...and, when a
noble primal's son goes through the rite of passage that is to discern his future, sometimes it just so happens that the
spirits take a liking to him and appoint him as a sage.
Souls (also known as Spirits) are the speakers with the dead and the spirits, the walkers of the spirit pathways (in a different manner than the
Voices) and the consummate pranksters that keep megalomaniac
Fists in line by teaching them a lesson or two.
They also brew the booze, which is perhaps why a Soul can be sure she is a popular and prominent figure. Ancient pacts hold that they also handle all burials with the Hands, though the two factions are hardly in speaking terms with each other anymore.
(See primals.)