Phantom
Souls not yet ready to move on, lingering as neither living nor properly dead until anchored to a summoner.
The typical trajectory for souls passing to the afterlife is fairly straightforward, according to most theologians. When a mortal dies, their soul enters the River of Souls and eventually reaches the Boneyard, where it is judged by Pharasma.
Members
Phantom Beast (Creature 8), Phantom Knight (Creature 4)
Phantoms who seek to escape from undeath but aren't ready to move on can form links with summoners, using the summoner's force of personality as a safe harbor for their own soul. A phantom connected to and manifested by a summoner maintains an ectoplasmic but ultimately corporeal form.
Many phantoms manifest as a result of literal waves in the River of Souls caused by their own powerful emotions that wash them ashore.
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