Spirit

A very vague categorization of entity that's used to describe, effectively, an entity composed entirely out of the essence of a single creature, object, place or thing.

Many creatures might be categorized as spirits but they are usually more complex or nuanced. This article will be covering specifically entities who cannot be categorized beyond simply being an "X Spirit" where the x can be pretty much anything.

Spirits are generally formed through the same way. The essence contained within an object must hold some kind of identity. The simplest way to do this would be to give the essence a name, talking to it, or both. Once essence has an identity, it becomes capable of learning, personality, and thought. These are the traits required in order to become a spirit once the essences container becomes no longer suitable, or changed too drastically to be considered i the essences home.

To use an example. Snow holds no identity naturally, and forming a snownan from snow does not change the snow essence into snowman essence, all of the snow and components remain separate and devoid of identity. However, giving the name to a snowman, and attributing a personality to it, even if simply imagined, will allow the essences of the snowman as a whole, from his sticks, to body to hat and eyes, to form a single cohesive identity. However, when the snowman melts, normally the essences would not be very effected, theyd simply change form, but the new essence of the snownan depends on its shape and form, it's body melting and falling apart leaves its identity no longer able to survive in its current form, and identity either is destroyed, returning to its component parts, or it births forth a spirit, essence and identity, existing free of form.