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Entities & Avatars,
The force. The speaker. Borrowed power.
What does a name tell you about someone’s connection to a force—and what does it leave you to discover?
THE FORCE
Entities
While the first entity of a spectrum may indeed be the “first of its name,” so to speak, it may not be the last. Like all things:
Ever Was Will Be.
The Various Forces
THE SPEAKERS
Avatars
Empowered by something/someone bigger, a connection deeper than a “tapper” or a “lantern”; authorized to speak on behalf of their charge.
“This is the guy that speaks for the trees!”
Swampthing, Avatar of The Green
The Avatars’ Nature
BORROWED POWER
Lanterns, Tappers & Casters
They’re not all called “Lanterns”…
and there’s wayyyy more than you realize.
Magic is the most common, frequent, and well known example of a “non-lantern lantern”; same premise as a lantern, different kind of ring.
BORROWED POWER / THE SHADOW
Who gives the shadow form?
Raven (DC) · Shade · Nightshade · Phantom Girl (YJ:P)
These examples access The Void via the Shadowland or similar.
“Shadoweavers” or “Shadowdancers” have more control over the shadow than its entity, allowing them to give shadow form where he, the entity of Shadow, cannot.
See: RoG
BACK TO THE LARGER QUESTION
What does the title tell you?
Keep the force, the speaker, and the use of borrowed power in view as the story unfolds. What does the connection let someone do? What have you assumed from the name?
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