Ghost
The spirits of the deceased, who become attached to the vestigium of a certain area and can live off vestigia or magic.[1] For a place to be haunted by a ghost it generally needs to be older than 30 years, so the level of vestigia is high enough. For a place to have a poltergeist it needs to be older than that.[2]
Peter Grant encountered the ghost of a graffiti artist (Macky) in a train tunnel. Macky had died, being hit by a train.[3]
Revenant
An avenging spirit or ghost who returns from the dead for revenge. A “ghost vampire” who lives off the magical force of others.[4]
Troll
Trolls usually want to live on riverbanks, preferably on places overshadowed by stone or brick.[5] For instance Nathaniel, a troll who acts as a police informant, lives under the arches of Richmond Bridge, having moved there from Hungerford Bridge.[6]
Vampire
They are anti-life, or Tactus disvitae. Vampires feed off the magic potential, including the vestigia, of their surroundings and of living creatures.[7]
Jazz vampire
As other vampires, jazz vampires lives of energy. In this case the energy comes from jazz musicians.[8]
Genius loci
A Genius loci is the spirit of a certain place.[9]
River Spirit
Genius loci of a river.[10]
Canal Spirit
These differs from River Spirits according to Tyburn and Fleet.[11]
Leshy
He of the Forest. Genius loci of a forest.[12]
Fae
A fae is a collective term, almost like foreigner or barbarian.[13]
Unicorn
Zachary Palmer claimed to have seen a unicorn in Epping Forest once, as a child. Peter Grant was not sure if it was true or not.[14] Nicole Lacey had an invisible friend, Princess Luna, who was some kind of unicorn.[15]
Possibly magical creatures
Fox
While investigating the railway tunnels under a school Abigail met a talking fox, who told her to tell her friends "they're on the wrong side of the river".[16] At the Spring Court Abigail was cornered by a white man, called Reynard (the French word for fox is renard), who was wearing a red hunting jacket, camouflage trousers, Dr Martens boots and a t-shirt with an anti-foxhunting print. He was short, had a triangular face, sharp white teeth, rust-coloured hair and hazel eyes flecked with gold.[17]
Two foxes talked to Abigail at the marshalling yard near Wembley Park, deliberately allowing themselves to be overheard by Peter.[18] Either they are very well travelled or another pair of similar foxes (Denzil?, Henrietta?) live in Herefordshire,[19] where they have talked with Dominic Croft.[20]
Mermaid
When Peter Grant first encountered a Genius loci, he asked Nightingale if it was a mermaid. His response: "That wasn't a mermaid", made Peter say: "So there are such things as mermaids". To this Nightingale only answered: "Focus, Peter, one thing at a time".[21]
References
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ A Rare Book of Cunning Device
- ↑ Whispers Under Ground
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ Whispers Under Ground
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ Moon over Soho
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ Rivers of London
- ↑ King of the Rats
- ↑ Night Witch #1
- ↑ Whispers Under Ground
- ↑ Whispers Under Ground
- ↑ Foxglove Summer
- ↑ Whispers Under Ground
- ↑ Broken Homes
- ↑ The Furthest Station
- ↑ Tales from the Borderlands - High and Dry, in Detective Stories #1
- ↑ Tales from the Borderlands - Legal Sabotage, in Black Mould #5
- ↑ Rivers of London