Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Description: While Ex Nihlio allows one to travel to and from the Underworld, it does require resources to use. After the treaty between Clan Giovanni and the Hierarchy the Chief Necromancer of La Crosse found that the sort of repeated trips one needed to take to bring across large amounts of building supplies quickly burned through the resources available to him and demand for goods greatly outpaced his ability to deliver them. As such he invented a ritual that allows easier repeat passage.

First the necromancer must retrieve a volume of dirt from the cave at the tip of Cape Matapan that will fill an are 1 inch deep by 3 1/2 feet wide by 10 1/2 feet long. Then they must personally weave 3 foot wide by 10 foot long rug that depicts the story of Pysche and Cupid. This rug is then placed over the dirt from the cave at the tip of Cape Matapan.

Next the ritual of Pyche's Passage is performed over the rug resting upon the dirt from the cave at the tip of Cape Matapan and one to three willpower traits are invested into the rug. For a number of months equal to the Willpower traits invested if the necromancer who performed Pyche's passage uses Ex Nihlio while on the rug while holding 2 coins from Greece (modern coins will do) in their mouth and one honeyed Barley cake in each hand, then the 2 blood and willpower expended to pass into the Shadowlands will return one hour after it was spent for passage into the Shadowlands. The one willpower spent to return to the skin lands does not return at the end of the hour. The coins and honeyed barley cakes are consumed by the passage into the Shadowlands.

During the time that Pyche's Passage is active, the Necromancer may not regain the willpower invested in the ritual. The maximum willpower they may have is lowered by the number of traits invested. This penalty decreases by one for each month that passes. While willpower is invested in this ritual it also comes with a Ban, for as Hades and Persephone respected the love Pyche had for Eros and allowed her safe passage so too must you respect true romantic love. You may not cause harm to any one with the True Love merit, Any attempt to do so simply fails. Nor may you feed from them (IE prey exclusion True Love is gained).

Fortunately for you, Pyche is a merciful goddess, who provides you with a sign so you do not accidently violate this ban. When the necromancer see's anyone with True love they will have a pair of ghostly butterfly wings sticking out of their back.