Pass Of Seasons
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Title: Pass of Seasons
Author: S'real Minion
The Pass of the Seasons
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A black book with the Symbol of Chaos in the center of a pentagram on cover.
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The Second Circle of Rituals within the great Kabala Arcana Necronus resides ritual 'Pass of the Seasons." One of many rites that were lost with the fall of the Golden Age of Stygia.
And so, with the blessing of my lord Anton Veneficus, shall the ritual be reincarnated within these texts.
History:
The only recorded history of the great Ritual speaks briefly of the concept. As I have taken these words, adpated with my knowledge, and studied tangent Rituals I have been able to complete this rite.
Recovered from the ruins of the Dark Tower, before it's rebirth were torn pages of the first carnation of the Ritual. It read: "Whenever a season changes, all members of the Ebon Skull will offer sacrifices to the Deity corresponding to that seasons. The priests will place gifts in an alter in the Shrine of Chaos." Apparent as this is only a summary it provides enough information to adapt the Ritual from its origin.
Ingredients:
After hours of study and discouragment I finally come to a conclusion for the required necessities of the ritual.
All members of the Ebon Skull within the realm must be attending. It will be held at the Shrine of Chaos on the turn of the day on ever season. Each member must have at mimimum of one one gift to offer to the Deities.
The ritual will need precisely four priestss, representing each season present. They will place the gifts within the Shrine of Chaos.
Reagents:
Blackmoor
Deadwood
Fertile Dirt
Vial of Blood
Ah... indeed the reagents. The components vital in which brings the very lifeness of magic. Thus, have I sutdied theis one a great deal. Many weeks pondering in my studies of the precise reagents needed for this Ritual. I have worked with every reagent alchemically and logically. Many tests and view points from tangent Rituals did I finally conclude this section. I chose the selected Reagents above for only they seemed compatiable.
All in which were reagents of the past. Before the fall of Stygia as the Golden Age once thrived, lived dedicated necromancers.
All used only but their modern day reagents to perform thier Rituals, and this Ritual still beholds energy from it's origin in the Golden Age. Thus, the only compatiable reagents for this Ritual are they apparently the exact ones they used in the Age of Stygia, alas I had to discover this tradition all over again. Yet, hopefully this will be vital to the necromancers who still work to restore the great Kabala Arcana Necronus.
Blackmoor: The Reagent for Power, used by many necromancers before the new birth of the Mandrake Root. It beholds the energy of all things in power. Though I did test the magics of the Ritual with mandrake, it seemed to fall inferior to Blackmoor, due to its exotic origin. Perhaps only the great necromancers of Stygia will understand it's distinct difference.
The Ritual needs to draw power from the Blackmoor giving it the ability to connect with the Deities of the Seaons.
Deadwood: The necromantic ritual of binding. Like blackmoor this reagent is historical and used very little in this day due to it's younger brothers.
Spiders Sil apparently has been used to replace Deadwood in many spells and Rituals to this day. Yet, this Ritual is one that will not work with just spiders silk.
Deadwood is the reagent of preservation and binding. Needed to bind the gifts on the Alter as one with the Shrine of Chaos, thus sacrificing it all to the Grat Deities.
Fertile Dirt: Another historic reagent that was used for protection. Despite the new common uses of garlic, Fertile Dirt will suffice only for this Ritual. When the priests begin the Ritual at the turn of the seasons, they will endure power not even the greatest wizard or necromancer could handle.
Thus, with the presence of Fertile Dirt shall the caster be protected. The caster will injure much power, even beyond the protection of fertile dirt, but the price is more deadly without this ingrediant.
Vial of Blood: At last, the final ingrediant for the Ritual. Blood is the essence of life. Like the other reagents it is one of great historical use and has a brother 'Blood Moss' to replace it.
Despite the greatness of Blood Moss, this Ritual is useless without this final ingrediant. For the Ritual is 'Pass of the Seasons' which the seasons are the very essence that brings life. Things born in the Spring, they live and grow in the Summer, decay in the Fall, then die in the Winter. With the Circle of Life being the cery essence of the Ritual's origin, the Vial of Blood is imperitive. One Britannian year consists of exactly four seasons.
Our modern day astronomers study day and night to find the cause of these seasons, but they do know it's of something to do with out world's location.
Though, in my studie, the true essence of the Seasons are the true emblem of life. The Deities left the seaons behind to remember the greatness of their reign.
You will need four vials of blood to math the four seasons in this Ritual. The blood must be from the residue of a Paladin or a fighter for the Virtues slayed the casters hand. The corpse will be a sacrifice for the Ritual.
The Ritual:
With all the components and all the exhaustion in studies, the Ritual is complete.
Upon the day of the First Season, the Order of the Ebon Skull and all it's members will be at the Chaos Shrine. Upon sunrise shall the Ritual begin. The four priests will stand around the Shrine placing all the gifts in the center. Each of the priests represent one of the seasons: Spring, Summer Fall and Winter. Then the priest of Winter will be the spellcaster. The spellcaster will be standing directly infront of the Shrine. He will check to see if all the items are placed.
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Izrem's copy notes:
-The Ritual alludes to some great power to be gained by the completion of this ritual. However, no mention is made of exactly what this is.
Given the inclusion of the deaths of paladins and the use of necromantic abilities, it can be assumed that the powers garnered from this ritual are dangerous to those not of the Order of the Ebon Skull, or at least of necromanctic capacity.
However, it is feesible the the spell could be altered for use by "Lightbringers". -Furthermore, the second book speaks of the arrival of either Oblivion or Entrophy if the ritual succeeds. Non- Ebon Skull members will need to discover a way to change this as well.
-Some of the reagents listed within are of near impossibility to find in this era. new reagents may need to be researched for use of this ritual.
Final note: These copy comments take into account the information in the second book as well.