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Supernatural Other Types

This is a snapshot of all the types of supernatural other in the Mercyverse.

How to Read the Format:

Name: Alphabetical by type.
IA: Initial Appearance or Mention (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot.
Characters Affiliated as this Type of Supernatural Other - Link will lead to individual character pages with expanded details.

Known Characteristics & Information

  • Broken Down by Series/Short Fiction with page notation

A

Angel

IA: Alpha & Omega Series #0.5: Alpha & Omega Novella
Affiliated:
Charles Cornick

Known Characteristics & Information:
Alpha & Omega Novella

  • seeing one sticks with you

B

C

D

Demon

IA: Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound
Affiliated:
Corey Littleton

Known Characteristics & Information:
Blood Bound

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

F

Foreganger

backward foreganger—a death’s-head who appears after a man dies instead of three days beforeRM-

G

Ghost

See Spectrology | Ghosts 101

Ghoul

H

Haltija 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 guardFg-

I

J

K

Kalman Väki See Haltija a dead man’s/woman's spiritFg- guardian spiritFg- holds the power of mortification: it kills with a touch; not even the immortal are immuneFg- the power of illness, of mortification of living fleshFg- väki of whatever kind was a protector of the treasure it guardedFg-

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Spirit

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.

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

U

V

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

Y

Z

Zombie breath smells fresh and oxygen-rich instead of dulled liked someone who was breathingIp-390 are supposed to be really cooperative as long as what you tell them doesn't contradict what their master tells them to doIp-390 relentless and don't react to painIp-391 move a lot faster than a mundane human and are stronger than them as wellIp-391 can be created by witches and supernatural-priest typesIp-392 Easiest way to get a corpse to raise is to kill one yourselfIp- This kind of magic works best on a fresh corpseIp- 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- 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-

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