Daemons

That's spelled incorrectly, but I can't get the ae thing to work on this thing. Oh well.

Daemons are, in Lyra's world (Will is from ours), a part of people with it's own will that has the form of an animal. They can shapeshift till you're an adult, but then they settle into one form. They also can't leave you or be very far away from you with out immense pain (this is not true for witches). They are in all beings from every world, and are just visable in this one. They are kind of like your third part, body, mind and soul- they would be the soul. Most of the time they have names given to them by their human. Lyra's is called Pantalaimon, but most of them have more common names like Roger or Tom.

Will gets one that he can see after they leave the world of the dead, since Daemons cannot go there and And Lyra's and His soul are left behind. Upon coming back, he shows up in cat form with out a name.

What would I name my Daemon if I had one? Hmmmm. Something unusual for sure, but what? Oh wait, how about Flynn, or maybe Artylivra. And once he settled (they are always the opposite gender of the person), he could be a falcon or a big, pointy-eared cat of some sort.
Totally awesome.

Having your soul walk around with you would be awesome, because you'd you know what you were really like. This is one part of the book that would be fun to really exist (as all the other parts are life-threatening).

Ciao,

Carli