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'''Mistwraiths''' are a species of creature on [[Scadrial]]. They were created by the [[Lord Ruler]] from the [[Terris]] [[Feruchemist]]s after he took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|68}} It is unclear if Mistwraithsmistwraiths survived the [[Catacendre]].{{book ref|bom|12}}
'''Mistwraiths''' were a species of creatures on [[Scadrial]].
 
They were created by the [[Lord Ruler]] from the [[Terris]] [[Feruchemist]]s after he took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|68}} It is unclear if Mistwraiths survived the [[Catacendre]].{{book ref|bom|12}}
 
== Physiology ==
Like [[kandra]], theymistwraiths 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.{{book ref|mb1|8}}Contradictory Theyto aretheir usuallytypically humongoushuge 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}}
 
Mistwraiths are people who have a blockage between the Physical Realm and the Cognitive Realm, which impairs their ability to think.{{wob ref|1230}} MistwraithsThey 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 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}}
 
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 ==
Through the use of [[Hemalurgy]] they could regain the sentience they once possessed, becoming [[kandra]] after being implanted with two Hemalurgic spikes.{{book ref|mb3|62}} [[MeLaan]] mentions that removing both spikes brings the kandra back to their "primal state," once again becoming a mistwraith.{{book ref|mb5|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|mb6|29}} although this could depend on how much time passes betweenin each state.
 
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, howeverif ingested. However, they would cause weird side effects.{{wob ref|4580}}
 
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