Poltergeists

While unfinished business might seem like motivation enough to wreak havoc on the living world, ghosts are limited in the sort of havoc they can cause. Ghosts plagued with intense emotions known to twist a person’s personality have the capabilities to become corporeal and impact the living world. Such emotions include rage, hate, betrayal, grief, and sadness/profound loneliness. Unlike their more peaceful counterparts, poltergeist are often still ruled by the emotion that allows them to be corporeal. Those beholden to rage, for instance, rarely experience anything close to calm anger and instead jump straight to volatile and violent outbursts. 

 

Other poltergeists, as alluded to in the Spirits introduction, are the result of magickal influence and corruption. These unfortunate souls are those that had their spirits either pulled from their afterlife, or worse, were killed specifically to serve a purpose. Those poltergeists tied to another’s influence may not know how or why they have not found peace, or may have been sold on a life. 

 

Whatever the cause for their corporeal influence, finding peace means finding freedom from their emotions and/or the magick corrupting them. 

 

Other defining characteristics: When experiencing vivid or intense emotions, their colouring will become more vibrant and life-like. After an outburst, they will return to an incorporeal form.