown Wolf, visited by Sunny (Season_Four#2021-08-16) as part of her boon from Orpheus	Gaia ?
Children of Gaia Umbral Retreat	Near to The Hunting Grounds and Gaia Prime requires a guide to find it such as Sirius or Scorpus	Gaia
Gaia Prime	A realm known to the Children of Gaia	Gaia
The Forksaken Marsh	A swamp where those whos souls were corrupted by The Wyrm and then were killed by Garou seem to sometimes go. Sunny went here during midsummer 2020 and took a Strange Roman Coin as a token from a regretful spirit and brought it back to the pack. It may all be an elaborate trap.	Unknown
The Spire	Also called The Tower by Tarquin Primrose-Morton. Somewhere he intends to travel (Season_Five#2021-09-27) literally redacted in Harold Styles notes.	Unknown
The Front Line	A place of eternal conflict, Nam hived off from this 60 years ago	Unknown
Nam	Possibly a place of warfare and fighting, Liz and the Stargazers ended up there. See also Children of Gaia Peace Mission to Nam	Unknown/Wyrm (?)
Belles	The Realm of the Bell Spirits where the Music of the Celestial Realms can be heard	Unknown
Gary	An industrial realm, linked to Gary Indiana	Wyrm / Weaver (?)
Cathedral	A larger slightly differently focused version of The Umbral Church
Papal Estate	Linked to the Church of the Umbral Popes. The religious side of the Empire.	Unknown
The Eternal Empire	Sometimes oppose the Church of the Umbral Popes, the civil side of the Empire.	Unknown
Sword	A realm controlled by "godless heathens" that makes very nice weapons. When the casual observer assesses Sword they find it similar to Redcar, Smoke stacks and forges billow smoke into the sky. The best for industrial landscapes except perhaps Shield, but better than Gary, almost <f--t--d> like. If you travel up the main boulevard you'll see the Avenue Of 2 Great Titans which are not only people but companies. Sword is always trying to make the Unstoppable Force and Shield is trying to make the Immovable Object, one great titan is seen trying to push a spike through the others shield, and as they make better weapons better shields are made in response. I had to scarper because I pissed off a local, by making a request without due compensation. Also wood is forbidden here (asked for a repair to a walking stick). There are more details in the entry on Shield (Harold Styles on Sword)	Unknown
Peter	A realm of large rock cubes, a glowing light that calls people to it, and armed angels. Visited by the Pack Season_Five#2021-12-20	Unknown
The Realm of Creeping Soot	A mostly blank plain, a white cold star giving sickly light to a gray sky, one large Black Pyramid in the distance, and dust up to our knees visited by the Pack in Season_Six#2022-09-19	Wyrm?
Necropolis	Encountered in Season_Seven#2022-10-24 as where The London Necropolis Railway goes to, a massive graveyard aka The Graveyard of Everywhere in the Burying World. The section we saw starts in 1590 and goes on from there	Unknown
The Directors Chair	Encountered in Season_Eight#2023-03-20 and was the home realm of The Director, probably dissolved	Wyrm
Stage	The realm of stages and plays, visited thanks to Spirit of the Bunker (Season_Eight#2022-12-12)	Neutral?
Gates to Heaven	aka Gates of Heaven A realm visited by the Pack during the Heavenmouth at Bubbles incident, the Angels service door to the back gates of Heaven	Heaven/The Angels
Bakery	Visited by Laurent to impress a chef once	Neutral?
Apollo	A luna landscape with links to many realms, the destination from earth to the deep Umbra on Luna's favoured path, has a dry atmosphere.	Neutral?
Rising Stones	"Naturally dangerous, floating islands in a void, beautiful night skies and sun sets/rises. Bring ropes, crampons, flying devices if possible. There are some connections between islands and rudimentary bridges but they are dangerous. The natives are friendly. Come for the vistas, stay for the adventures." - extract from the Styles Journal The locals trade in stories - a good tale is able to pay for one's living needs, and to become known as the best at something is a goal for many. || Neutral?
Tranquillity	There is nothing here, attempts to disturb the nothing is repelled. Stay in silence, take nothing, leave nothing, don't get caught in the peace of it all.	Neutral

Sizes of Spirit

Type of Spirit	Description	Scale
Gaffling	The smallest spirits	Almost like animals or limited servants
Jaggling	A spirit who is an "umbral citizen"	From sort of human to large
Incarna	A powerful but defined spirit	Totem spirits, independent servants to the Celestines
Celestine	Very powerful spirits	Almost gods, e.g. Luna, Helios/Sol. Normally live in shard realms
The Triat	Weaver, Wyld, Wyrm	Basically a god, lives/is a deep umbral realm
?? One True God ??	A possibly existing creator god	source of all, see The Werewolf Bible

Types of Spirit

Type of Spirit	Description	Scale
Bane	A Wyrm spirit of some kind, associated with creating Fomori	Any
Demon	Some kind of Wyrm or infernal spirit, associated with the Hellscape	Any
Lune	A spirit associated with the moon, power changes with the phase, can open moon bridges, generally like the garou	Jaggling
Pattern Spiders	Seen on ships and various buildings, associated with the Weaver	Jaggling-Gaffling
Totem	A large spirit associated with patronage of a place or group