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.
Interesting spirit stuff includes:
| Name |
Description
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| The Bell of Southwark |
A Bell
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| St. Mary-le-Bow Bell / Bow Bell |
A Bell
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| Bromley by Bow Bell |
A Bell
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| Big Ben |
Linking Bell
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| Father Thames |
Unclear
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| Music of the Celestial Realms |
Heard by the pack via Southwark Bell
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| Tall Ships |
Seen near warehouses
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| Arches Court |
Runs inside St. Mary La Bow Church
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| Dragon |
Various dragons protect parts of London
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| Tower of London |
Larger than life with a crystal dome over it
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| The British Museum |
huge, grandiose, solid, Britannia as spirit/statue on top
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| Boatman |
transport on the Thames
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| Galliard |
An incarna serving Luna, met by the Pack on the moon
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Rat |
the Totem of the Bone Gnawers, see also Worship of the Rat Ritual
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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.
Sizes of Spirit
| Type of Spirit |
Description |
Scale
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| Gaffling |
The smallest spirits |
Almost like animals or limited servants
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| Jaggling |
A spirit who is an "umbral citizen" |
From sort of human to large
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| Incarna |
A powerful but defined spirit |
Totem spirits, independent servants to the Celestines
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| Celestine |
Very powerful spirits |
Almost gods, e.g. Luna, Helios/Sol. Normally live in shard realms
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| The Triat |
Weaver, Wyld, Wyrm |
Basically a god, lives/is a deep umbral realm
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| ?? One True God ?? |
A possibly existing creator god |
source of all, see The Werewolf Bible
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Types of Spirit
| Type of Spirit |
Description |
Scale
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| Bane |
A Wyrm spirit of some kind, associated with creating Fomori |
Any
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| Demon |
Some kind of Wyrm or infernal spirit, associated with the Hellscape |
Any
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| Lune |
A spirit associated with the moon, power changes with the phase, can open moon bridges, generally like the garou |
Jaggling
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| Pattern Spiders |
Seen on ships and various buildings, associated with the Weaver |
Jaggling-Gaffling
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| Totem |
A large spirit associated with patronage of a place or group
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