#the WRAITH LORE THICKENS

[thatonepikminperson]

So, remember Wraith AUs? GUESS WHAT, MY BRAIN GOT ONE

So, this Au is for the Ground and Stars FanPik, but it can go pretty much on any story about Pikmin if y'all get inspired (Go wild home slices) and the huge new thing is Mixed Wraiths (see more below) so I'll just tag it "mixed wraith au" to not overflow the Pom Wraith AU.

In which, I should probably explain the whole Mixed Wraith thing. In short, it's when a Wraith mixes or fuses with another creature, most commonly another Wraith. There is more info on how they work and some new wraith types.

It is based off of that so @splitster thanks for getting me a bit too obsessed over this concept (Read more for the art and stuff)

(More art and Mixed Wraith lore below!)

So, as you can see, stuff has changed. This AU really starts at Chapter 9, the first 8 chapters are basically the same. Pom is now a wraith, and is hiding among the crew as a totally real space person. Pom himself is called what is known as a Mixed Wraith, or the mixture of a wraith and another creature, most commonly a wraith. Pom is specifically the mix between a Plasm Wraith, and a Water Wraith, which creates the Oil Wraith.

Mixed Wraiths are a bit complicated, but simply, there are mainly two kinds. The first one is the mixed wraith, but two streams of consciousness . This type of Mixed Wraith has the consciousness of both wraiths, and they work together to keep themselves safe. (Let's call this Type 1 Mixed Wraith) The second kind is what is known as the Combined consciousness Mixed Wraith, which is the two wraiths that make up the mixed one coming together and making a new Combined Consciousness (Or CC). Of course, these wraiths can take over separately at any time, but they usually just use the CC to get closer to prey. (Let's call this Type 2 Mixed Wraith) Pom is the second type of Mixed Wraith

So there's more wraith lore. There are four main types of wraiths, Liquid, Solid, Gas, and Plasma. Each one acts and behaves differently from each other, and some of which are not total assholes.

(The Liquid Wraith includes things like the Water Wraith, the Honey Wraith or Colored Ink Wraiths. Solid Wraiths include things like the Reflection Wraith, the Gemstone Wraith, or the Floral Wraith. The Gas Wraith includes things like the Oxygen Wraith, Chloroform Wraith, and the Iodine Vapor Wraith. The Plasma Wraiths include things like the Plasm Wraith, the Star Wraith, or the Flame Wraith.)

Wraiths survive with their cores, which are practically their hearts. These are generally the same as the Pom Wraith AU, but if a Mixed Wraith's Core breaks, then the two wraiths/creatures that made it up will separate, taking half of the core with them.

Also, depending on the personalities of the Wraith and the other creature, they might fight from time to time. If the two created a combined consciousness, and they fight, the consciousness is kicked out of control and one or both of them take over. If it gets too unstable, or the Core is broken in half, then the two Wraiths will split up, in most cases leaving any wraith perfectly fine and the other creature dead.

There is also a way to fix a broken core, but those who try to do so will probably be hunted down by several angry Wraiths. (Wraiths look down at this, as they think if you died, you need to stay dead)

Wraiths are also garbage at disguising themselves, like really. Most forgot that ears exist, or they have some sort of wild color for skin, like grey or pink. Though, thank god Pom was able to find a human before he lifted off into the stars.

I do have more wraith lore, but those will be separate post, probably without art because I've already made several pages of this stuff, and it's more fun to draw characters compared to lore (Sorry lol)

Oh yeah, and I do have wraith forms of the Rescue Corps, don't worry. THEY AREN'T SAFE FROM THE BRAIN ROT EITHER! (But they will be for later, as I have to get through a far amount of other posts about this AU first. Sorry about that.) MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ow my back

[alan-in-the-outernet]

Hey you know what I said about Solitaire having been turned into a monster by that evil wizard?

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Everyone felt the evil in the air that day. No one knew what it was at the time, but everyone could tell that something was wrong. Monsters began attacking first travellers and then villages. The Adventurers' Guild was formed to address this threat which endangered everyone. Some kingdoms took to blaming each other for their misfortune and would use these monsters as excuses to attempt conquests. Others tried to focus and solutions. Adventurers were sent to find the source of the problem by following the monsters to wherever they came.

As they traveled through the forest, they could feel the malice in the air thicken around them. The trees grew more twisted even as the leaves had fallen off and rotted away. The sky became greyer and there was no birdsong and what critters that weren't dead were sick and vicious, as if twisted by some corrupting force. These creatures that were barely alive would attack with an almost impossible strength, and many adventurers fell before they could find what they had sought.

Finally, the weary band of adventurers reached a cave that seemed as though darkness poured forth from its mouth. Just looking at it filled even the bravest with terrible dread, but they had all come too far to turn back now. Pressing on, they wandered through the darkness together. Their lanterns and torches did little to hold back the void around them. After what felt like hours, the walls around them began to expand as they entered a a dome-like cavern.

Carved into the stone of the back of the cavern was six thrones, all jagged and rough. There was a figure of shadows which took its place upon one of these thrones. It watched the adventures enter and the room became surrounded by a ring of blue fire, which filled the surroundings with an ominous glow. The adventurers tried to fight it, but The Solitary Wraith was too powerful. Only one escaped to tell the tale.

The corruption in the forest continues to expand to this day. This mysterious wraith must be slain or else the whole world may be consumed.

