LAURALAE
spectral & reptilia souls
Lauralae is a D&D adjacent original character. She arrived in August of 2025 and was given a Spectral Soul. As of January 2026, she has a second Reptilia soul, bought as an activity reward.
SPECTRAL SOUL
Lauralae's spectral soul takes the form of a Revenant, a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been resurrected to haunt the living. Taking inspiration from folklore, the Natural Soul housed inside Lauralae is a vengeful, possessive creature, filled with dark desires and wants, at constant odds with her. What she lacks in physical strengh she makes up for in monstrous, magical powers.
Fully shifted, Lauralae appears as a pale, walking corpse, with blackened limbs, sharp claws and teeth that are too large and sharp for her mouth. With an otherworldly, eerie glow, her eyes are the most immediate and noticable thing, and her craving for flesh and blood is difficult to control.
CONTENT WARNING: Lauralae's soul comes with warnings for cannibalism, blood drinking, serious vengeful thoughts and actions and a host of violence. Please feel free to opt-out of references to it here.
Fully shifted, Lauralae appears as a pale, walking corpse, with blackened limbs, sharp claws and teeth that are too large and sharp for her mouth. With an otherworldly, eerie glow, her eyes are the most immediate and noticable thing, and her craving for flesh and blood is difficult to control.
CONTENT WARNING: Lauralae's soul comes with warnings for cannibalism, blood drinking, serious vengeful thoughts and actions and a host of violence. Please feel free to opt-out of references to it here.
SPECTRAL CHANGES:
AUGUST:
SEPTEMBER:Sharpened nails, into the shape of claws. Beginning desire for human blood and flesh. Discomfort in sunlight.
OCTOBER:Strength at night. Change in eyes: red iris, and black sclera. Significant pain in limbs (especially hands).
NOVEMBER:Sharp incisors, animalistic and vampiric. Intense feelings (vengeful, possessive, resentment). Animal transformation (wolf)
DECEMBER:Further difficulty in sunlight, more nocturnal. Paralysing Glare (Revenant). Weak glamours.
Full death. No pulse. Significant cannibalistic urges at night. Otherworldly aura (fear and intimidation). Possession and wildlife control.
REPTILIA SOUL
Lauralae's reptilia soul is based upon the red-bellied black snake, a venomous snake with glossy black scales and red underbelly scaling. A non-agressive reptile, the red-bellied snake defends itself where necessary, and has a venom that causes pain, swelling, bleeding and necrosis, sometimes affected by a loss of sense of smell.
Her reptilia soul lends itself to a more monstrous change in her full transformation, adding to the spectral that already exists. Her cursed skin grows violent red scales, her fangs are slick with venom, and she hisses at anyone she does not recognise. She will remain still until finding the perfect moment to strike.
Her reptilia soul lends itself to a more monstrous change in her full transformation, adding to the spectral that already exists. Her cursed skin grows violent red scales, her fangs are slick with venom, and she hisses at anyone she does not recognise. She will remain still until finding the perfect moment to strike.
REPTILIA CHANGES:
JANUARY:
FEBRUARY:Scales along her cursed skin and neck/collarbones. Forked tongue and venomous fangs. Spring breeding season.
MARCH:Slit pupils. Ectothermic metabolism. Improved senses (vomeronasal organ).
APRIL:Swallowing without choking; one large meal. Lizard brain prioritisation. Territorial (around the farm and of people).
Camouflage. Poisonus blood. Holding breath for extended time.
NEW ABILITIES
Wound Regeneration
Lauralae is capable of wound regeneration at night, stronger if she has recently "indulged" in human nutrition. Fire and Light wounds do not regenerate.Ophidian Immortality
Beyond shedding skin or regrowing a bit of a lost tail, some Reptilian-types can regenerate far more than that, to the point of restoring entire limbs, or otherwise surviving damage that would kill another type.Poison Resistance
Reptilian-types show a remarkable immunity to most poisons, and can choose to share this ability with others, healing those struck by venom or plague.Paralysing Glare
When glaring at night, Lauralae may be able to paralyze someone. When the paralysis ends, the target may be frightened of her.Animal Transformation
Lauralae can become a wolf as a side effect of her Spectral soul. Spectral-types find themselves inclined to use this animal to travel distances in the nighttime.Otherworldly aura
When utilized, looking onto a Reptilian's face can render others frozen in fear, or even turn the unfortunate to stone. This stony effect is not permanent, and will fade within minutes to hours, and can be resisted somewhat by anyone with a strong will (or if the Reptilian in question is just not that imposing). Golem-types are completely immune to it, and Spectral-types have a better than normal chance to resist any effect.Grotesque Presence
Without trying, Spectral-types exude a presence that can't help but influence others. Often, this is in the direction of fear, but with practice they can inflict other emotions as well. Upon initiating an encounter, Spectral-types often leave their conversation partners startled, daunted, intimidated, or panicked. If deliberately trying to scare someone, a Spectral-type can cause others to totally freeze in fear, unable to run, retaliate, speak, or scream.Glamours
Spectral-types can cast a glamour that tricks the eye of others into perceiving an illusion. They can cast this illusion upon themselves, others, or even objects, and can make them look like just about anything they can dream up. This can only be disrupted if a person not only reaches for something that is glamoured, but finds that its texture does not match what the eye is perceiving. The illusion may be slightly transparent in direct sunlight, but fully convincing in shadow, indoors, or in the dark.
VISUAL INSPIRATION