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'''Vampire Rituals'''

'''by Setrivi'''

'''-Taint Ritual-'''

Four Elder Vampires 
casts out a web of 
darkness over a city, 
bringing down a light 
'mist' of taint over the 
city. Thieves get a little 
nastier, thugs a bit more 
violent. A drunk husband 
is inclined a bit more to 
hit his wife. While the 
results stack, no single 
outcome is particularly 
amazing. However, the 
most important part of 
this, is the taint that 
strikes the population. 

Virtues require places of 
power with a pure, clean, 
emphasis upon them. Once 
this curse is laid over 
the city, these places are 
defiled. While not so 
defiled as to bar the 
population from using 
them, they were filthy 
enough to make the act 
of drawing energy from 
them more difficult. 

To enact this ritual, four 
canopic jars are set 
within the city. Each jar 
must hold the heart of 
someone pure - a child, a 
priest that actually cared 
for his flock, etc. Each 
jar is set at a cardinal 
direction, and they form 
the four points of the 
circle which acts as the 
boundary for this spell.
 
Once the spell is enacted, 
the jars can be moved 
without ruining the spell. 
However, if they are 
destroyed, the taint lifts 
from the affected area 
within hours.

Note: The ritual can not 
be cast past midnight and 
requires each vampire to 
drain a cup of his or her 
blood to feed the magical 
energies needed for this 
spell.




'''-Dark Scarab-'''

The Scarab is carved out 
of some fine substance, 
by an Elder Vampire, and 
then imbued with his own 
power. As the Scarab 
focuses the taint of 
oblivion, the small 
beetle-like figurine begins 
to pulse with dark 
energy. It does not harm 
the follower that created 
it, nor anyone else that 
simply casually touches it. 
However, once placed upon 
a body, it becomes part 
of that body, melting into 
it. Once within that body, 
any healing attempted 
upon the body is negated 
by the Scarab, and some 
of its energy abated. 
With time, the Scarab 
loses its potency, and the 
body can resume being 
healed. While part of a 
body, this scarab will 
follow whatever state 
that body is in.

Note: This ritual will 
negate external 
cures to a limited 
extent.It requires a 
considerable expenditure 
of blood from the 
Vampire to make the 
object work. Spirit 
Speaking is a helpful way 
to activate the object, 
using this will lower the 
amount of blood needed 
to run this ritual as 
corrupted spiritual 
energies occupy the 
Scarab. 

[[Category:Dark Lore]]