Apparition

Apparitiones are of roughly equal caste to Shades, above Doppelgangers, but below Nephwracks in the hierarchy of Oblivion. Doppelgangers and Mortwights whose Corpus has begun to show the loving touch of Oblivion, Apparitions are a resting phase between the lesser castes and those who truly embraced by Oblivion.

Nature
Still anchored to the Shadowlands and protected from the touch of dissolution by their Fetters, Apparitions are the acolytes and mendicant monks of the Oblivion cults. Some Apparitions complete their instruction and conclude their apprenticeship to Oblivion quickly with a few carefully arranged arsons and a murder or three. Others persist for years, even decades, walking the Shadowlands as missionaries and directing Oblivion cults among the Quick. A majority serve out their terms in the Labyrinth humbly, waiting out the decay of their Fetters and serving as menials in the temples of the Onceborn. Some lead units of Spectres into battle, while others act as monks or lesser figures in the administration and actual rituals of worship.

Appearence
Apparitions appear much like what one would expect, being somewhere between Doppelganger or Mortwight and Nephwrack in character. The Corpus of an Apparition displays the characteristic lesions, tumors, and flaking or shingled patches of Nephwracks, but to a lesser extent. The effect is usually patchy, growing progressively more complete as the Apparition's Fetters slip away. The death wounds of those who were Mortwights gradually slow their bleeding until it's more than a seeping of contaminated plasm, while the eyes of those who were Doppelgangers lose their characteristic black radiance.