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emotion of grief and loss, while the cell is a focus of madness,
and both generate significant amounts of Essence
with the appropriate resonance. The spar has become a
focus for death energy.
Of course, as a focus of a particular kind of energy, a
locus also attracts spirits who feed on Essence with that
particular resonance. The statue could become a home to
pain- and grief-spirits, while the cell attracts a retinue of
dementia-spirits and psychosis-spirits, all growing strong
on the freely generated Essence, and the spirits that
haunt the spar may attempt to feed the locus by arranging
more… “accidents.”
CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCI
Loci themselves are individual objects. A lamppost,
a brick or a tree could become a locus, but not a street, a
house or a forest.
As loci grow in power, they grow in influence over the
surrounding area. See the sidebar for an idea of circles of
influence.
Loci affect the physical world slightly and the spirit
world greatly. For example, a spiritual locus of murder centered
on a paving slab would cause people walking past it
in the physical world to feel uneasy. In the Shadow, however,
the walls drip blood, while a growing pile of skulls
marks the number of victims who perished in that spot.
SPIRIT LOCUS INFLUENCE
As a locus becomes more powerful, it
produces a greater amount of Essence and has
more of an effect on the surrounding area. The
following table gives guidelines for the likely area
of influence of a locus:
Locus Rating Zone of Influence
• Influences only the immediate
vicinity, no more than two
yards from the locus
•• Influences the world and people
around, for up to 15 yards from
the locus
••• Influences a sizable area around
the locus: a single floor of a
building, a forest clearing or a
group of people
•••• Influence whole buildings,
sections of forest or large groups
of people
••••• Influences whole city blocks,
lakes or communities of people
A locus rated at four or five dots is very rare.
Most four- or five-dot loci exist in secluded areas
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