Shards

Shards are theorized to make up a persons inner and emotional world and by extent, their personality. Every shard is a culmination of one emotion; for example, the joy shard of a person holds all of their happiness, including happy memories or positive thinking.

Ideally, one's shards are in balance. Under certain circumstances, such as a big change in a persons life, whether positive or negative, can lead to an imbalance. This can have a wide range of effects on one's psyche, from mild unease to complex mental health issues.

Shards contain a vast amount of energy, and can linger long after a persons death, being the cause of many ghost sightings and myths. In some cases, the shards even retained some of the original personality. When a person leaves positive shards behind, these might be percieved as benevolent ghosts of ancestors, family members or friends, while negative shards are often the cause for "poltergeist" or evil spirit phenomena.

In ancient times there where civilisations which had a close connection to the Shards, to the point where many people would willingly give their shards as an energy source after death. Certain conspiracy theories speak of a civilisation more technologically advanced than our modern society, but if it ever existed, all records of it were purged from history.