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'''The Familiar''' were a race of barely sentient, [[water]]-dwelling, hive-minded creatures. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead of Winter (novel)|Dead of Winter]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Familiar popped up quite often throughout [[Earth]]'s history — most often in anecdotes told by lonely travellers who had been "guided across a treacherous moor" by the supposed spirits of long-dead loved ones or friends that appeared to them. These "living ghosts" were in fact the Familiar, who read could read people's thoughts and use the information to create a near-perfect double of the one they loved most, solely for the altruistic purpose of helping them. | The Familiar popped up quite often throughout [[Earth]]'s history — most often in anecdotes told by lonely travellers who had been "guided across a treacherous moor" by the supposed spirits of long-dead loved ones or friends that appeared to them. These "living ghosts" were in fact the Familiar, who read could read people's thoughts and use the information to create a near-perfect double of the one they loved most, solely for the altruistic purpose of helping them. {{Fact}} | ||
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
The Familiar were purely benevolent in nature, but impressionable; if they encountered the wrong person with enough influence, they would willingly follow him or her. | The Familiar were purely benevolent in nature, but impressionable; if they encountered the wrong person with enough influence, they would willingly follow him or her.{{Fact}} | ||
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[[Category:Hive minds]] | [[Category:Hive minds]] | ||
[[Category:Aquatic species]] | [[Category:Aquatic species]] | ||
[[Category:Psychic species]] | [[Category:Psychic species]] | ||
Revision as of 03:15, 2 August 2014
The Familiar were a race of barely sentient, water-dwelling, hive-minded creatures. (PROSE: Dead of Winter)
History
The Familiar popped up quite often throughout Earth's history — most often in anecdotes told by lonely travellers who had been "guided across a treacherous moor" by the supposed spirits of long-dead loved ones or friends that appeared to them. These "living ghosts" were in fact the Familiar, who read could read people's thoughts and use the information to create a near-perfect double of the one they loved most, solely for the altruistic purpose of helping them. [source needed]
Characteristics
The Familiar were purely benevolent in nature, but impressionable; if they encountered the wrong person with enough influence, they would willingly follow him or her.[source needed]
