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+ | '''Mistwraiths''' were a species of creatures on [[Scadrial]]. |
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⚫ | Like kandra they appeared to be amorphous blobs capable of absorbing bones and tissue of other creatures to gain shape. However, unlike kandra, since they do not possess sentience, their shapes were totally random and mixed many different species into one.{{book ref|mb1|8}} They are usually humongous and are fearful existences in [[skaa]] folklore, associated with skaa's fear toward mists.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} But contradictory to their unnerving appearance, they are actually quite harmless and only eat dead bodies. {{book ref|mb1|8}} |
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+ | It is not definitively confirmed that mistwraiths still existed after the [[Catacendre]].{{book ref|bom|12}} But there is some supporting evidence.{{cite}} |
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− | == In Culture == |
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− | They are usually fearful existences in [[skaa]] folklore, associated with skaa's fear toward mists.{{book ref|mb1|9}} It is believed that mistwraiths can take a person's face or fully impersonate them; one way to be sure a person is not a mistwraith is to take them out into the sunlight and verify that they don't disappear.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}}{{book ref|mb1|4}} |
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− | Post Catacendre, mistwraith statues are placed in cemeteries in order to scare "territorial" mistwraiths away. The need for this is likely just superstition.{{book ref|mb6|12}} |
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== Relation with Kandra == |
== Relation with Kandra == |
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− | Through the use of [[Hemalurgy]] they could regain the sentience they once possessed, becoming [[kandra]] after being implanted with two Hemalurgic spikes. |
+ | Through the use of [[Hemalurgy]] they could regain the sentience they once possessed, becoming [[kandra]] after being implanted with two Hemalurgic spikes. [[MeLaan]] mentions that removing both spikes brings the kandra back to their "primal state," once again becoming a mistwraith.{{book ref|sos|13}}. The transformation from mistwraith back to kandra is quick, as evidenced when [[Wayne]] replaces MeLaan's spikes after she experiences this firsthand,{{book ref|bom|29}} although this could depend on how much time passes between each state. |
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⚫ | The transition from mistwraith to kandra requires specific types of Hemalurgic spikes, known as [[blessing]]s. Other types of Hemalurgic spikes, such as those that create [[koloss]], would not necessarily be enough to transform the mistwraith into a kandra, however, would cause weird side effects.{{wob ref|4580}} |
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⚫ | The transition from mistwraith to kandra requires specific types of Hemalurgic spikes, known as [[blessing]]s. Other types of Hemalurgic spikes, such as those that create [[koloss]], would not necessarily be enough to transform the mistwraith into a kandra |
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