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Spectrals are humans who can interact with spectral entities and possess spectral energy.
Traits and Abilities[]
Spectrals are humans that can physically interact with the supernatural world, including spectral entities such as ghosts and spirits, and be affected by supernatural materials such as ectoplasm[1] and the Mayview barrier[2].
Spectrals possess spectral energy (described by Mr. Spender as a "tinted vapor")[3] and can learn to manipulate it to fight or otherwise interact with other spectral entities. This substance naturally regenerates over time, so it isn't possible for a spectral to permanently "run out" in the same way that some spirits and ghosts can.
Spectrals can host weakened spirits, either as a medium or by wielding a tool[4]. The hosted spirit will absorb some of the spectral energy exuded by the spectral until it has fully recovered. While hosting a spirit, the host can directly use some form of the spirit's powers, as well as interact with the spirit in a slowed mental state known as a Heightened State of Perception. Spectrals can only serve as medium to spirits that have the same spectral energy color as themselves[5], although a tool of a similar enough color can still feed off their energy even if they cannot directly use that tool's power[6].
Becoming a Spectral[]
Isaac mentions that causes of becoming a spectral include "a near death experience, prolonged exposure to supernatural phenomena, [or] a diet obnoxiously high in citrus"[7]. A dying spirit can possess a non-spectral human, which will cause the human to gradually turn into a spectral via exposure and develop spectral energy[8]. In this case, the energy color of the new spectral will presumably be the same as that of the hosted spirit.
Shades[]
During their initial stages, spectrals see spirits and ghosts as faint, purple wisps that fade in and out called "shades"[9], which gradually appear in greater detail until their true form can be seen.
Trivia[]
- Spectrals can be mistaken for a human ghost from a distance.[10][11]
- Spirits possessing a spectral can feel the pain of their host, regardless of whether they are possessing the host directly or a tool being wielded.[12][13]
References[]
- ↑ Chapter 3, Page 5
- ↑ Chapter 4, Page 72
- ↑ Chapter 1, Page 64
- ↑ Chapter 1, Page 66
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 112
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 112 postscript: "you can control a tool that's a different shade of your same color, but it's no fun for anyone involved."
- ↑ Chapter 1, Page 64
- ↑ Chapter 4, Page 143
- ↑ Chapter 1, Page 62
- ↑ Chapter 2, Page 15
- ↑ Chapter 3, Page 15
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 91-92
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 101
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