Spirit Beasts
Spirit Beasts, within the cosmology and beliefs of the Eldest Faith of the Forestfolk of the Leshivoi Forest, are minor Incarnae.
They are fusions of animal bodies and spirit manifestations of the Allsēl and are most often considered the embodiment of the power of the Firstborn of the Greatwood and therefore worshipped and revered by the Eldest Faith.
According to the scholars of the Academia Ars Magicka et Mundana Spirit Beasts are what is called "perfect symbionts" that are at once fully body and fully spirit with no distinction where one would end and the other begin.
A Spirit Beast IS body AND spirit at once as a whole.
The sapience and spiritual awareness of Spirit Beasts has been questioned by scholars and while most are, even by the Urdeain, not considered "intelligent"in the traditional sense they are considered to have a great spiritual wealth of awareness and presence irregardless.
The Warg of the Leshivoi Forest are sometimes considered to be akin to truly sapient Spirit Beasts.
Spirit Beasts that are afflicted with Incarnae Corruption are often referred to as Abominations and are feared widely both by the Forestfolk and the people of Styx who regrettably would not be able to tell the difference to an uncorrupted Spirit Beast.
They are fusions of animal bodies and spirit manifestations of the Allsēl and are most often considered the embodiment of the power of the Firstborn of the Greatwood and therefore worshipped and revered by the Eldest Faith.
According to the scholars of the Academia Ars Magicka et Mundana Spirit Beasts are what is called "perfect symbionts" that are at once fully body and fully spirit with no distinction where one would end and the other begin.
A Spirit Beast IS body AND spirit at once as a whole.
The sapience and spiritual awareness of Spirit Beasts has been questioned by scholars and while most are, even by the Urdeain, not considered "intelligent"in the traditional sense they are considered to have a great spiritual wealth of awareness and presence irregardless.
The Warg of the Leshivoi Forest are sometimes considered to be akin to truly sapient Spirit Beasts.
Spirit Beasts that are afflicted with Incarnae Corruption are often referred to as Abominations and are feared widely both by the Forestfolk and the people of Styx who regrettably would not be able to tell the difference to an uncorrupted Spirit Beast.