Magath

Magath are spirits that are formed by the paradoxical hybridization of two (or very rarely more) spirits from entirely different choirs. The magath's actions become unpredictable and often destructive as it attempts to embody multiple paradoxical natures simultaneously. In many cases, magath are driven mad and flee across the Gauntlet, possessing appropriate hosts as Spirit-Ridden.

Magath are most often formed when one spirit devours a spirit with a radically different nature, and in so doing, adopts its fundamental nature. Note that merely consuming a spirit from another choir is enough to alter a spirit's nature; the nature of the concepts embodied by both spirits would have to be alien to one another to form a magath. Thus, a wolf-spirit that devoured a fear-spirit would likely become more powerful in its frightful aspect, but a car-spirit that consumed the essence of a holly-spirit might well become a magath. Barring extreme circumstances, merely associating with spirits of another choir is not enough to alter a spirit's fundamental nature.

Magath that are not insane or otherwise harmful to the spirit world are quite rare, but do exist. Even so, the most benevolent or innocuous magath are anathema to the Forsaken in general and to the Bone Shadows in particular.