Message no. 1

From:	Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject:	Spirits' of Mankind (War and others)
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:00:18 EDT

In a message dated 7/13/1999 6:56:56 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cyberraven@********.net writes:

> Any-way, the mention of the various conflicts on American soil has
> reminded me of an idea. A new Spirit of Man, the Spirit of War. In it's
> normal form, it represents the ideals of the warrior- honor, sacrifice,
> protection, loyalty. In the toxic form, it the empodiment of the worst
> evil's mankind has ever commited: treason, genocide, terrorism, and
> oppression. They can be called fom any battle ground or graves of the
> fallen, and appear in a uniform and armed. An example of how a normal
> Spirit of War would manifest would be as Minuteman or WWII GI, while a tox
> form would appear as an SS Officer or a Cen/SouAm death squad member.
> Any ideas, both to powers (I like the concept, but have yet to do
anyting
> with it) and the viability of the concept itself?

The concept is something we've been wondering about for quite a while here
ourselves. I'm *moderately* certain Steve K. has imagined something once or
twice as well. A consideration to make, if I may suggest. Use the
"Ancestral Spirits" from MitS if upon a battlefield in a direct manner
(previous battlefields anyway). Other options might be "Spirits of
Field/City/Hearth" with various new abilities that reflect the immediate,
altercative, environment.

-K