Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

It is said that there is great power in one's horoscope, and while many use charts derived from this ancient practice to gain insight into what was and will be, few realize that they are merely the key to the doorway to dealing with the spirits of the planets themselves. For the infernal, there is always the lingering fear that one's master is but a cog or servant to greater beings. Assamite Sorcerers know well the old pacts, and that even demons must answer to higher authority- in the modern nights, the Dragons have turned to those ancient pacts and astrology to combat the tide of infernalism. This ritual invokes the planetary spirits and Zoroastrian gods to subdue an infernalist through their very connection to their demonic masters.

System: This ritual requires the presence of the infernalist to be affected, and takes a minimum of four hours to cast, dedicating at least one hour each to reciting the ancient covenants with the spirits of the Sun, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. The Sorcerer, upon completing the recitations, immediately performs the ritual slaying of a bull that has impregnated a cow within the last lunar cycle. He then bathes in the blood of the slain bull, save for one Trait taken from the animal's heart. The heart-blood is then mixed in a wooden bowl with three Blood Traits taken from the infernalist and the pulp of fresh kalif. The mixture is cooked over a fire for half an hour to make a paste; during this time, the Sorcerer takes three of his Blood Traits and draws his own natal and fatal horoscope charts on the ground, first inside the second, with a diameter no less than twice the infernalist's height.

The Sorcerer then places the infernalist in the center of the circle and recites the legends of Ahura Mazda's battles against Angra Mainyu while completely covering the infernalist with the cooked paste, causing 1 aggravated damage. The Sorcerer then invokes the ancient pacts with the planetary spirits, calling the Sun to place his weight upon the infernalist; Mercury to aid in the Sorcerer's search for information; Mars to force the infernalist's submission and drain her strength; and Jupiter to wrest control of the infernalist's connection to her demonic master, forcing her compliance to the ancient covenants. For the ritual's capstone, the Sorcerer then invokes Ahura Mazda to bless the ritual so that light will triumph over darkness. For the remainder of the night, or until the infernalist leaves the horoscope charts, they are affected as if suffering from the penalties for being awake during daylight hours (Laws of the Night p. 111)