



The shadow-kissed can eventually go mad if they constantly take the darkness from the spirit user they're bonded with (as is the case with St. When the spirit user uses spirit, the negative effects from that build up in the spirit user and are then pushed onto the shadow-kissed or, in some situations, even pulled into the shadow-kissed by the shadow-kissed to save the spirit user from doing bad things to themselves or someone else. They can be freed from the spirit bond if they are hurt in a life-threatening way and survive with no spirit-induced healing at all. If the shadow-kissed person kills, they are plagued with ghosts from the other world constantly, unless the person places a mental barrier around themselves or is inside a ward. The person's soul is forever branded by the land of the dead. When the person dies, if a spirit user heals them to full health right after, it pulls their soul back from the Land of the Dead. 5.6 Jillian Mastrano Dragomir to Adrian Ivashkov.5.1 Rosemarie Hathaway to Vasilisa Dragomir.
