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{{Infobox Species | {{Infobox Species | ||
|type = [[Spirit|Spirits]] | |type = [[Spirit|Spirits]] | ||
|aka = {{il|The spirits|''[[Loa]]''}} | |aka = {{il|Spirits of Time|The spirits|''[[Loa]]''}} | ||
|affiliation = [[Faction Paradox]] | |affiliation = [[Faction Paradox]] | ||
|origin = [[Structure of history]] | |origin = [[Structure of history]] | ||
|first mention cs = Alien Bodies (novel) | |first mention cs = Alien Bodies (novel) | ||
}}[[Faction Paradox]]'s [[witchcraft]] and [[alter-time]] [[ritual]]s called upon putative entities within the [[structure of history]] which they often referred to as '''''[[loa]]''''', borrowing a term from [[Haiti]]an [[voodoo]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}, etc.) but also as "the spirits" or "'''the Spirits'''" | }}[[Faction Paradox]]'s [[witchcraft]] and [[alter-time]] [[ritual]]s called upon putative entities within the [[structure of history]] which they often referred to as '''''[[loa]]''''', borrowing a term from [[Haiti]]an [[voodoo]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}, etc.) but also as "the spirits" or "'''the Spirits'''", ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}, etc.) and occasionally as "the '''Spirits of Time'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) | ||
Notably, the Faction also experimented with broader definitions of the term "''loa''" which also included prominent figures within a given cultural consciousness. However, this was an experimental framing, distinct from the traditional Faction use of spirits, and ultimately abandoned when its intended outcome, the [[Remote]] shock-troops, proved underwhelming. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)|namedep=Definitions}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) | Notably, the Faction also experimented with broader definitions of the term "''loa''" which also included prominent figures within a given cultural consciousness. However, this was an experimental framing, distinct from the traditional Faction use of spirits, and ultimately abandoned when its intended outcome, the [[Remote]] shock-troops, proved underwhelming. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)|namedep=Definitions}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) | ||
