Geist

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A picture of Shengsi Xue, and a description.

Geist, Miasmatic Grist

 Description

Much of the northern hemisphere is dominated by the Dragon-Queen Shēngsǐ Xuě, a Meridian who was reanimated by the Sidhe King Oberon in the Dragon-Faefolk Conflict and exiled to Antarok from Ælphyne as punishment for resisting Fae dominance. As the once jovial mother of Ælphynian Dragons fell into a melancholic slumber, the other Meridians who fled to Antarok became aware of how her power had twisted from Saol to Miasmata and cautioned the Flights to let her sleep forevermore. To this day, nothing grows in Slahane, the frozen, dead north of Antarok, nor can life reproduce there - all are infertile within the Outer Alchemy of a Geist Meridian. Shēngsǐ Xuě enables the undead of Slahane to age into their prime with beauty and without disease through Miasmata and Imber, affording them a resistance to the cold with veins of chilled water rather than ichor or blood. This does not change their crazed minds which remain much the same as any other Draugr. Changes Whilst Saol is diametrically opposed to Miasmata, Grist uniquely ceases to function as Glamour and instead becomes a form of Poetics once its host has joined the ranks of the living dead. Geist retains every capability as Grist, yet rather than influence living things, its Gristle influences the dead and risen - any being or object animated by Miasmata or else in possession of it - towards Oneness. Any who die within the bounds of a Geist's Cultivation will eventually be reborn as a free-thinking Draugr with changes according to the Gristled's Outer Alchemy. ‘Conception’ specifically cannot happen within the bounds of a Geist’s Cultivation - everything affected is infertile save for the transformed and the Gristled. Flora will cease to proliferate, and the land will become barren. It has no idle harm upon the already pregnant nor a fertilized egg, however. Note: Animism still remains the Theorem for utilizing and understanding Geist and its history, though someone skilled in Mysticism would at least know the fable of Shēngsǐ Xuě and thus the existence of Geist. Acquiring Geist Geist belongs exclusively to the domain of the living dead which cultivate Miasmata within themselves; Geist shares its Spell Reserves with other disciplines of Welkin, rather than Glamour. Only undead which are implanted with the organ of Grist or those Dragons and Kobold who are brought back from death as Draugr will possess this variant. The half-undead such as Devorare may Cultivate their Grist towards Miasmata or Saol. A player is free to play as a Geist provided they are undead. Being a Meridian is not required to obtain Geist - Novice Geist do exist.

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