How common are ghosts in looming Gaia? And does an equivalent of the ghostbusters exist using exorcism?
I need to rewrite the lore on ghosts because it’s really outdated, but basically they are the result of failed necromancy spells. When a necromancer tries to raise the dead, sometimes they fail to raise the body and raise the remaining energy instead. That energy manifests as a ghost, a lost and confused consciousness that is harmless at first, but can become a dangerous poltergeist with time if it’s not exorcised.
That’s where our “ghostbusters” come in. Exorcists are experienced necromancers who know how to dispel this energy, effectively destroying the ghost.
Ghosts are quite common in places where necromancy is practiced. The Unseelie Court and the surrounding area have a pretty bad ghost problem. They’re also common in the swamps of Waterwalk, where rogue mages practice magic outlawed by Mogdir Kingdom.
Places like Evangeline Kingdom don’t really have ghosts because magic hasn’t been practiced there for centuries. If there’s a haunted area in this kingdom, it’s been haunted since magic was legal. Everybody’s just stayed clear of it ever since, because exorcists practice magic and therefore aren’t allowed in this kingdom. If it’s really bad, law enforcement might make a one-time exception to deal with it.
Anyway like I said, ghosts aren’t really dangerous because they can’t actually hurt anyone. All they can do is scare the shit out of you. But after a few centuries they’ll become poltergeists, and those are the things you have the worry about, because they can actually posses people and affect the physical world around them.
