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 ====== Supernatural Other Types ====== ====== Supernatural Other Types ======
  
-This is a snapshot of all the types of supernatural other in the Mercyverse. +This is a snapshot of all the types of supernatural other in the Mercyverse. Follow links for sections with expanded details.
  
 ===== How to Read the Format: ===== ===== How to Read the Format: =====
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 ===== A ===== ===== A =====
 ====Angel==== ====Angel====
-**IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #0.5: [[Alpha & Omega Novella]] \\ +**IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ 
 __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\
 [[Charles Cornick]] \\ [[Charles Cornick]] \\
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 ===== B ===== ===== B =====
 +====Backward Foreganger====
 +
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\
 +
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * a death's-head who appears after a man dies instead of three days before
 +
 ===== C =====  ===== C ===== 
 ===== D ===== ===== D =====
 ==== Demon ==== ==== Demon ====
 +[[Demon]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] \\ 
 __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\
 +[[Asmodeus]]\\
 [[Corey Littleton]] \\ [[Corey Littleton]] \\
 +[[Iris Carter]]\\ 
 +[[Kurfel]]\\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 [[Blood Bound]] [[Blood Bound]]
- +  * is a catchall phrase used to describe beings who are unable to manifest themselves in our world in physical form. Instead, they possess their victims and feed upon them until there is nothing left<sup>14</sup>
-Demon: is a catchall phrase used to describe beings who are unable to manifest themselves in our world in physical form. Instead, they possess their victims and feed upon them until there is nothing left.BB-14 +
- +
-knowing a demon’s name gave you power over themBB- +
-greater and lesser spirits, demons or devils all serve evilBB-53 +
-greater servants are bound away from our world but can be invited inBB-53 +
-demons serve only one master wellBB-54 +
-are evil, nasty, and powerless unless they manage to attach themselves like a parasite; either they are invited in as a guest, which is what makes a sorcerer, or they sneak in because someone weak of will does an evil thingBB-133 +
-a demon, who could just possess any corrupt soul (and to offer yourself to a demon sort of presupposes a corrupt soul, doesn’t it?) make a deal with anyone? +
-a simple demon possession doesn't last long because the possessed man cannot blend in: a demon in control wants one thing - destructionBB-133 +
-you can't kill a demon; all you can do is remove the threat by killing its hostBB-134 +
-Demons crave chaos, violence, and deathBB +
-Demons are not patient creatures +
-Sorcerers sell themselves to demons for knowledge and power +
-Dragon +
- +
-like the fae who are most deeply steeped in magic, they have given up creative abilities of all kindsHG-44 +
-Dragons can't createHG-44 +
-work of artHG-44 +
- +
-Druid +
- +
-they influenced the natural world: weather, plants and some animalsCW-232+
  
 ===== E ===== ===== E =====
 ===== F ===== ===== F =====
-Foreganger+====Farseer==== 
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] \\ 
 + __**Affiliated:**__ \\
  
-backward foreganger—a death’s-head who appears after a man dies instead of three days beforeRM-+__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Iron Kissed]] 
 +  * Unordered List Item
  
 ===== G ===== ===== G =====
-Ghost+====Ghost==== 
 +Expanded details here: [[Ghosts]]: [[Mercy & Ghosts]] \\ 
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\  
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
 +[[Mercy Thompson]] \\ 
 +[[Walkers]]\\
  
-See Spectrology | Ghosts 101+__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Blood Bound]] 
 +  * ghosts are not people; still just a memory of the person they had been 
 + 
 +====Ghoul==== 
 +**IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\  
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
 +[[Charles Cornick]] \\ 
 + 
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Cry Wolf]] 
 +  * a demon-like being associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh 
 +  * rather face a dozen ghouls than a black witch; a few in the Cabinet mountains 
 + 
 +[[Smoke Bitten]] 
 +  * hospitals are favorite hunting grounds<sup>310</sup>
  
-Ghoul 
 ===== H ===== ===== H =====
-Haltija +====Haltija==== 
-See Kalman Väki +**IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Fairy Gifts]] \\  
-A guard. This one is a kalman väki, we think—a dead man’s spirit. He was probably killed and set to guardFg-+__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
 + 
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Fairy Gifts]] 
 +  * See Kalman Väki 
 +  * A guard. This one is a kalman väki, we think—a dead man’s spirit. He was probably killed and set to guard
  
