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Someone told me that Wraiths had to be pre holocost. So i went and read the Wiki

Wraiths are the shades of long-dead vampires, whose spirit forms have been consumed by shadows in the shadow realm. They are often driven insane by the many hundreds of years being stuck in a limbo-state. Although they are different from spirits (the ghosts of human beings, who are sometimes dragged into the shadow realm), they still spectral in nature, and are mostly unable to manipulate physical objects. However, unlike spirits, they often retain certain abilities.




Physical Description
Wraiths can best be described as translucent shadows. Their forms are featureless, just as any silhouette would be. However, wraiths, while in the world of the living, are able to go invisible at will, and so most never see one unless the wraith wishes it. While in the shadow realm, all wraiths are visible.




Powers
The power of a wraith varies from subject to subject, depending on the will of the individual, the age of the vampire, and the length of time they have spent dead.

Wraiths in the shadow realm are all able to drain anima from other spirits or wraiths. Some wraiths in the shadow realm are also able to use certain powers (mostly telepathic or allurist), even many years after their death. Although a dead vampire will slowly lose their power over time, some have been said to find ways to thrive on feeding on the souls of weaker spirits without ever losing their sanity or willpower.

Wraiths cannot return to life, except for those that died in the area surrounding Harper Rock. Some can, however, return to the real world as wraiths, if they are summoned, or if they are particularly powerful. A good example of this is the guide wraiths who are often sighted in Harper Rock. They perished in various distant lands, and so they are unable to return as vampires, but they have found a way to cross the barrier between realms and haunt the mortal world as a spirit creature. Wraiths can also be summoned from the shadow realm, without actually returning to life, as such. It is speculated that some vampire spirits have been too badly corrupted by the shadow realm to return to life as a vampire, even if they are summoned.

While in the real world, wraiths have the ability to pass through solid objects, turn invisible, drain anima from living beings and speak to people.


So having read that it seems that Modren wraiths are totaly possible that a flegling vampire dying 3 years ago can be summoned as a wraith . I just want to make sure of my rp before i continue on with it .

So my question is are modren wraiths possible ?

There's nothing stopping you from having a modern vampire as a wraith.

Now I'm wondering, though, since a lot of people have RP'd their wraiths as human spirits; that's probably not canon >.<

Yeh, no humans and no horses..... and such. lol.

The only limitation on the wraith is how old it is. If you want an old, old one - you need the ancient wraith RP power. But I'm not sure what the top limit is on a normal wraith and an ancient one.

Ancient one, like mine, can be "up to 600 years old at the most".

Normal ones? Probably half that?

I'd love to see wraiths have some powers, like the telepathic or allurist ones.

>.>

Since it was said in the wiki.

>.<

Psychometry heck yes .

The only issue I ever had about the wraiths is if they're nothing more than featureless shadows, then there is truly NO way to know whose wraith is whose, or what wraith did this or that.

I figured it was due to some kind of spiritual energy signature. As how even when a Mystic changes forms from dying and rebirth you still have their id on grid and therefor still know them ic. If all wraiths are originally vampires, they would still have that 'signature energy'.

That might make sense if you knew their 'ID' on the grid like the vampires, but you don't to my knowledge. I mean Prince isn't listed on Serenity's known list and that's someone she would know. No more than Fionn is on her list either. So short of their voice how would she know which is which when their simply 'shadows' with no noticeable features. Besides to me having someone's ID on the grid doesn't mean Seren knows exactly who they are. Seeing as people can get IDs simply by picking their pocket...

That aside does anyone actually play them like that? All the ones I've ever come across who have been played IC have always been 'human' looking with noticeable features and so on. I think I've come across maybe one or two who have been featureless shadows on their CSs anyways, never seen them actually being played so dunno.

Telepaths can appraise "That shadow blob over there" and know to whom they belong, forevermore associating the aura signature of that blob with their master.