Morimorata

In the early springtime and late fall, when the dank mists of winter still curl around the tombs and headstones of the dead, it is said that strange, pale women in flowing gowns and winsome men in brocaded coats can be seen in the gloaming just before dawn and just after dusk. In the twilight hours, gliding silently across both grass and stone, come the morimorata or spirit lovers to seek the warmth of the living to fill the cold of their souls. Those who have encountered them report these spirits to be gentle and sad, without the anger of other ghosts and bent on tasks left behind from their previous lives rather than seeking vengence upon the living.

The truth of the morimorata is more than the superstitious understand. Not unquiet spirits, they are in fact members of the Great Fairy Court, a specific subsect of fae who travel between places of death and sadness in the mortal realms then retreat to the Sunless Realms before night fully falls or day fully rises. Occasionally, they will take lovers of the mortal races, seeking those whose exquisite and deep sadness can feed their own bleak souls.

Notable Morimorata

Some morimorata are known to sages and adventurers. One such creature is the spirit maiden who refers to herself as Lydia Ravenhair. Short and curvaceous with skin the color of ivory and a sweep of jet black hair, Lydia is accounted as a noble amongst the deathly fae. She has seen much, spoken to many and has plumbed the well of desire and grief many times over. She is occasionally seen with one of the great fairy treasures, the Mirror of Unborn Tomorrows. It is said that looking into this dark glass mirror will show someone their future but looking seals that fate forever, dooming the onlooker to whatever they behold.