#Spirit Kindred

[niuttuc]

The Spirit Kindred

This is an exploration of the Spirit Kindred and some of its members, an important part of Ocaelum’s World Family. If you aren’t familiar with Ocaelum, I invite you to read the planeswalker’s guide. I will once again add the disclaimer that I didn’t create Ocaelum, merely love it very much and spinned off a version of it of my own, with its creator’s permission, @gentlesmolgruulgal​. With that out of the way...

The Spirit Kindred is a single name for a very eclectic ensemble of beings, unified by little other than their stories and names being told in all or part of the Family. Gods, heroes, monsters, elemental, concepts and creatures of all kinds fit under this umbrella, as varied as the Family they’re also a part of. They number in the hundreds at the least, possibly in the thousands, but each member of the Family will typically only know a few dozens to a hundred, some only by name. Elders learn about many in their studies, and oftentimes recount their stories to their family for both entertainment and teaching.

Many members of the Spirit Kindred see each other as belonging to a common family unit, just like a singular group or caravan would in the World Family. Some also see themselves as part of a specific caravan family. The majority of them see themselves as member of the World Family at large like any other member, seeing people who aren’t part of the Spirit Kindred as cousins or nephews or even children. Like any family, particularly one as large as this, the Spirit Kindred is full of complex relationships. Some closer familial relationships for beings of common origin, some grudges, some rivalries, and more.

But all of this is pretty confusing, so let’s look at some examples!

Luck is exactly what they sound like, the embodiment of Luck. They don’t stem from a particular culture, or rather, they exist in some form in most of them. In some they’re a god, in some just a common figure in stories, but in the Spirit Kindred, all of these are Luck. They say they're as old as the first person that left a decision to chance, though they aren't consistant as to who that was or what the decision was... Or the result of it. They are a physical being, though they aren’t necessarily always manifested. They appear as a wide range of different species, including some that wouldn’t make sense in the current context, like a human in deep waters or a merfolk in the core. According to them, they can’t manipulate chance or the odds of anything happening, as subject to the whims of fate as anyone else... But things tend to work out well for people in their favor, regardless of outcome. They accept the chaos of the world and believe that there’s a silver lining to anything that happens, even outside one’s control.

Va’ver is a selkie, and her story was told by them before they became a small part of the Family. According to her legend, she was only born in the dreams of her parents, her physical body dead in the womb, yet there she thrived. It is said that for years after that, her people made sure there would always be one asleep, to provide shelter and take care of the child. That was centuries ago, and Va’ver is now a valued member of the Spirit Kindred, keeping herself occupied and entertained by watching the dreams and nightmares of her current hosts, and sometimes helping them in their sleep. It is unknown how she moves from dream to dream, physical distance seems to be a factor, but so does familiarity and others. Despite living in dreams, she never sleeps herself.

The Grey Devourer is a widely-known figure in the World Family, but also is a mystery and recurring figures in stories. There are conflicting stories to both his origins and what he is. Some say he’s a physical monster, digging somewhere in the core or swimming somewhere in the depths. Some sources say he’s from the Old World, and he came to Winrovah along the humans and the elves. For some, he’s just a deity, or even hunger personified. There’s legends that he’s a very old Ghavalek who never stopped eating and growing. Attracting the attention of the Grey Devourer is something to be avoided. To avoid it, it is customary to leave parts of any creature killed for food behind for him to find and feast upon. He’s not picky, and generally the parts left for him are ones that aren’t considered edible by most species.

Galili was an Anuran witch, and the one that led the effort into her people joining the World Family, and the World Family being created as it is today. She weaved the pact, oral and magical, that bound together Lutrives, Anurans and Axoltians, and then others beyond. More than that, it is said she’s the one who convinced most of the Spirit Kindred, of the various pantheons and myths from the various cultures, to accept each other and not oppose their people coming together. Galili is long dead... But that doesn’t stop her from taking a look when something interesting happens, or sometimes finish stories about her when she doesn’t like how it is told.

The Flock Dancer is a goddess of lutrive origin, associated with herd animals, mostly fishes that form schools, but also keeps an eye on most animal life for some of her siblings in charge of other forms of life. Her followers address a short warning and prayer of sorts to her before they hunt or kill any animal with premeditation. She very rarely manifests in a physical shape, if ever. Generally benevolent, but there are stories of her cursing those who anger her to swim alone in the infinite expanse of water, the ground out of sight and never finding any other sign of life until they starve, never to be found again.

This is what I have for now, but it is but a sample of the infinite variety that exists within the World Family and its Spirit Kindred. Safe travels, cousins!

