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More Powered Spirit loree,,, deaths and stuffss (Phrozyr/Neo, Three/Douglas, Romeo/Theo, Jackie, Zero, Boss demon mentioned and the Inventor implied)

The exact means of creation for the powered spirits has been something I've gone back and forth on,, but i think i have something pretty solid now,,,

I'm thinking each of the powered spirits were created by extremely violent and/or sudden deaths and then existed independently as cryptid-like creatures before being discovered and taken in by Boss demon.

Phrozyr (Neo) fell off an icy mountain. In life, she was a hiking guide for groups of people on the same mountain. As Phrozyr, she served the same function she did in life, keeping people on the right path and away from danger by scaring them away from the wrong path. Occasionally, she would make examples of brash hikers who broke the rules and went off-path (killing them), something she saw as necessary to protect others (as the deaths of these rule-breaking hikers would spread as cautionary tales that deterred people from hiking into dangerous terrain).

Three (Douglas) was a school janitor that either slipped and fell or got pushed down a flight of stairs. As a spirit, they mostly stayed undetectable and could only be seen wandering the halls after hours. Because of their fluid nature, i can imagine them slinking through pipes, faucets, and drains, possibly startling the people who caught a glimpse of them.

Romeo (Theo) died of heart failure in a hospital after an incident on stage put him in stress-induced cardiac arrest ((subject to change)). Romeo, using his reality-bending powers, entertained sick patients with performances as they approached death to give them a gentle ease into the afterlife (but because of the gentle and fun aspect of his shows, many of the patients' egos didn't actually persist into the spirit veil, as a spirit is only created in sudden or high-stress deaths).

I can imagine him being a good bed-side companion to patients that had otherwise been given up on by everyone else, like the very elderly or comatose.

Like,, imagine all the stories of dementia patients seeing monsters at the end of their hospital bed except this time its a funny little robot that does a dance.

And Jackie, of course, became "The Siren of the Bluff" after drowning in a lake. She was the most active and vengeful of the four, dragging victims into the depths of the water, and was responsible for many disappearances when she was most active. As is typical of sirens, she would lure men out into the lake with her song.

Also also, each of the powered spirits were lured away from their individual locations by the cabin (controlled by the crown and utilized by Boss demon). Jackie was the first one to reach the cabin, therefore the first one to reach the crown and become Zero.

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Some lore (Phrozyr, Zero, Boss demon, Romeo, Mars, Lorren, Alleric, Ben, Cookie, Leon, Eks)

Phrozyr has a very "it's their fault for sticking their nose where it doesn't belong!" kind of attitude towards targets that makes her a very competent killer.

Over time though, targets become less and less sinister. When tasked to kill ben and cookie, she does so reluctantly, and when tasked to kill Leon and Eks, she outright refuses (this is different from her characterization in the past, as she used to find an indiscriminate thrill in killing, but i wanted to connect her more to her human past).

Boss demon purposely expanded what was considered disruptive spirit behavior over time to a degree that encapsulated a lot more innocent people. Phrozyr, and all the powered spirits, ultimately refused to adapt to this. In response, Boss demon increased Zero's authority (using the demon council behind the scenes), and started assigning more targets solely for the purpose of collecting spirits to replenish Zero's power.

Whereas the powered spirits had somewhat agreed to their roles in the beginning, they were now completely restrained to their positions (and threatened with demon power when they stepped out of line).

This is also why it's alarming when Romeo discovers the other powered spirits (Mars, Lorren, Alleric), as he fears that they are going to replace them.