this is part of my odrisa urls collection
Wraith Lab Associates
Bottom Level ; Testing
Aran
The mastermind of Wraith drugging as a whole, he was maybe.. 23 when he first started to realize wraiths were more than just animals. Around the same time he was in Noctura doing a check-up study on the lake there. He continued to study in private, until he had enough evidence to prove his claims. Once he got clearance, he convinced his division to hide this from Noctura and started to develop a substance with the lake water (which he’d been secretly testing on with a sample from his check up), a few test runs later he got one that worked on wraiths. The rest has already been explained but once he realised what he’d created he convinced the higher ups to let him drop in Noctura, after they found a way to manage this new discovered power Aran was given tons of credit and admired in the underground shady industry. It continued to boom and flourish especially once his brother, Kynor joined office. And with greed and the cover of “curiosity, innovation, scientific discoveries” he continued to test on people and help the exploitation of Noctura. He’s even taller than Kynor, he’s 6’7, around the same shade as his brother, maybe a little lighter they look pretty similar but he’s definitely more physically roughed up and I'm not sure of his hairstyle, maybe a mini fro or a full one. His mana is TBD ikiab.
Kynor
The president of Odrisa, brother of Aran and son of the last president. Though he’s technically the president of the entire nation, he lives and solely cares for the north. He’s in his late 60's, and he’s just an evil old fart smh. He does things for his benefit and wealth. He has a crazy superiority complex and has little to no empathy, not in a silly way like joker he’s just straight evil. He’s extremely performative and that’s that. He’s pretty tall, 6 '5 and has a south sudanese look to him. He's thin and lanky — almost pointy, and he dresses exclusively in formal clothes. He smells like a hospital all the time because he frequently visits the wraith lab which smells of blood 24/7 so he has to disinfect heavily. He’s pretty violent and has a “custom” mana — one that works sort of like a negative, it can restrict peoples’ mana making them unable to use it, this is mixed with electricity (specifically, to be able to alter currents of electricity and move them) and manipulation (specifically, making them hallucinate having one less arm or something, genjutsu type shit) mana.
Power System
Wraiths
What are they ? They’re elemental animals, akin to the ones on earth just infused with powers as a result they sometimes have different color schemes and usually have the power somehow shown on their exterior with eyes like the avatar in atla. They’re violent and when forged with its like (sorry for all the analogies I have no better explanation) the way Yamato exorcised Nartuos evil Kurama form. The animal is presumed dead after that (?)
The different types ?
Each have Core Powers (Mostly unanimous amongst any forgers of this type)
Common Animal Forms (The animals each type are most likely to be and how they impact powers)
Fire-Based/Azharos
Core Powers : Destructive, offensive, and intense. A fire-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to control and manifest flames or heat.
Animal Forms: Tigers, Phoenix, Lions + Influence weapon style, (ex: claws, swords, speed like the animal the powers were from.)
Water-Based/Kavara
Core Powers : Healing and adaptability. A water-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to control liquids, their state, or adapt and heal others.
Animal Forms: Shark, Dolphin, Octopus, Crabs + Help determine the shape or focus, like using tendrils or waves for control or defense.
Earth-Based/Tezara
Core Powers : Stability, Resilience and raw strength. An earth-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to earth, rocks or minerals.Providing immense physical durability and control over the environment.
Animal Forms: Gorilla, Elephant, Rhino, Lizards + Manifest as strong physical attacks or defensive walls made of earth, stone or metal.
Air-Based/Xyrians
Core Powers : Speed, Movement and Agility. An air-based Wraith grants the forger control over wind, allowing for rapid movement, flight or manipulation of the atmosphere.
Animal Forms: Eagle, Hawk, Falcon, Parrots + Expands agility and speed based on bird
Electricity-Based/Virellon
Core Powers : Energy, Speed and Electricity control. An electric-based Wraith grants the forger control over electric currents, creation of lightning, and manipulating electro-magnetic fields.
Animal Forms: Eels, spiders, hawks etc
Blood-Based/Sanguinor
Core Powers : Life force manipulation, Vitality and Blood control. A blood-based Wraith grants the forger control over blood, their own or others,to heal, strengthen or even manipulate blood as a weapon.
Animal Forms: Bat, Wolf, Vampire squid + The more pretadory the animal, the more offensive the power.
Poison-Based/Zyphos
Core Powers : Toxicity, Corruption and Contamination. A poison-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to harness poisons, venoms or toxins, to weaken harm or disorient enemies.
Animal Forms: Snake, Scorpion, Frog +
Manipulation-Based/Yvorith
Core Powers : Control over emotions, matter or the mind. A manipulation-based Wraith grants the forger influence over the environment or others,through telekinesis, mind control or physical mediums like puppets.
Animal Forms: Coyote, octopus, chameleon +
Healing-Based/Nolaya
Core Powers : Restoration, regeneration and life support. A healing-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to heal external and internal wounds, speed up or slow down the healing process, and regenerate themselves or others.
Animal Forms: Deers, doves and rabbits +
Light/Sun-Based/Miriath (Rare)
Core Powers : Illumination, clarity and truth. A light-based Wraith grants the forger the ability to manipulate light,(future) time, have insight to future and past, and/or use beams of heat or illumination via the literal SUN!!!
Animal Forms: Owl or Butterfly exclusively.
Dark/Moon-Based/Brihsa (Rare)
Core Powers : Concealment, time and shadows. A dark-based Wraith grants the forger control over shadows, being able to slip into them, move through them etc, bend light to conceal movements, beams of moonlight that are cold and shade full, and insight into the past.
Animal Forms: Panther or Owl exclusively.
More info
There’s more out there but they’re not as notable or natural. There are some man-made ones made combining mana from wraiths which obviously are more common in helmura and that’s pretty much it.
Soul Forging
Soul forging is the practice of actually extracting power from a Wraith and merging it with one's soul. As a wraith’s strength depletes the “shadow” of their power becomes larger, in turn making them easier to target. So, after battling a wraith, you can channel their power with focus and a specific hand sign. Then, their mana flows into you and the power manifests almost immediately. The power is uncontrollable at first but can be channeled with practice and manifests different techniques from person to person. Later it can manifest physical attributes during combat or constantly (like an extra eye). Soul forging is still a mystery and has many attributes to be discovered, but the practice of forging can be done with anyone with a soul loll. Soul forging is a very serious and somewhat spiritual thing, it’s forging an energy power with your actual soul and being.
Over Forging
Since forging deals with the soul there's obviously risks. Two main risks come from the same thing, overforging AKA forging with more than one wraith. There's a balance your soul has to maintain, forging once keeps this balance because the weight of your soul and that of a wraith are balanced and make up one whole, but adding another breaks that balance and unless you have exceptional control over your soul that imbalance will end in one of two outcomes. The enraged wraith part of your soul will take over you, leaving you as a rampaging soulless shell of yourself attacking people unconscious until your body can no longer handle it and you die. The second option is you just die before you can rampage so you’re cooked either way HELp.
Bounty forging
Bounty forging is where soul forgers from Noctura, are given certain wraiths to do the weakening process with (via bounties posted) and then get permits to the north, where they give said weakened wraith to a Helmaran in exchange for money. The practice of bounty forging was popularized soon after soul forging was first discovered. Noctura was in shambles economically and Helmura offered a system. The system soon became the main money-maker in Noctura, leading to an unhealthy dependent dynamic between the two sides. Nocturans were either forced to enter bounty forging at young ages or become street sellers. While the Noctura stayed in poverty and lost most other ways of money making, Helmurans continued to develop and with the help of the south, had mana rivaling even the creators of the technique!