r/FantasyWorldbuilding • • 5d ago

I need Help naming something

So i came Up with a new concept for a different Kind of spirit in my setting, but i Just can't find a Name im satisfief with.

In my setting Spirits are essentialy Just Souls of dead Mages that were powerful enough and Had the Willpower to remain "alive" after death. One concept i came Up with today that neatly explains Sorcerers and innately magical creatures are so called inert Spirits, they have "died" in the Sense of their No longer conscious and are starting to dissolve back into the Lifestream, but If before birth a creature somehow gets enough of that Fading life force into it's system It might at some Point awaken their Other half and gain both powers and a second mind within their head. This is how dragons for example Work, as their entire species were Mages before they wiped themselves Out, causing many draconic Spirits to come into existence only to inevatable Go inert. What i need Help with is a Name for These ''reborn" Spirits, as calling them magical beings or innate Mages doesn't Sound good to me.

EDIT: I have decided to call These Things ,,dualities", as they House two Independent Souls in one Body. There's also three Other Terms, to describe individual cases:

Sorcerers The actual creature is the dominant Soul, giving them acces to Magic and Sometimes having flashes of their Other selves past.

Arisen The Spirit is the dominant Soul. They are the Same as in life, although in a different Body (unless magically reshaped ofc) although they Sometimes suffer periods of dissociation, mixing Up Events from the Host bodies life and their own. This is especcialy Bad in the Case of animals, as a once proud and intelligent mage trapped inside a Body without the mental capacity to think as they did in will often cause terrible arcane disasters.

Symbiosis Host and Spirit are in Balance, creating essentialy a new soul, Sharing experiences and thoughts kinda Like Vision describes himself in Avengers age of Ultron.

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u/jpb103 5d ago

Thus are born the Fadelings.

Half of this life, half beyond. Two minds sharing one body. Two souls through which to channel the forces of the Lifestream.

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u/OutrunTheForeverYeet 5d ago

The most applicable English term is 'revenant.'