Bestiary

If a Gaffling’s purview increases in strength, like a sapling growing into a massive oak or the ‘adopted’ weapon of a war-spirit being used in battle after battle, the spirit itself can grow. As spirits grow in strength and power they become more aware. Eventually, if they cross a particular threshold, the spirit develops into a Jaggling. They can also earn ‘promotions’ from more powerful spirits and take on greater roles in the world. The oak spirit is empowered to represent the forest; the war-spirit takes a military unit or base under its wing.

If Gafflings are the clever animals of the spiritual world, Jagglings are the people. Once a spirit has progressed be­ yond the Gaffling level, they are no longer an appendage of their superiors but have usually achieved sentience in the way humanity would think of it. Jagglings have thoughts and personalities and agendas all their own. While they typically serve Incarnae, Jagglings’ goals don’t always have to align with those of their master.

Jagglings feed much like Gafflings do, although they are more likely to reap the benefits of service and worship

than replenishing themselves through Slumber. They tend to be more actively involved in spiritual affairs, primarily due to their awareness and self-determination, and because of their greater strength their purview grows in scope as well. A forest is a more important part of nature than an individual tree. A military unit will see more action than any individual rifle.

Because Jagglings encompass such a broad range of spiritual strength, from something on the power level of a Stormcrow to the sheer might of the Nexus Crawlers or a caern totem, a Jaggling has a lot of room to grow without ascending to a higher rank. Few ever achieve that higher degree of enlightenment and fewer still accomplish it without help. The transition from Jaggling to Incarna is almost always a promotion by another Incarna on the rare occasions it happens at all.