| A [[folkmore]], pronounced "foke-more-ay", is an ability awakened by a living folk hero, or sometimes villain, based on what the public believes that individual to be capable of. Folkmores, like bloodpacts, may be passed down from parent to child, but do not require the death of the originator. Furthermore, folkmores are present in the child from birth if the parent desires the child to be born with the same ability. Folkmores might also be passed down from parent to child years after birth through physical contact (similar to bloodpacts for those with nature spirit blood, but again not requiring the death of the parent). Folkmores may be strengthened in successive generations if they are also bloodpacts, and they may be strengthened further by other factors which increase the significance of the folkmore to the individual using it. Folkmores are usually not consciously used, they are instead used unknowingly or unintentionally by the user. A folkmore may not always be beneficial to the recipient. For example if someone is believed by enough people to burn when exposed to sunlight due to the observed habits of that individual, they may unwillingly gain that weakness to sunlight. Weaknesses of this type may or may not be passed down to the child depending on the will of the parent at that child's birth. | A [[folkmore]], pronounced "foke-moar", is an ability awakened by a living folk hero, or sometimes villain, based on what the public believes that individual to be capable of. Folkmores, like bloodpacts, may be passed down from parent to child, but do not require the death of the originator. Furthermore, folkmores are present in the child from birth if the parent desires the child to be born with the same ability. Folkmores might also be passed down from parent to child years after birth through physical contact (similar to bloodpacts for those with nature spirit blood, but again not requiring the death of the parent). Folkmores may be strengthened in successive generations if they are also bloodpacts, and they may be strengthened further by other factors which increase the significance of the folkmore to the individual using it. Folkmores are usually not consciously used, they are instead used unknowingly or unintentionally by the user. A folkmore may not always be beneficial to the recipient. For example if someone is believed by enough people to burn when exposed to sunlight due to the observed habits of that individual, they may unwillingly gain that weakness to sunlight. Weaknesses of this type may or may not be passed down to the child depending on the will of the parent at that child's birth. |
