Spirit (animal)
Spirits — most often the souls of the departed — can be found in practically every place on Aeras that has had a history of human habitation, though they tend to persist only in abandoned locations. Although frightening to see, most spirits are neither malevolent nor powerful enough to affect the material world in any meaningful way.
Practically every village worth its salt has at least one local haunting, though it might take time to separate the truth from mere fanciful tales. Aeras' history is long and colorful, and places with a storied past are not unlikely to have the spirit of an ancient warrior, Magi or ruler from an age long gone still lingering in the waking world on account of some long forgotten, unsettled debt or grudge.
We have tracked rumors and Magical traces of this spirit to a ruin completely reclaimed by nature. Of course, most haunts are not active during daytime, so we have some time to prepare for the encounter until the Sun sets.