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| - | ====== Ghosts ====== | + | |
| - | A more in depth look at the types of ghosts encountered in the Mercyverse and their characteristics. Because of the scope [[Mercy & Ghosts]] has an section of expanded details. | + | |
| ====== Types of Ghosts ====== | ====== Types of Ghosts ====== | ||
| - | ======Pattern====== | + | =====Pattern===== |
| All three types of ghosts can be pattern ghosts; a particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens. | All three types of ghosts can be pattern ghosts; a particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens. | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | ||
| * pattern ghosts have a routine and changing it is not something they normally do | * pattern ghosts have a routine and changing it is not something they normally do | ||
| - | =====Interactive===== | + | ====Interactive==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | ||
| * can interact with other ghosts | * can interact with other ghosts | ||
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| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | ||
| * the ones who bear grudges or are extremely attached to someone who is still living seem to be the most independent of thought< | * the ones who bear grudges or are extremely attached to someone who is still living seem to be the most independent of thought< | ||
| - | =====Repeater===== | + | ====Repeater==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | ||
| * other ghosts repeat the habits of a lifetime; sometimes they react< | * other ghosts repeat the habits of a lifetime; sometimes they react< | ||
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| * a ghost that could be seen but who did not react to the real world at all, just did a certain action over and over again, usually in the same place and sometimes at the same time every day; more of an impression than a remnant of a real person | * a ghost that could be seen but who did not react to the real world at all, just did a certain action over and over again, usually in the same place and sometimes at the same time every day; more of an impression than a remnant of a real person | ||
| - | =====Traumatic===== | + | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] |
| + | * ghosts that seem to reenact the same events over and over< | ||
| + | * sometimes traumatic events; but sometimes just everyday things; habits< | ||
| + | * they don't interact with the real world much< | ||
| + | * repeaters are usually tied to places, not people< | ||
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| + | ====Traumatic==== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | ||
| * Some of them, especially the ones who died in traumatic ways, are caught in the moment of their death. Those are the most common kind | * Some of them, especially the ones who died in traumatic ways, are caught in the moment of their death. Those are the most common kind | ||
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| * seeing them is a long way from sending them away | * seeing them is a long way from sending them away | ||
| * doing it wrong was worse than not doing it at all | * doing it wrong was worse than not doing it at all | ||
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| [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | ||
| - | * You just tell them to move on | + | * You just tell them to move on< |
| - | * Tell them,” he said with exaggerated patience, “the way your Alpha werewolf husband | + | * Tell them the way an Alpha would tell one of his wolves when they get pushy< |
| - | * Where do they go?; Somewhere else. Usually not too far awayHo- | + | * Where do they go? Somewhere else. Usually not too far away< |
| - | * to permanently get rid of a ghost; You have to find out why it is lingering—confront it and take away its reason for being there. | + | * to permanently get rid of a ghost; You have to find out why it is lingering—confront it and take away its reason for being there.< |
| - | * works with the ones who are intelligent, | + | * that only works with the ones who are intelligent, |
| - | ====== Characteristics ====== | + | * convincing |
| - | ====== Mercy Thompson Series | + | * Mercy used her authority from Adam; filled her words with truth and command< |
| - | =====Moon Called===== | + | |
| - | =====Blood Bound===== | + | ====== |
| + | =====Mercy Thompson Series ===== | ||
| + | ====Moon Called==== | ||
| + | ====Blood Bound==== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] | ||
| * most ghosts fade after a while< | * most ghosts fade after a while< | ||
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| * ghosts aren’t all that common. A thousand people could die in a battle and there might be no ghosts at all. And even if there were ghosts, there was no guarantee I’d see them—or figure out they were ghosts if I did. Some of the dead appeared as they had in life | * ghosts aren’t all that common. A thousand people could die in a battle and there might be no ghosts at all. And even if there were ghosts, there was no guarantee I’d see them—or figure out they were ghosts if I did. Some of the dead appeared as they had in life | ||
| - | =====Iron Kissed===== | + | ====Iron Kissed==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | ||
| * violent death, perfect for creating ghosts | * violent death, perfect for creating ghosts | ||
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| * murder is one of those things that tend to produce ghosts | * murder is one of those things that tend to produce ghosts | ||
| - | =====Bone Crossed===== | + | ====Bone Crossed==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] | ||
| * aren't as dangerous as crazy vampire ladies | * aren't as dangerous as crazy vampire ladies | ||
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| * Sometimes the newly dead keep watch over the living, as if to make sure that all is well with them. Those are more than remnants of the people they’d been | * Sometimes the newly dead keep watch over the living, as if to make sure that all is well with them. Those are more than remnants of the people they’d been | ||
| - | =====Silver Borne===== | + | ====Silver Borne==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Silver Borne]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Silver Borne]] | ||
| * can move through solid matter; sink through the wooden stairs like a ghost | * can move through solid matter; sink through the wooden stairs like a ghost | ||
