Genius Loci: Difference between revisions

** The other genii locorum are secondary systems that have lost communication with the crypt and library, and are significantly less smart-exhibiting an obnoxious tendency to be in charge of sensitive areas, where they try (and often succeed) to kill workers sent by the library to repair those areas. Although the library/crypt and the chapel are ''relatively'' significantly saner than the rest of the Castle, they're [[Heroic Sociopath|quite kill-happy]]; when Agatha stops the crypt killing a man who believes the Heterodynes to be extinct, it poutingly cries (through Carson, the old seneschal), "Fine! Maybe I just won't kill anyone at all!" Oh, and when she asks the Chapel to have the Torchmen keep her enemies out of Mechanicsburg airspace, it gleefully interprets this as permission to hassle ''Castle Wulfenbach,'' of all things. Good times forever.

*** ''Of course'' it's kill-happy. It was given its mind by old Faustus Heterdyne, who was apparently one of the ''[[Mad Scientist|madder]]'' Heterodynes, which is like saying that a particular inmate is one of the crazier people in the asylum.

** Also, played with in Black Mage. Nexus points are locations along the faultlines of reality which contain great raw energy and destructive force, but Black Mage is in the rather unique position of being the manifestation of a nexus point, so he's actually more like a [[Genius Loci]] unto himself. He's closer to an [[Eldritch Abomination]] than to human, and when he finally loses his [[Restraining Bolt|physical form]] he gets exponentially more powerful. [[Omnicidal Maniac|Unfortunately for the universe]] <ref> When this ''includes'' the legions of hell, that's really not a good sign</ref>.

* In ''[[Earthsong]]'' all of the planets have spirits, and can sometimes manifest in humanoid, ghostly forms. Many of the planets are said to be "asleep" and rarely venture in their spirit form, but the eponymous planet is an active part of the story.