Spectral Realm

The Spectral Relam is a realm or plane of existence where the spirits of the deceased go to when their existence in the Material Plane has ended. The Spectral realm looks very different from the Material Realm as structures and landscapes become distorted to unnatural proportions for example sometimes a pillar will grow shorter or taller in the Spectral Plane.

The Spectral Realm exists alongside the Material Realm and is inhabited by an Array of Creatures including

The Sluagh a species of Soul devouring creatures whom the Elder God refer's to as parasites and scavengers, The Elder God also accused the Sluagh of stealing people's destinies but this was likely used by him to get Raziel to hate and kill the Sluagh without Question.

Wraith's are also Soul Devourer's and come in different varieties for Example Raziel is a Wraith but their are also other Wraiths under the employ of the Elder God too who have become mindless devourers of Souls.

Vampire Wraiths are the disembodied souls of Vampire's whose soul's have remained too Long in the Spirit World and their Feeding methods have adjusted to the new plane allowing them to feed on the Spiritual energy and Souls of other's. They can also inhabit the Material realm by repossesing their older bodies when the weapon that impaled them is removed.

Souls inhabit this realm after their physical bodies have been destroyed and are seen usually drifting around, In Soul Reaver series they appeared as orbs but in Defiance they appeared like their host speices but without legs for example human souls were blue and appeared without their legs hovering around whilst Hylden souls were green and had wings on them.

The Elder God inhabits both the Spectral and Material Realms and is thus unable to be harmed by Physical or Spirtual Weapons alone but is powerful enough to attack in both realms as seen in Defiance where small tentacles would emerge to attack Raziel and when he Pulled the Spirit Forge deeper and Deeper into the Ground.

Travel between the Material and Spectral Planes was difficult but could be achieved by two methods a Planar Portal used by Raziel and given access to by the Elder God or by Corpse Possession/Spirtual Projection where a Spirit casts it's Spiritual body into a deceased or in the case of some Hylden Living body and makes it their own and can reshape it to their needs or desired look.