| - | =====River Marked===== | + | ====River Marked==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] | ||
| * most ghosts don't need to run away; they just dissipate< | * most ghosts don't need to run away; they just dissipate< | ||
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| * most don't seem to be aware that they are dead | * most don't seem to be aware that they are dead | ||
| - | =====Frost Burned===== | + | ====Frost Burned==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]] | ||
| * most ghosts were only sad memories | * most ghosts were only sad memories | ||
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| * ghosts who can throw rocks and debris are a problem< | * ghosts who can throw rocks and debris are a problem< | ||
| - | =====Night Broken===== | + | ====Night Broken==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | ||
| * ghosts were only the remnant of the person left behind, bits and pieces of people that sometimes thought they were still alive< | * ghosts were only the remnant of the person left behind, bits and pieces of people that sometimes thought they were still alive< | ||
| - | =====Fire Touched===== | + | ====Fire Touched==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | ||
| * it wasn't safe for the living to cling too hard to the dead; it pulled the living in the wrong direction< | * it wasn't safe for the living to cling too hard to the dead; it pulled the living in the wrong direction< | ||
| * ghosts tend to haunt places where people might be found; churches, homes, stores - places like that< | * ghosts tend to haunt places where people might be found; churches, homes, stores - places like that< | ||
| - | =====Silence Fallen===== | + | ====Silence Fallen==== |
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | ||
| * ghosts notice when others talk to the dead and they gravitate to them< | * ghosts notice when others talk to the dead and they gravitate to them< | ||
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| * if they see a ghost in the day, they don't recognize what they are seeing< | * if they see a ghost in the day, they don't recognize what they are seeing< | ||
| - | =====Storm Cursed===== | + | ====Storm Cursed==== |
| - | =====Smoke Bitten===== | + | N/A |
| + | ====Smoke Bitten==== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | ||
| * not convinced that all ghosts were nothing more than the shed remnants of the people they had been - things without feelings or thoughts< | * not convinced that all ghosts were nothing more than the shed remnants of the people they had been - things without feelings or thoughts< | ||
| * what exactly they were no one really knows< | * what exactly they were no one really knows< | ||
| * ghosts were not tied to physical reality< | * ghosts were not tied to physical reality< | ||
| + | * only strong ghosts affect the physical world< | ||
| + | * not good at communication< | ||
| - | ====== Mercyverse Short Fiction | + | ===== Mercyverse Short Fiction ===== |
| - | =====Hollow===== | + | ====Gray==== |
| + | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Gray]] | ||
| + | * popular knowledge also said that ghosts were not souls of the dead, just leftover bits and pieces that remembered what they had been once< | ||
| + | ====Hollow==== | ||
| [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | ||
| - | * A ghost that has been following a person around for fourteen years . . . that’s not normal | + | |
| - | * Most ghosts are harmless, or nearly so | + | * most ghosts usually fade away after time< |
| - | * As my brother Gary said, most of the Indian tribes don’t speak the name of the dead for fear that they’ll attract their attention—or make them linger | + | |
| + | * Most ghosts are harmless, or nearly so< | ||
| + | * ghosts were supposed to be attached to the place they died, or at least someplace important to them< | ||
| + | * not sure if ghosts can lie or not< | ||
| + | * ghosts are seldom truly dangerous< | ||
| + | * ghosts have limits< | ||
| + | * ghosts don't just appear at nighttime, but they are scarier then; and maybe easier for people to believe in< | ||
| + | * most of the Indian tribes don’t speak the name of the dead for fear that they’ll attract their attention—or make them linger< | ||
| + | * the ghost pushed at the commands; fade in the energy of whatever for it was that allowed her ghost to remain< | ||
| ====== Mercy & Ghosts ====== | ====== Mercy & Ghosts ====== | ||
| - | [[Mercy & Ghosts]] | + | [[Mercy & Ghosts]] |
| ====== Other Walkers & Ghosts ====== | ====== Other Walkers & Ghosts ====== | ||
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| [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | ||
| - | * A ghost, my dear sister, | + | * A ghost gains power when it is seen. When it is recognized by one of our kind, it gains a firmer hold on the world. There is a reason you shouldn’t speak the name of the dead |
| + | * Gary has several hundred more years experience exoricising ghosts< | ||
| ====== Vampires & Ghosts ====== | ====== Vampires & Ghosts ====== | ||
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| * thought it was because the vampires killed them; but there are some vampire gifts that allow vampires to command ghosts and other gifts that allow a vampire to consume them and use their substance for power< | * thought it was because the vampires killed them; but there are some vampire gifts that allow vampires to command ghosts and other gifts that allow a vampire to consume them and use their substance for power< | ||
| * or it might be something as simple as the instinctive revulsion that cats feel for vampires< | * or it might be something as simple as the instinctive revulsion that cats feel for vampires< | ||
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| + | ===== Pierre Colbert ===== | ||
| + | [[Pierre Colbert]] | ||
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| + | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Gray]] | ||
| + | * ability to control ghosts is not common< | ||
| + | * it is an ability of Colbert; and his get Harper< | ||
| + | * touch the mist of light; the shimmering presence mostly human-sized but not human shaped and power word " | ||
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| + | ===== Steven Harper===== | ||
| + | [[Steven Harper]] | ||
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| + | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Gray]] | ||
| + | * able to sense ghosts< | ||
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