====== Collectives ======

**Collectives** are [[worldbuilding:divine_hierarchy|divine beings]] (or divinely-altered beings) who are given consciousness and are influenced by the "creative plane". 

The creative plane is a [[worldbuilding:planes|plane]] representing the energy field that [[worldbuilding:scraps|scraps]], etc. interact with.

===== Formation =====

A collective can be "willed" into existence by a sufficiently powerful being, a strong enough will to summon a consciousness from the creative plane from scratch will result in a collective taking form. This will causes high concentrations of energy to build at a point in the creative plane, creating a hole in the plane's barrier; the plane exploits this hole to generate a new consciousness.

The process of willing a consciousness to take form can also be applied to a living being, with mixed and unpredictable results.

Occasionally, a collective may form naturally in areas with high scrap energy, inhabiting bodies such as inanimate objects. These collectives tend to be incredibly short-lived.

The high god [[characters:wax|Wax]] also designed the game "[[worldbuilding:tiny_cat_people|Tiny Cat People]]" to generate collectives as players, using the game to teach these new collectives how being a god works. If a collective player wins a game of Tiny Cat People, the collective may join Morbit as a god.

===== Types of Collectives =====

Collectives are usually one of two types:

  * Type A collectives, also known as Intracollectives. Type A collectives draw consciousness directly from the creative plane and often manifest as multiple voices or beings occupying a single body.
  * Type B collectives, also known as Extracollectives. Type B collectives are influenced by the creative plane; they may present themselves as a being in communication with multiple voices outside of the body.

Not all collectives neatly fit into these two types; for example, if a collective severs their connection to the creative plane, they may become a new type of collective with different behavior.

===== Examples of Collectives =====

==== Type A ====
  * [[characters:void|Void]]

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