“This manuscript holds the secrets of our fathers.”
“Taara. The spirit of the earth.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Taara command control over earth and stone, influencing mountains, soil, and even tectonic forces. Their power can create lush fertility or devastating earthquakes, shaping landscapes at will.
Taara’s incarnations can withstand physical trauma, often developing skin like rock in moments of danger. When the faith of followers is strong, incarnations can forge protective barriers or summon powerful stationary golems from the earth as protection.
When incarnations experience deep feelings of loyalty, grief, or pride, their power over earth becomes intensely responsive, creating barriers or tremors that mirror their inner turmoil. Taara’s incarnations possess an unwavering mental resilience, granting them immunity to mind control or illusions. They gain enhanced perception, grounding their thoughts and making them immune to fear or confusion.
Taara’s magic manifests as geomancy, allowing incarnations to manipulate mineral compositions and shape terrain. When fortified by the Life Spirt, they can summon sentient golems from the soil.
“Galia. The spirit of the forest.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: The Forest Spirit grants incarnations the ability to communicate with and command flora and fauna. They can manipulate plant life, weaving roots, vines, and branches into powerful barriers or shelters.
When in a natural setting or surrounded by followers, incarnations can mask their presence, becoming nearly invisible. Galia’s incarnations can also commune with animals, summoning them as allies or using their senses to scout the environment.
Feelings of compassion, loneliness, or wonder deepen Galia’s power, allowing incarnations to merge with the forest or call upon creatures who resonate with these emotions.
Galia grants incarnations an intuitive knowledge of natural life cycles, enhancing tracking abilities and helping them foresee dangers. They can also communicate telepathically with animals and plants. Using plant-based magic, Galia’s incarnations can transform foliage into armor, weapons, or even medicines. In partnership with the Life Spirit, they can use nearby flora to create sentient beings to defend or accompany them.
“Faraga. The spirit of fire.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Faraga yield flames, from delicate candlelight to all-consuming infernos. They can absorb heat and unleash it in fiery blasts, summoning firestorms or surrounding themselves with an aura of flame.
With enough faith, incarnations are resistant to fire and can even walk through flames unharmed. In moments of intense emotion or desperation, Faraga’s power becomes erratic and destructive, often scorching everything in a wide radius.
Anger, joy, and passion fuel Faraga’s intensity. These emotions can amplify its fire-based powers, causing its flames to grow hotter, with an intensity tied to the incarnation’s spirit.
Faraga grants a fierce mental clarity, heightening the incarnation’s focus, drive, and determination. They can overcome mental attacks through sheer willpower, turning fear into courage.
Alongside the Life Spirit, they can draw on surrounding heat to unleash devastating blasts, turning sand to glass or melting metal. Even creating creatures out of the flames as allies.
“Acaria. The spirit of water.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Acaria have mastery over water in all forms, including liquid, vapor, and ice. They can purify toxins, and conjure storms, harnessing both the gentleness and ferocity of water.
The faith of followers enhances the incarnation's abilities. In battle, they wield water as a shield or a weapon, crafting ice barriers or torrents to control their foes. They can also control people’s inner water to their will and summon water out of moisture in the air.
Love, sorrow, and tranquility amplify Acaria’s powers. When in the presence of these emotions, incarnations can manipulate water’s healing properties, soothe agitated individuals, or cause storms to reflect their sorrow or rage.
Acaria’s incarnations gain heightened intuition, able to sense emotional undercurrents in others. They can also cloud minds like mist, causing confusion or calming their foes. If blessed by the Life Spirit, they can call upon aquatic beings or create massive water constructs to guard or attack.
“Volta. The spirit of light.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Volta radiate with intense light that can blind, heal, or harm. They can summon or dispel light, bending it to reveal or obscure what lies within. Volta’s powers cleanse corruption and illuminate hidden truths, rendering illusions ineffective.
The faith of followers enhances the incarnation's radiance, even allowing them to purify evil spirits or drive them away. They are able to penetrate someone’s mind and silence thoughts.
Love, hope, and peace magnify Volta’s abilities, enabling incarnations to dispel darkness, and even inspire courage in those around them. Volta provides mental fortitude, allowing incarnations to resist illusions or falsehoods. They can also bring clarity to others, freeing them from confusion or despair.
Volta’s magic encompasses radiant energy, enabling them to create blinding light, purify areas, and heal ailments. Aided by the Life Spirit, Volta Incarnations have been known to grow wings used both for attack and defense.
“Shin & Shania. The shadow spirit twins.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Shin command shadows, becoming one with darkness to evade or confuse their enemies. They can shift their forms into shadow-like entities, pass through walls, and move unseen. The incarnation's strength is heightened in low light, and the faith of followers can protect them from detection even in bright light.
Shin’s powers also extend to influencing minds, casting illusions, or glimpsing into others' secrets.
Fear, sadness, and serenity intensify Shin’s powers, allowing incarnations to become nearly invisible, to cloud memories, or to evoke dread in those who oppose them.
Shin’s incarnations can resist mental intrusion, projecting illusions or manipulating the perceptions of others. They can even reveal hidden truths, sensing lies or intentions in those around them. Shin’s magic allows incarnations to melt into shadows, create mirages, or blend into any dark environment. With the aid of the Life Spirit, they can control shadows independently, shaping them into figures that act as decoys or allies.
“Liff. The spirit of life.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Incarnations of Liff can restore vitality, speed up natural healing, and foster growth. They bring barren land to bloom, even generating life energy to revive weakened creatures.
The faith of followers enhances their power to heal multiple individuals at once or sustain life in the most challenging conditions. In battle, they can wield life energy to strengthen allies or create protective barriers, drawing from the essence of all living things around them. Joy, sadness, and empathy deepen Liff’s healing powers, enabling incarnations to revive wilted plants, heal injured animals, or create protective energy fields.
Liff heightens empathy, allowing incarnations to feel and even transfer emotions. They can soothe anger or despair in others, creating an aura of calm and reassurance. Liff’s magic revolves around lifeforce manipulation, with incarnations able to heighten their spiritual powers to create life. The Life Spirit also renders the wielder immortal.
“The spirit of Death.”
— Book of Eight Spirits
Powers: Morta’s incarnations wield power over the threshold between life and death, able to communicate with spirits or compel them for assistance. They can cause decay, rapidly aging objects or organisms.
Morta’s powers are heightened when around those nearing death, and the faith of followers grants them the ability to pass peacefully through realms of the living and dead. In dire situations, they can drain life to restore their own strength or that of others, but this requires a significant sacrifice.
Grief, fear, and resolve increase Morta’s abilities, allowing incarnations to commune with spirits, calm grieving individuals, or drain life from enemies to restore themselves.
Morta provides deep focus, enabling incarnations to glimpse beyond the veil and see traces of the recently departed. They can also resist fear, granting themselves and others a steady presence in the face of death. Morta’s magic allows control over spirits and the ability to wither plants or creatures.
“Aadora. The eight spirit goddess.”
— Book of Eight Spirits