#mtg #custom magic card #Ocaelum #fanplane #fanwalker #Spirit Kindred #Arnoss

[bbyteach]

Uhhh sooooo NYC 80’s punk scene AU where ed used to play in bands when younger but not anymore & runs a popular venue and is totally burned out on the scene. Until a blonde weirdo wearing pastels started coming to shows there and he had to understand what is going on with this guy?? And the guy wants to learn more about this world and Ed confused but ends up having more fun than he has in ages??

#ofmd #blackbonnet #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd season 2 #my draws #ofmd au #I rushed the first one to hammer it out bc last drawing of the year babyyyyy #one of Ed’s old bands was called ‘here comes the kraken’ #anyway he’s burned out on The Grind and all the bad bs in punk spaces overall #he’s not too cool to get flowers now in fact he welcomes the occasion okay #and uh. happy new year #oh and the venue is queen Anne’s revenge bc he’s a pirate history nerd maybe idk #punks and pirates seem like they are kindred spirits #for vastly different goals but… you know

[nonagalleryart]

My partner is doing very interesting things at UK Games Expo this weekend. Come see to find out more...

#Fanart #Nona Gallery #Illustration #Art #Critical Role #caduceus clay #taliesin jaffe #DND #RPG #Caduceus is my ace kindred spirit #UKGE #Comic Con #Games Expo

[teeterarting]

First meeting

#pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd gates to infinity #pmd gti #snivy #tepig #The Habanero #Teeter art #2023 #Savel snivy #Piper tepig #They're two weirdos. Kindred spirits

[bluerosefox]

For Them

About to go to bed and this plot idea came into my head so I'm gonna be quick.

Danny and Dani (or Ellie) are on the run from well... everything. (Bad Fenton parents? Vlad? GIW? IDK pick)

They almost escape into the zone when Ellie gets hit by something that starts destabilizing her. They escape but toss themselves into a random portal that opened up and crash land in a dark gloomy city alleyway. For a moment they think it's okay, they're safe for now but they gotta keep moving. So they do, they run and run into the city until they find a place to finally rest.

It isn't until then they realize what's happening to Ellie. Her body is destabilizing now that the adrenaline she had was going down. She starts panicking and freaking out cause she knows they don't have any ecto-dejecto.

Danny, freaking out and desperate to save her freezes her body with ghost ice to make her stop melting (basically it doesn't hurt her despite not having an ice core but instead kinda puts her in a status)

And it works.

But it sends Ellie into a deep sleep as well.

Danny, stressed and on the verge of passing out from using his ice core (and willing some of his protectior spirit into as well to keep Ellie safe in the ice), looks up when he hears footsteps coming towards him.

He passes out when he realizes the place they had hidden in, a warehouse, had already been pretty cold even before Danny had used his ice powers.

When he wakes up, he realizes hes been moved from the warehouse and freaks out and tries to find Ellie. When he opens his door from the room he was in, hes greeted by cold (but Danny isn't bothered by it) and a man, a Dr. Victor Fries, who just so happened to had been at that warehouse that night looking into stealing some valuable equipment being imported but instead had watched a young, badly hurt teen desperately try to save and have to freeze his 'sister' as she was melting in front of him.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #crossover #blue rambles #writing ideas #random idea #danny phantom dc #dani phantom #danielle phantom #ellie phantom #might add more later #its late #Mr. Freeze wasn't expecting to see that last night #so when Danny passed out he decided to take the two back to his base #he feels a kindred spirit with Danny tbh #using ice to save someone you love and care for #they're gonna talk #Danny has no idea how to make Ellie Ecto-Dejecto #and needs helps #but will he ask for it? #how far is he willing to go for it? #will he eventuality help Mr. Freeze? #or will he stay and help around base instead. keep an eye on Ellie and Mrs. Fries? #idk yet.

[sandushengshou]

happy birthday, @eohachu!

#the untamed #theuntamededit #mxtxnet #theuntameddaily #userkareena #usergege #davinciae #cdramasource #mdzs #cdramaedit #asiandramanet #song lan #xiao xingchen #songxiao #* #feliz cumple mapachito! #my kindred spirit when it comes to angst!! #i hope you have the best day today and always #sending you lots of love bb <333

[they-bite]

one of my favorite things about a glitch in time is that like. okay so for most of the fandom’s conception i think people have generally agreed that vlad cloning danny should’ve been a point of no return on their character dynamic right. that’s seemingly what people tend to glean. i’ve read fics from as early as like 2007 that include vlad going completely off the rails in response to kindred spirits. countless fics from any given phandom era of danny holding the clone thing over vlad’s head like it’s his job and the rent’s due.

and then in a glitch in time we get danny being like is that another goddamn clone. and we see a clone floating in (what i can only assume is) synthetic amniotic fluid. and vlad’s like oh yeah i guess i did leave that there for what was it like five-six months. and they’re all like oh vlad you rapscallion

#a glitch in time #agit spoilers #danny phantom #vlad masters #danny fenton #vlad plasmius #kindred spirits #they speak #for legal reasons the last sentence is hyperbole

[batlovestomarry]

Tom and Harry dont fuck with pet names like “baby,” it’s “the light of my life, the flame of my soul, my only and dearest kindred spirit” or nothing

#tomarry #tmrhp #tomarrymort #dk if they can be considered kindred spirits #cause like one of them is a mass murderer #u get it though #tom riddle #harry potter

[sanjiwifer]

and pt. 2 of my little Zoluna timeline thingy. Probably 2/3 parts, I wanna get on with the other timelines.

