Grief Spirit

Pain, loss. I understand. Overwhelming.
Background: Grief-spirits arise from an upwellingof that emotion in the material world. They tendto exist in places where humans (or animals) are in a state of profound sorrow or mourning. Graveyards, funerals and hospitals are places that attract griefspirits. Humans who are mourning the loss of a loved one also serve as magnets for these spirits.

Description: Grief-spirits appear as dark, lowhanging fog banks that wrap themselves around other spirits, smothering them in their inextricable embrace. While it is impossible to see through a Darkening, from the outside dim, churning movements are visible within their depths. A humanlike form might take on the appearance of a shadowy mourner, dressed all in black. When examined closely, the human manifestation will be seen to have no eyes — instead, impossibly deep black pits gape, revealing the spirit to be completely hollow.

Storytelling Hints: Grief-spirits present a problem for werewolves more because of their continual empathic projection of sorrow and mourning than from any real hostility they feel toward the werewolves. Grief-spirits are often tied deeply with spirits of guilt and depression, and the combination can be devastating. Any werewolf who suffers a predisposition to remorse or despair may find that these spirits are more than capable of using those emotions to grow stronger. Grief Essence has a bitter tang to it, reminiscent of sorrow and ashes.

Rank: 2
Attributes: Power 3, Finesse 7, Resistance 4
Willpower: 7
Essence: 15
Initiative: 11
Defense: 7
Speed: 20
Size: 6
Corpus: 10
Influences: Grief ••
Numina: Emotional Aura*, Material Vision, Materialize,
Reaching, Revelation*

Bans: Grief-spirits cannot bear the presence of a person who laughs freely and without deceit.