 ===== I ===== ===== I =====
 ===== J ===== ===== J =====
 ===== K ===== ===== K =====
-Kalman Väki +====Kalman Väki==== 
-See Haltija +**IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Fairy Gifts]] \\  
-a dead man’s/woman's spiritFg- +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
-guardian spiritFg- + 
-holds the power of mortification: it kills with a touch; not even the immortal are immuneFg- +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
-the power of illness, of mortification of living fleshFg- +[[Fairy Gifts]] 
-väki of whatever kind was a protector of the treasure it guardedFg-+  * See Haltija 
 +  * a dead man’s/woman's spirit 
 +  * guardian spirit 
 +  * holds the power of mortification: it kills with a touch; not even the immortal are immune 
 +  * the power of illness, of mortification of living flesh 
 +  * väki of whatever kind was a protector of the treasure it guarded 
 ===== L ===== ===== L =====
 ===== M ===== ===== M =====
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 ===== R ===== ===== R =====
 ===== S ===== ===== S =====
-Spirit+====Spirit==== 
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] \\  
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\
  
-Spirits weren’t ghosts; they were the consciousness of things : trees and water, stones and earth. Houses and apartments—some of them, anyway. The spirits are more a way for nature to talk to those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear. They never were human.+__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Silence Fallen]] 
 +  * kind of a ghost but not  
 +  * a different word for the same thing; but not quite<sup>229</sup>
  
-most spirits are more friendly and unfriendly rather than good or evilCW-145 
-there aren't as many people who hear them as there used to be--which means more work for those who doCW-145 
-a person had to be crazy or stupid to go out looking for spiritsCW-145 
-sometimes they'll help out if asked but more often or not they have something they need doneCW-145 
-modern things tended to block themHG-12 
  
 ===== T ===== ===== T =====
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 ===== V ===== ===== V =====
 ===== W ===== ===== W =====
-Wendigo 
- 
-wendigo, and he believes that it was physically capable of killing this way. They smell oddly of magic, the way Mercy described them. But he didn’t think that it would have left canid paw prints—or left anything except bare bones. Their curse is that they hunger in a way that cannot ever be satisfied. Also, they tend to haunt the mountain passes, not the open shrub steppe. He’s having Charles do a little more research for us.” 
- 
-Will-O-Wisps 
- 
-will-o-wisps were the only creature who could really teleportBB 
 ===== X ===== ===== X =====
 ===== Y ===== ===== Y =====
 ===== Z ===== ===== Z =====
-Zombie +====Zombie==== 
-breath smells fresh and oxygen-rich instead of dulled liked someone who was breathingIp-390 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed] \\  
-are supposed to be really cooperative as long as what you tell them doesn't contradict what their master tells them to doIp-390 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
-relentless and don't react to painIp-391 +[[James Blackwood]] **Deceased** \\ 
-move a lot faster than a mundane human and are stronger than them as wellIp-391 +[[Spice]] **Deceased** \\ 
-can be created by witches and supernatural-priest typesIp-392 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
-Easiest way to get a corpse to raise is to kill one yourselfIp- +[[Iron Kissed] 
-This kind of magic works best on a fresh corpseIp- +  * to call back to unlife 
-It would be possible to give such a one a directive, and then dissipate the magic after that directive was accomplishedIp- + 
-The magic keeps them warm; Almost at normal body temperature. Forensics wouldn’t give an accurate time of deathIp- +[[Bone Crossed]] 
-use of the zombie as a murder weapon suddenly made more sense. No one would know about the magic—and no forensics to tie the real killer to the crimeIp-+  * dead and walking; smells of rot 
 +  * Blackwood had seen zombies three centuries old that look almost as fresh as a day-old corpse 
 +  * they're passed down in their families like the treasures they are 
 + 
 +[[Frost Burned]] 
 +  * aren't living creatures, they are animated dead with no willpower or thoughts of their own<sup>316</sup> 
 +  * can be controlled by those with power over the dead
  
 +[[Silence Fallen]]
 +  * ghosts are mostly bits and pieces of people, of emotions, left behind—so it was like being followed by zombies<sup>105</sup>
 +  * vampires walking during the day—would be a variant on part of zombie animation<sup>268</sup>
  
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