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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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 ===== 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>
  
-Demonis a catchall phrase used to describe beings who are unable to manifest themselves in our world in physical form. Insteadthey possess their victims and feed upon them until there is nothing left.BB-14+==== Dilong ==== 
 +Dilong\\ 
 +**IA**[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Fairy Gifts]] \\  
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
 +[[Thomas Hao Mother]]\\ 
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 +[[Fairy Gifts]] 
 +  * Earth dragon<sup>96</sup> 
 +  * Thomas' mother's family were scholarsback as far as their family history went—all the way, the stories said, to the dragon scholar who knew everything that dragons knew and turned into a man to see what men knew<sup>96</sup> 
 +  * her family history is that her family was founded by a dilong, an earth dragon<sup>96</sup>
  
-knowing a demon’s name gave you power over themBB- +====Dragon==== 
-greater and lesser spirits, demons or devils all serve evilBB-53 +**IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Asil and the Not-Date]] \\  
-greater servants are bound away from our world but can be invited inBB-53 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\ 
-demons serve only one master wellBB-54 +[[Dragon (A)]] \\ 
-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 +[[Dragon (B) Baby]] **Deceased**\\ 
-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? +[[Dragon (CFlowers]] \\ 
-a simple demon possession doesn't last long because the possessed man cannot blend in: a demon in control wants one thing - destructionBB-133 +[[Red Dragon of Cymry]] \\
-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 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
-Dragons can't createHG-44 +[[Asil and the Not-Date]] 
-work of artHG-44 +  * collects hoards<sup>224</sup> 
- +  * wyrms are not dragons<sup>224</sup> 
-Druid +  * is driven by the need to surround itself with treasure<sup>225</sup> 
- +  * unlike dragonsit doesn't gather its treasure by itself; it takes a human in thrall and used them to gather it<sup>225</sup> 
-they influenced the natural world: weatherplants and some animalsCW-232+  * a wyrm's treasure is not what a dragon's treasure is; dragons surround themselves with metals; wyrms gather whatever catches their eye<sup>225</sup>
  
 ===== 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==== ====Ghoul====
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 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
-a demon-like being associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh 
 [[Cry Wolf]] [[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   * rather face a dozen ghouls than a black witch; a few in the Cabinet mountains
  
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 ===== 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'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'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====
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] \\ 
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\
 +
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[Silence Fallen]]
 +  * kind of a ghost but not 
 +  * a different word for the same thing; but not quite<sup>229</sup>
  
  
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 ===== V ===== ===== V =====
 ===== W ===== ===== W =====
 +====Wyrm====
 +**IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Asil and the Not-Date]] \\ 
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\
 +[[Asil Moreno]] \\
 +[[Tami Reed]] **Deceased** \\
 +[[Wyrm Hoarder]] **Deceased** \\
 +[[Wyrm Village]] **Deceased** \\
 +
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[Asil and the Not-Date]]
 +  * collects hoards<sup>224</sup>
 +  * wyrms are not dragons<sup>224</sup>
 +  * is driven by the need to surround itself with treasure<sup>225</sup>
 +  * unlike dragons, it doesn't gather its treasure by itself; it takes a human in thrall and used them to gather it<sup>225</sup>
 +  * a wyrm's treasure is not what a dragon's treasure is; dragons surround themselves with metals; wyrms gather whatever catches their eye<sup>225</sup>
 +  * those held in thrall sometimes died when their enslaver died<sup>226</sup>
 +  * can range in size from 10 feet long 2 feet in diameter to forty feet long and six feet in diameter<sup>232</sup>
 +  * quick and the older ones can enthrall whole villages<sup>232</sup>
 +  * wyrm flesh, enriched with magic, burned more than hot enough to everything to ash<sup>233</sup>
 +
 +===== X =====
 +===== Y =====
 +===== Z =====
 +====Zombie====
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] \\ 
 +__**Affiliated:**__ \\
 +[[Spice]] **Deceased** \\
 +[[Werewolf zombie]] \\
 +[[L Hardesty]] \\
 +
 +
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[Iron Kissed]]
 +  * to call back to unlife
 +
 +[[Bone Crossed]]
 +  * 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>
 +
 +[[Storm Cursed]]
 +  * they were witchcraft, and witchcraft was powered by body parts with a leaning toward blood and bone<sup>53</sup>
 +  * not that they could actually eat anything; dead; no systems go<sup>57</sup>
 +  * thought they would be slow but actually fast<sup>57</sup>
 +  * Mercy could feel them; detect them; sensitized to the way zombies felt<sup>59</sup>
 +  * Mercy not sure how to kill, how to eliminate zombies; thought with fire<sup>60</sup>
 +  * several kinds of practitioners who could create zombies<sup>62</sup>
 +  * creating zombies too serious mojo<sup>63</sup>
 +  * Mercy pretty sure a gray witch could create a zombie<sup>69</sup>
 +  * getting bitten by a zombie wouldn't make someone turn into one, though getting bitten by something that was dead might result in the mother of all infections<sup>88</sup>
 +  * zombie wolf better maid; might have believed it was a living werewolf<sup>102</sup>
 +  * to defeat a zombie you need to do mechanical damage because they don't feel pain<sup>103</sup>
 +  * healing damage; healing faster than a werewolf; getting its power from somewhere<sup>108</sup>
 +  * making many zombies is a curse of that kind of necromancy; uncontrollable need to make more<sup>183</sup>
 +
  
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