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Names: Unknown. Nobody knows if this figure even possesses an actual identity.Titles: The Shackled Man, The Specter in Chains,Sex/Gender: MaleAppearance: The most common portrayal of the ghost is a corpse-like figure. The hands are usually bound by something, such as chains or leather straps. The face is covered by some type of helm or mask, with the eyeholes glowing the glowing in orange circuit. The feet bare shackles on them, seeming to be coated in rust. The being as a whole glows in some shade of green.Appearance Variations:One version portrays him in a straight-jacket, with spidery limbs sprouting from his back. Another views him as a cloaked figure, wearing a gasmask and shackles on his wrists, both of them ending in broken chains. One depicts him with a pipe on his back, with a stove's door over the abdomen.Patronage:Nothing. Many believe it to be a ghost haunting an old battlefield from a long-forgotten war.Powers and Abilities: Well, it's intangible for one thing. Sometimes it's portrayed as levitating, other times producing a scream that would "puncture one's eardrums". It has also been documented possessing machinery.Worship Status: N/A. It's never been worshiped.</li>Worship Practices: Again, N/A</li>Origins: The legend originated from Mantle.</li>Current Places of Worship:</li>Legend(s): The backstory varies between this wraith. Some say that it was an engineer of great intellect, others a mad king. Whatever the case, it has been said to be haunting the Mantle and the continent it resides on for centuries. Many stories say that it would possess machinery and turn it against its owners, though the end results often vary.</li>Impact on Remnant: A number of soldiers claimed to have seen it during the Great War (though many shrug it off as post-traumatic stress disorder). A number of folk believe it to be the work of a crafty Dust user, or a group of tricksters combining their Semblances to pull it off. However (within a possible storyline or slight AU of mine), some have reported seeing Atlesian Knights during the Grimm/White Fang assault on Vale acting in odd manners. While most of the rampaging ones had a red glow, a number of them shambled around with a green one. One was even caught on broadcast during the attack, and turned its head towards the cameraman (likely Mercury). When its gaze met everyone's, the recording became distorted with what seemed to be static. A single sentence appeared in that instant; "The Shackles are off..." It faded away as quickly as it appeared, however, and and the robot resumed its attack. Still, it was enough to unsettle a number of folk across the globe (maybe even the recorder himself).</li>Notes: Just something I put together recently. Figured that since Souls existed on Remnant, there'd likely be tales of wraiths scattered about.</li></ul>