They are old, but lucid – if obsessed. They like
being talked to. Each has an area they like taking about. Each has a token one
is meant to offer them as a sign of respect and as something for the spirit to
physically interact with – thus it is normally smallish. Tokens the spirit has
kept for a long time are imbued with something of the spirit and can be used
for long-distance communication and prayer.
Not respecting a spirit by ignoring them only has
consequences if near their dwelling place or temple.
Social consequences only
happen in Half-Giant tribes (and then mostly only to the local spirit – if you
disrespected one on the other side of the valley that was stupid, but it’s not
their fight...); the Giant civilisation long since past presumably had methods
of making sure respect was offered.
Spirits have...../A
Designation/ A Sex/ A Preferred topic of conversation or method of interaction/
A Suitable offering [can be non-physical, but often there are a number of
physical options, even really abstract topic]/Other Remarks
/The Coin-Counter/Female/ Money,
trade, banking/Coins
/The Player of Games/Female/ A Rousing game of
chess, cards &c and a discussion on it afterwards/ A gaming piece/ She is
making her own game and has been putting a lot of thought into it.
/The Old Soldier/Female/War!/Military Paraphernalia,
Weapons, &c./
/The Wrestler/Male/Wrestling, boxing
&c. Will have weird ghostly arm wrestle and probably lose, but is a good
sport/An Arm ring or similar token.
/The Hunter/Male/Huntin’, Fishin’ and
Shootin’/Hunting Trophy (or similar)
/The Gardener/Male/Gardening (esp.
Flowers)/Flowers (esp. fancy cultivated ones)/ Very proud of his rose garden –
deservedly so, since he’s in the tundra!
/The Harvester/Female/Crop-raising; like the
gardener, but more practical – raising things you can eat/Fruit, Grains,
Vegetables
/The Teller of Tales/Male/Stories, the
taller the tale the better!/A story! Something solid? An ornamental letter
/The Archivist/Female/History/An accurate
account of ongoing events or past events/Writing Materials/has a vast
historical collection of tomes and is compiling an ongoing HISTORY OF THE WORLD
FROM YEAR ONE!!!!
/Smiler/Female/Comic stories,
jokes/Likes to receive same; physical token - some silly trinket/
/The Fisher/Male/Fish, sea creatures,
the sea/Fish, fishing paraphernalia
/The Tailor/Male/Sewing, textiles/Sewing stuffs, tapestries, &c
/The
Thinker/Male/Philosophy, Logic, Inquiry/Books on Same
/The
Rider/Female/Domestication of Animals, Farming of same/Horse stuff, cattle
stuff
/’Old Man Fang’/Male/Teeth/Teeth and
Some Ivory/He’s really kind of creepy. Really. Not necessarily malevolent but
really weird.
/The Grandfather/Male/The Old Days, how
much better things were, the shocking lack of respect these days, we wouldn’t
have let a little thing like the destruction of our civilisation get in our way
/Something from the Old Days
/The Reveller/Male/Beer, Wine,
Spirituous liquors/A libation of same, an ornamental bottle
/The Falconer/Female/Birds,
bird life/A feather (No pigeons. Or Ptarmigans.)
/He who watches over
Lovers/Male/Romantic Love/Tales of Same; physical token – A carved heart or
pair of figures holding hands or entwined some other way
/The Judge/Male/THE LAW,
Courtrooms, enforcement, arbitration, discussion of same/A law code, a
touchstone
/The Architect/Female/Buildings/A Plum
bob or set square/Twinned with The Geometrician
/The Geometrician/Female/Abstract
Mathematics/A Slate and Stylus/Twinned with the Architect
/The Chambermaid/Female/Physical Love
and Beauty/A token of same –perfume, lock of hair, handkerchief/Designation at
least partially ironic.
/The Dweller in the Snows/Male/The Cold,
Snow, Frost, &c/Ornamental snowflake design
/The Arsonist/Male/FIRE!!/Flammable
Materials, Charcoal, Flint and Steel, tinderbox.
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