#east blue polycule #zoluna #one piece #nami #roronoa zoro #monkey d luffy #they are kindred spirits your honor #she doesnt care if zolu broke her heart a little he is still her best friend #like shes prioritising having them in her life other than indulging in her heartache bc she knows she needs them more #zoluna has me foaming ong

[strange-aeons]

not a question !!!! but !!!! my job has a cat that’s basically anti-kasper and i thought that was silly n goofy (we were told she’s a sphynx,,, then she grew a suspicious amount of hair,, she’s probably a devon rex)

Very good. Love this creacher.

#her hair does look really similar to kaspers #they are kindred spirits

[simplyavatrice]

she looks so good are you kidding me??

#kristina tonteri-young #kty #sister beatrice #avatrice #warrior nun #like holy shit her hair #her eyes #her face #she's gorgeous my goodness #also the tangled headphone cord #she and i are kindred spirits <33

[sherokutakari]

Okay but can we have Mary meet Ed

PLEASE can we have Mary meet Ed?

#Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #OFMD 2 #Our Flag Means Death 2 #SUPER EXTRA BIG BONUS POINTS IF IT'S RANDOM AND SANS-STEDE #idk why they meet butnthey end up talking about Life #Ed loves her bc she found the love of her life after her husband died #and when it turns out he faked his death she decided he was gonna die anyway and Ed LOVES THAT for her #Mary hates him at first bc big annoying pirate man and she has had eNOUGH of pirate nonsense #thankyouverymuch #but then ends up loving him bc he literally chose life and love and happiness over a past he no longer identifies with #and she starts to view him as a kindred spirit #THEN Stede can show up and it all starts to fall into place in the most hilarious way #initiate spiderman points all around #please you know it would be hilarious #BlackBonnet #GentleBeard #spoilers #only very vaguely by name

[coneheads-deserved-a-noble-prize]

SO! Lucifer totally invented the T-Rex

He was alive before the Earth was created. We know angels created Earth.

Now personally, I subscribe to the idea that dinosaurs were the angels first attempt at creating life. But for whatever reason, they decided to nuke it and make the garden of Eden instead.

I MEAN- the tiny arms, the massive legs, THE HUMONGOUS HEIGHT. The T-Rex is both scary and extremely silly.

Don't tell me that man wouldn't be on board with making this:

And don't tell me you don't see the parallels between T-Rexs and ducks okay? THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THERE.

Also if y'all have suggestions on what Lucifer also invented during the creation of life I'd love to know eheheh.

#imo he also invented fish #i dont know why they just seem like kindred spirits #hazbin hotel #lucifer morningstar #lucifer hazbin hotel #meme #viziepop #radioapple #seraphim #emily hazbin hotel #alastor #charlie hazbin hotel

[wintergreenoreo]

I need you guys to remember how happy and supportive Fernando was after Max won the 2021 Championship because its my magnum opus ❤️💙 (also him calling out the British media like a king)

Him immediately going to find and congratulate Max after like hello that’s his favorite boy 💕

#certified maxnando agenda spreader #he’s been there for max since day one #their relationship is everything to me #fernando alonso #max verstappen #maxnando #formula 1 #kindred spirits

[thethiefandtheairbender]

Thinking about how Zuko aligns Aang with Azula ("You're like my sister. Everything always came easy to her") and then in his first real chance to bond with Aang, the kid is flunking firebending hard and is actively scared of it, requiring Zuko to give him some nice encouragement ("You can do it. You're a talented kid")

#zukaang #antis don't interact #CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A ZUKAANG SHIPPER BUT. the cognitive dissonances are unreal apparently #otp: kindred spirits #brotp: and now we're friends #parallels #yeah he's a talented kid he's regularly kicked your ass lmao #atla #mine

[neo--queen--serenity]

New favorite party dynamic: Marcille picking up Chilchuck like he’s an angry, betrayed cat being taken to the vet

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck tims #marcille donato #senshi #laios touden #this is why izutsumi loves him so much. kindred spirits #neo queen serenity’s posts #chilchuck #marcille #laios