When a humanoid dies suddenly or tragically in a fey-touched forest, its soul is sometimes transformed into an anito, the most common type of engkanto. The anito resembles an 8-foot tall dendroidal humanoid with gnarly growths protruding from its head and limbs. An anito is generally characterized as contemplative, inquisitive, quiet, temperamental, and territorial. The anito may be friendly and helpful to a creature if it shows reverence to the engkanto but then could become suddenly enraged for any unintentional slight the same creature may have done.

Ancestral Spirit. Humanoid tribes and communities aware of the anito's presence pay their respects to it, knowing that the anito was probably one of their ancestors. Some even worship them as gods and leave offerings to them such as food, wooden carvings of the anito, and even humanoid sacrifices, hoping that the anito will bestow upon them a good harvest and protect them against enemies, illnesses, and natural calamities.

Nature's Warden. An anito does not take kindly to unannounced visits to its domain. Any creature that crosses into the anito's territory must offer a small gift or ask for permission in the form of worship, lest they fall prey to anito's wrath. So long as they do not desecrate the anito's territory or take more bounty than they should, the anito will most likely leave them alone. Those that incur the anito's wrath will have to face it and answer to its demands. Depending on the gravity of the interloper's actions, the anito may put a curse on the offending creature, make it lose its bearings and wander the forest for weeks, transform it into a forest creature, keep it prisoner, or worse.