Dolons

There are many ghost stories in existence. It would be quite scary to glimpse your great, great grandfather standing at the top of the stairs when you know he's been dead for fifty years. Even scarier would be if he started talking to you. Truly terrifying, then, would be if he possessed your toaster and flew around the house in it screaming. In Elysium, there are some beings whose will is too strong to be extinguished by death (be it the will to help, harm, protect, or just raise hell). These souls drift untethered over the face of the world until they find an acceptable shell. These shells provide the Dolons with a means of interaction with the world.

Appearance

An untethered Dolon resembles a cloud of mist which can move of its own volition. Because a Dolon requires a shell to interact physically with the material world, the appearance of Dolons as a race is varied. Most Dolons seek out shells which give them some semblance of the appearance that they had in life. For instance, a soldier would seek out a uniform or suit of plate mail while a Sidhe would seek out a bed of leaves. Some Dolons might even seek to use their decomposing bodies as shells.

Personality

While Dolon personality remains as varied as Dolon appearance, most beings are strongly affected by the experience of death. Heartless murderers might seek to help the families of those they killed or selfless martyrs might seek retribution on their foes. Some Dolons don't even remember their previous lives.

Habitat

No one can say for sure what waits on the other side of death. What one can say for sure is that death is not always an end. Sometimes when a being dies, for whatever reason, the spirit or soul of the deceased takes material form resembling translucent mist. The mist is then free to inhabit a shell.

Society

Most Dolons live solitary existences since most cultures and beings view them as profane. Some cultures such as the citizens of Half-Light view Dolons as superior beings. Some primitive cultures even worship them as gods.