Past Victims

Rattling chains and a plaintive howl are the first signs you'll get when a wraith is drawing near. And second will be glowing lights swinging in the darkness and fog. And by that point, you're a fool for not having already run away.

Wraiths come out only in dark places and are violently repulsed by sunlight. That being said, it seems to be their only weakness. They float through fog and night, skulls hanging from their chains; skulls considered to be those of the people they dragged off into the night. Ghostly light seeps from the skulls' sockets, rumoured to be the trapped souls of their victims.

You'll know that you're in a region haunted by wraiths when you see icons of the sun drawn on doors or hanging from windows. They're charms said to ward away the ghastly creatures.

Where do wraiths come from? The stories vary from place to place. Some are just legends made up by old folks trying to scare their grandchildren.

The most widely-held beliefs about the origins of wraiths are as insubstantial as the wraiths themselves.
Some say they are summoned by necromancers and evil witches to kidnap children. Wraiths are also said to appear in or around a town that's consumed by hatred, or one that is hiding a terrible secret. Others claim that when a person is punished for another's wrongdoing, the guilty party is doomed to become a wraith upon death.