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== Physiology ==
Like kandra, they appear 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 are random and mix many different species into one.
Mistwraiths are people who have a blockage between the Physical Realm and the Cognitive Realm, which impairs their ability to think.{{wob ref|1230}} Mistwraiths have a lifespan of roughly fifty years, and are able to breed.{{wob ref|8053}}
A single [[Hemalurgic]] spike is enough to staple a [[Cognitive Shadow]] to a mistwraith, though whether this has happened in the past is unknown.{{wob ref|12758}}
== In Culture ==
They are usually humongous and are fearful existences in [[skaa]] folklore, associated with skaa's fear toward mists.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}}.
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}}
== Relation with Kandra ==
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