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Existential threat/final boss Solitaire

OOOOO.. that's.. really interesting...

And. Very said if Anais had in fact died... the weakest of the siblings... just... not doing well with what was done to them... their body not quite able to take it... so when attacked, it didn't take much... and the other four mourned...

But Solitaire may not know... only become enraged if finding out...

...Although also wouldn't attack Alan... despite what they are now...

Ough... really is interesting to think about... the world makes you think Mango's Kingdom is the big antagonist... but there's a different threat... a bigger threat... to everything...

Ough..

...And then of course there's God, but God isn't an enemy to fight /silly just... mentioned in the worlds lore...

[haliteatiger]

I know werewolves are the main focus of your story but are their vampires? If so how do they function physically and socially?

Wow! Second ask in two days! :D Prepare yourself for a wall of text!

There are vampires, yes! But their lore is a bit unfinished since they won’t have anything to do with the current story. So far there are three different types:In CoA, there's a thing called a "Vampiric Wraith", which is a kind of bodiless entity capable of slowly wearing down a human's will to live over time. Being harassed by a wraith is similar to demonic possession in that the individual will begin to suffer similar symptoms (night terrors, hallucinations, various poltergeist-like phenomena, etc.) that worsen over time until they're either driven insane or completely waste away, allowing the wraith to take possession over their bodies. Oddly enough, suicide might be preferable over being slowly consumed by a wraith as one might still manage to escape with their soul in tact as opposed to being utterly consumed.

Once the wraith has taken possession, this individual is then considered a vampire. Vampires are feral by human standards. They are mostly incapable of human speech but can communicate in a form of "infernal" for lack of a better word. Basically, it's a language only non-human, bodiless entities can understand. Some have demonstrated some capacity to learn human language, however, but as they're main focus is to sate their never-ending hunger and can be rather aggressive in doing this, they tend to not be very good conversationalists. Vampires slowly transform over time, but remain largely humanoid. They gain fangs, thickened nails not unlike talons, enlarged irises/pupils, thinning hair, and crepuscular, translucent skin. These changes will slowly take place over a period of weeks. Their appearance coupled with their incredible endurance has earned them the reputation for being undead (Also since the corpse appears to reanimate after the person has died. This process can take up to three days to complete and there's speculation that the period of rot and brain death involved actually lends to their feral behavior.) Vampires do heal quickly but, due to their squalid lifestyle, are prone to infection. They're often associated with disease and pestilence as their wounds, if infected, seem to remain in a suspended state, very slowly worsening over time as if in conflict with their preternatural regeneration, until it either kills the vampire outright or they somehow happen to reverse it. The more a vampire ingests - typically blood of course, hence their name, but they can eat other things, namely flesh - the more likely they are to heal from these wounds and any subsequent infection. Luckily for themselves, vampires do not appear to feel pain and can continue to function even if they may appear mortally wounded. This alone can make them incredibly difficult to kill on top of being supernaturally strong and are fast enough as to almost be considered teleporting. This is partially why impalement is considered the best way to kill a vampire. Not only because it can prevent the wound from closing and thus healing over, it can also hinder their movement (or keep them in place if that's the idea) long enough for them to simply starve to death. As mentioned before, they can heal quickly, and under ideal conditions, their wounds can actually close pretty quickly, so it's unlikely that they can bleed out. Of course, this does depend on the kind of wound itself and if it later becomes infected.

Vampires are fairly intelligent for what they are and are capable of planning ahead. They can also adapt their hunting strategies depending on their location. While some may sneak into a place repeatedly to quietly sip from a victim(s), some may kidnap their prey outright and hold them hostage, torturing them mentally and physically until they eventually expire. While this is clearly a form of entertainment for them, it's believed they also do this to encourage an atmosphere of suffering and draw more Vampiric Wraiths to an area. The only thing a vampire loves more than drinking blood and tormenting its victims, is making other vampires. They are not in any way a sexual species, however, and only reproduce via this sort of parasitic possession.

Ironically, for all their supernatural abilities and the very fact that they exist, vampires are not built to last and can die of "old age" in about 10-15 years. But there have been some special ones that have lived longer than this. They go by different titles depending on location, but colloquially they've been referred to as "Alpha" vampires, "Lords", "Barons", even "Princes". While they're exact lifespan is unknown, they can exist in an area long enough to gain a reputation over quite a number of years. These ones tend to possess an intelligence that most others lack, are capable of human speech, and can even become clever enough to pass for human in the dark of the night. They are still driven by the same basic urges, however, and will likely never evolve beyond a certain point. There is some belief that these vampires are created under specific conditions such as the human, having been possessed by the Wraith, actually giving into their influence, or if the Wraith manages to take control of the body before it even expires, thus saving it from any damage accrued by decomposition. These types of vampires are considered the most dangerous for obvious reasons. They tend to live the longest, are the most successful hunters, and are also the most successful at making more vampires. Typically, if you end up with a Nest of vampires, wraith or otherwise, you can expect to find one of these being responsible. 

Other than these types of vampires, there are also vampiric werebats that I have yet to find a name for. They're incredibly rare, exist largely in dynastic, family groups that have long mingled with human society, and are pretty much what you'd typically expect for the usual Anne Rice or Bram Stoker-type vampire. Only they're actually werebats! (Credit goes to a friend for coming up with these, however, and is allowing me to use them for CoA. I'm not sure if they have a place in the current story, however.)