Ordo Velum Mundi · Historical Archives Division
The Codex
The world has rules. The supernatural operates according to documented principles: belief-based power systems, Progenitor lineages, the seven societies, and the mechanisms the Velum Institute has spent seven hundred years mapping.
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Tradition: Korean (2)
Gumiho
The Gumiho is a fox spirit that has lived for a thousand years, acquiring supernatural power, intelligence, and spiritual capacity far exceeding any natural animal. In Korean tradition, the Gumiho exists on a threshold: capable of ascending to human or divine status through continued cultivation and moral development, but also capable of remaining in a...
Imugi
The Imugi is a great serpent: a supernatural being of considerable size and spiritual power engaged for centuries in the process that may eventually produce ascension to Yong status. The Imugi is not a predatory entity. It is a being in the middle of a transformative process that may take thousands of years, waiting for the specific act or moment that will complete its ascension.