Whyever couldn't it be both? They were useful! Cultural! And enjoyable to mess around with, besides. I'm sure something non-magical could be put together... But it's just not the same. Nobody to delay or capture...

[The wraiths seem too insubstantial for anything just technological, and he doesn't currently have any reason to prank any of the others like that. Maybe eventually...?

It's also too bad that this space of comfort and safety is entirely too far from the better puzzles along the road to be able to show off - if he tried leading them out over there, probably they'd walk right back into the storm. But for all most of them really were bad, he remains pleased with the time he made one look like himself.]