[lore] [concept] A Home for a Spirit (Patreon)
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Actually, a house alarm.
Tiny tables that bear Calligraphy etching, "remembers" one's voice - and if someone, say, opens a door without "greeting" the small statue inside - it starts to whistle, alerting anyone around.
A bit expensive thing, due to Calligraphy is never cheap or easy to apply, but pretty popular. Can vary from simple statues on metal padding that "listens" to vibrations - to beautiful and intricate works of art.
Thus, can be either visible as a decore - or hidden really well somewhere under the ceiling, above the door.
"...There is no such thing as religion among Yaraga - they do not believe, they desire to know and prove.
But they love tales.
What they call spirits or ghosts, or whatever else might go along this line - is always something that has a place in reality, be it twisted by perception or told in words just as is. Yet Yaraga eagerly took ideas from Arzuli fairy-tales - of spirits, of ghosts...
And what once had no name and strict shape - is now seen as a symbol of safety among the living.
A tiny warden spirit, watching over thy doorsteps..."