Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Crystal of Digital Imprint

Created by Jobe Xenu

By combining the mystical ability of quartz to hold information and the power of their blood, this ritual allows the thaumaturge to exactly copy all data in a storage device. The ritual is performed over a quartz crystal, which must be small enough to fit into the practitioner’s hand, yet big enough to scribe symbols on. Once the ritual has been performed, any kindred may activate the crystal by being close enough to see the target device and spending a trait of blood. Once activated, all data inside the target device is copied exactly into the crystal.

To complete the ritual, a similar device that is capable of reading the data stored must be touch at the same time as the crystal. Thus, a computer’s information can only be transferred to a computer, cell phone information requires a cell phone, ect. Once this occurs, an exact copy of the original target device is loaded into the new device. If the devices are computers, the information will be stored under a new user profile in the new computer. If the devices are cell phones, then the new cell phone will be wiped of any original data to make room for the mystical data. Because an exact clone of the device is made, anything that required a password on the original device still requires a password on the new device, and any viruses are also transferred to the new device. Once the data transfer is complete, the crystal crumbles to dust.

(The following went into researching this ritual: Two years of experimentation, learning of the Craft Bloodstone Ritual to better understand blood magic’s effects on stones, and learning of The Scribe Ritual to better understand how information can be transferred through mystical means. The character also possesses the following abilities that may be appropriate: 10 Mental Traits, Path of Blood 5, Occult 3, Computers 5 with a specialization in Hacking, Computer Aptitude, Electrical Engineering 3, Repair 3, and Repair Aptitude.)