The Carriers

Based at the bridge between The Other Place and The Here, THE CARRIERS are bird-gods who ferry the souls of various beings between the two. If you look closely, you can see spirits trying to pass on the walls of the bridge, flickering and bumping into each other. Only when the sun reaches a certain point to form a perfect triangle on the wall (their favourite shape, like magpies like silver, Carriers like triangles) will souls be allowed to pass.

Once they have carried fresh spirits to The Other Place, they collect souls to bring back. They redistribute them in The Here as the souls of all material things in this world (people, animals, plants, rocks, toys, crisp packets...) dropping them onto any vacant object. It’s down to chance as to which object will be dropped upon; The Carriers deliver fate, not decide it. These dropped souls are known as ‘Culver Drops’

The Carriers share the bridge with NIKOLA, the guardian of the bridge. Nikola is very attached to the bird-gods, who he considers his most sincere friends and cares for them if they are sick or wounded. He brings them coconuts as gifts for their hard work distributing spirits to all the material objects.