Tempeter

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Summary
A Tempeter is an intelligent Geist forced into a physical form by a Shard of Grace. They are not to be confused with Elekin, which are non-intelligent elemental Geists. Tempeters are characterized by their affinity to one or more elements and weakness to others.

Tempeter Manifestation
Tempeter Manifestation refers to the process by which a body-less intelligence from the Elemental Void is forced to take on physical form by the influence of a Shard of Grace. The weaker the intelligence, or the stronger the influence of the Shard, the more physical and less magical the creature will be. Some very strong Tempeters are able to maintain strongly elemental forms, even when in the presence of a Shard, but these beings are rare. For the most part, Tempeters are not much stronger than the beings they take the form of and prey on civilized people by tricking them (though some stronger Tempeters will outright hunt). Tempeters derive sustainence from their element, and must either seek it out their element or move to areas that are weakly influences by the Shards of Grace.

Whatever physical form a Tempeter takes on, it is stuck with that choice until it returns to the deeper parts of the Elemental Void. This traveling takes time and can be dangerous, so Tempeters tend to pick one form that works well for them and then stick with it. In Tonis, it is a widely held belief that Tempeter manifest almost exclusively as humanoids. Amongst the Kazaelic Stammen, it is thought that they take on the forms of high-order animals (ex. hawks, bulls). The truth is, as usual, somewhere in the middle.

Related Pages
See the Legend of Skya.