Friday 10 December 2021

Adventure Calendar 2021 10: Wraith

Adventure Calendar 2021
10: Wraith: The Oblivion

Many ghost stories connect to Christmas, why not one starring ghosts?

The restless dead of Wraith: The Oblivion and Orpheus, and Geist: The Sin-Eaters, do a lot of rattling chains (the Wraith cover is made up of them with a central lock, while Geist is depicted with keys) and can appear to humans in dreams or in reality, so if they felt so inclined they could give someone the Scrooge treatment.

Marley Was Dead, To Begin With

The Shroud is thinnest at Halloween but can get a tad patchy around Christmas as well, giving the ghosts a chance to communicate with a Fetter or other important person. (And the living who can commune with the dead can lay some groundwork for it.) And what can they tell them? Can they scare a sinner into a better life, or bring back warm memories of better times?

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