Spirits

Spirits are disembodied entities of various types. According to the Empire, Spirits are different than Souls. Spirits are able to be seperated from their bodies in this realm while Souls, once seperated from their bodies can only exist in heavenly realms. Some spirits seem to be shadows or impressions of souls, but the Church teaches that they are not the souls themselves.

Types of Spiritis

 * 1) Sprite - small, semi-intelligent balls of light, able to affect the physical world in small ways. Mostly harmless. Dissipates when encountering salts.
 * 2) Apparition - a translucent humanoid figure which haunts (but it’s bound to) location, objects, or individuals. Can be dispatched with iron and warded off with salts.
 * 3) Woman in white - A female non-translucent spirit bound to a particular road, endlessly searching for her children, and killing any in her way.
 * 4) Unfettered - a spirit which is not confined to a specific area.
 * 5) Poltergeist - An invisible force which is bound to a particular area (a house or graveyard). Incredibly malevolent and unreasonable.

Cleansing
Spirits can be cleansed, or purified, by miraculous powers, rituls, and certain magics.