Wisps are minor spirits of the dead that seep up from burial sites.

Wisps form from the emotional and spiritual “stains” left by death. Think of them as the metaphysical equivalent of a bloodstain or scorch mark—not the person themselves, but what they left behind. The more traumatic or emotionally charged the death, the stronger the residue. Mass graves, battlefields, murder sites, or places where bodies were buried improperly can be particularly dense with wisps.