#distortions

And we shall start off with the darkest type of ki spirit. The distorion.

First and foremost what is it that makes a distortion. Well it's simple really, they are what happens when a wisper or rumor meets their end in a foul way. If the ki spirit didn't get help with their overuse of their type of empathy or are rejected too many times eventually the body just cannot take it and dissolve into a different, more corruptive strain of reiki and yoki.

This pool of corruptive energy gives birth to a disfigured animal like creature that might often be mistaken as a creature of heavenly or infernal origin or even an angel of a demon depending on the type of energy that's made it's new form. Despite the ability to purify and otherwise save these beings DO NOT be fooled. These creatures take on a whole new meaning with the word souless.

A distortion has no natural soul of its own(with some rarity on that) and is run on its cocktail of corrupted energy and emotion. Emotion that renders these incarnations of ki quite emboldened and angry. Angry enough to attack humans and otherwise sentient life to try and not only satisfy the grudge that makes it's very being, but to also consume the very soul of the creature it attacks. Many soul sicknesses and infections can be attributed to these creatures made from pulsing reiki and pulsing yoki . It's perhaps a blessing that it's far too rare to often meet in the mortal world. They have extreme difficulty regularly manifesting outside of their territories in the astral plane.

But distorions are much more adaptable then anyone thought. They are able to mutate and transform into other kinds of chi creatures much like our other ki spirits.

Creatures like the fantasies of psionic energy for exalple. And become a more malevolent fantasy, and become much easier to infiltrate the plane that creature is from(but it also makes them easier to change and become better then there corrupted form). they seemed to also gain something new in their soul absorbing repertoire in all forms they possess beyond there usual ki spirit form(or perhaps it's always been in their wheelbarrow but they hardly use it in exchange for pure savage force). Deal making. where there is power you will often find those who wish for an easy path,those who are desperate,those who might have no choice or feel entitled to that oath they envisioned. And the distortions deliver these with deals made to give something in return for portions of the contractors soul. And the deal will get worse and worse till there's nothing left. Nothing but a soulless husk. It's often much more subtle than your traditional soul hunting monster. And takes more time.

Do not fear, you can fight them off and(if you pacify or purify them) can often retrieve the souls and soul portions they've stolen as their bodies break apart from the damage they sustain(with relatively low scarring that'll fade with time or adapt to the person's soul.) more often then not since they're rare these distortions often attack those in the astral realm. As their astral self might attract them. The brighter the soul the easier it is to attract them but also purify them. A bright soul who knows the right flow and ebb is even able to sever contracts and help erase their marks and rot the roots and tendrils of a contract that is unfulfilled. Annulling the bargains.

Moving onto the other creatures we also possess sentiments. Or sometimes sentimental mitama(sentimental souls)

A sentiment (compared to the distortions.) is one of the most common kinds of spirits you may encounter, not chi spirits, But any spirits. This is due to the fact that sentiments are fledgling emotions. And are often made accidentally, especially by tragedies and events of great emotion. As a being spawned by a singular type of emotion a sentiment can often be one track minded. Focusing on amassing more of their emotion into themselves or just propagating their emotion in some form or another. You might find sentiments that are harmless or cause little damage but they can cause harm. Now while they are often made with one emotion a sentiment can amass a form with multiple emotions. And this can make it not only more complex and powerful but there form will often be extremely unstable and as ink-like as the pure ectomotion that births them

These forms are the forms that are often birthed from swaths of sentiments forming together or when the emotions of a great tragedy or a great wonder form together. A sentiment could also wait to form itself. Literally steeping in it's emotional energy before it forms. Think of it like a paint canvas that slowly adds more of it's own paint to itself and or mixes other paints into itself to make newer larger colors.

Sentiments for how large in quantity they are can still be subdued. Many a chi channeler can defeat them, and the power of your own soul can house sentiments as familars

A distorted sentiments deals are often more emotion based. And will leave a mark on the person's soul and their aura. The spiritual icons that can pop up. The deal is often much more draining on the emotions than anything else. The mutated deal making power targeting emotion over anything else. Sometimes even over the very soul of it wants to.

Magic power possesses faeries

Born of pure elemana are fairies. Beings of pure elemental power. And often might be some of the first kinds of creatures you consider to be deal makers. And they can be, but the fae themselves are forces of nature. Performing the actions of nature itself or preserving faith and beauty in the world. But just as they are beautiful they can also be very punishing. As nature takes little to no prisoners. And isn't afraid to cause harm for it's needs. Unlike sentiments a fairy is basically always one element. But come in myriad of forms. From creature like,to humanoid,to small,to large, to everything between. Finding a fae isn't extremely hard but you'll be hard pressed to notice them. Nor there groves and wilds they inhabit and made within special pockets of the physical world

A deal signed away by a distorted faerie is a deal signed on blood. It's often the one that is most done. And especially seen when in the legendary deal with the devil or deal with the Divine.

But with all pain. There is a reprieve. A creature who seems to only have the best interests of whoever they've chosen. The abstracts

An abstract is a type of sentiment. Only they seem to be a fully stabilized sentiment(one light call them the emotional sentiments of emotional sentiments) of multiple emotions. It's a being that often pick individuals they like to protect or even play as a host for them in some cases like a speaker. They might even impart little gifts of that individual particularly matches them and there energy.

And they themselves exist in pockets of the astral plane. Often carrying mass amounts of sentiments on their backs or in their realms. A notorious bunch of abstracts would be the 4 turtles. A group of turtles seemingly based on a version of the 4 constellations of China. Only as a group of turtles.

So now I summon the council

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P.s. since distortions are made from the empathy based wisper and rumor families I thought about this near constant source of danger and corruption could be a reference(is the term allegory?) for unchecked unhelped trauma. Just a random thought at 3 am as I write this and remember'hey you've added some possible allegories or references to certain things. Or you try to and feel worried you're doing it wrong and need to be reassured you're not.