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Phasmonia

A phasmonia, or "city of ghosts", is a small village built outside towns and cities to house unbonded Raen and spirits. The Raen (often called ghosts by living races) are feared and despised, but often larger cities will set up phasmonia as a way of attempting to appease the soul and convince them not to possess other bodies.

This, of course, does not work, as Raen must bond in order to survive. Spirits, on the other hand, have no interest in these mock cities of the living.

Phasmonias are equipped with miniature houses, streets and businesses to suit the smaller size of the souls. These mini-cities serve as both burial grounds and places for the dead to live on their own. Often the small cities are laid out to mirror the town they were based on. The most common superstition is that the souls would prefer to live in the smaller, empty town and stay away from the populated town. This practice is very common among all faiths and cultures in Vita.

Phasmonia, due to the corruption from an unbonded Raen and from malicious spirits, tend to be in one of two conditions. Either entirely ruined and destroyed, due to the long term effect of an unbonded Raen staying in that place, or absolutely pristine, meaning that no unbonded Raen has ever lived there.

However, other races tend to perceive these slightly differently. If the phasmonia is ruined, it is thought that the ghosts are displeased and have possessed people in retribution, and if it is pristine, it is thought that the ghosts are pleased and have chosen to remain unbonded. Of course, it is the exact opposite.

• Note: Ghosts and unbonded Raen are actually the same thing, just referred to with two different words. A |wick or galdor is more likely to say "ghosts" than "unbonded Raen." A spirit, on the other hand, has never been alive, and is a non-corporeal force that affects the living world.

Examples of phasmonias: There is a Ghost Town near the college of Brunnhold.