Spirits of Eternal War

These spirits have been around since man first conceived of the idea of large scale warfare. Far more than simply picking up a rock and killing their neighbor or even small raids against a nearby village, these spirits embody the purpose, direction, and discipline of organized warfare.

These spirits normally just embodies key individuals during times of large scale fighting. Once the fighting has been concluded the spirit simply moves on to someone else. While under the influence of the spirit, the person exercises command of the battle in ways that a normal human could never comprehend. Their orders will be followed, their knowledge of their battlefield is uncanny, and their plans inspirational.

While this spirit is “attached” to a mortal soul it feeds off of the confusion, chaos, and violence of the war. It does this by using its mortal as a lens through which the emotions of the battle is focused. This is very hard on the body and very few can survive it for more than a year or two. It is said that when a spirit is with you that you age five (5) years for every year at war.

See Also: Death Heads

In October 1940 a secret cabal of sorcerers that worked with the Völkisch movement approached Hitler and proposed to create the perfect German Soldier. The first volunteer was nationalist firebrand Colonel Maurus vonStigler. The spell was successful and a Spirit of Eternal War was merged with his own. For the duration of the war he recruited several other nationalist heroes to the Death Heads. While they did not manage to turn the tide of the war's outcome - they survived the results of Hitler's downfall.