Lore Fragment - Earth Spirits

Earth Spirits of Midgard are creatures of the restless earth and are a distant kin to the Jotun. While not as powerful as spirits of the elder realms they are still feared for their great strength and relentless pursuit of "trespassers" within the hallowed places of the earth. Above ground their have mostly been pacified, however these restless elemental still can be found in numbers within the deep earth.

They are able to pass through stone and possess great strength and resilience to physical damage. Mundane blades bounce harmlessly from their rocky hides and arrows are turned in the same way. To take form each spirit claims a precious stone to form its core and the most effective way of defeating them is to destroy that stone or remove it from the body. (The latter will effectively trap the spirit within the heart-stone, a common source of power for elemental practitioners) .

These creatures should not be mistaken for stone golems, which are constructed by humans and other races as (mostly) mindless slaves. Although the use of a heart-stone in the construction is often a cause for confusion.