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{{species stub}}'''The Familiar''' were a race of barely sentient, [[water]]-dwelling, hive-minded creatures. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead of Winter (novel)|Dead of Winter]]'')

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 were purely benevolent in nature, but impressionable; if they encountered the wrong person with enough influence, they would willingly follow him or her.