Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Advanced Ritual: Custom

Based on the concepts used in cleansing the flesh this ritual extends the purification power of the ritual to reach even supernatural contamination.

The Baron represents both life and death, through him not only can hexes be laid but also blessings. The creator of this ritual through research and prayer has tapped into this dual nature of the Baron and through suffering and pain can cleanse the darkest of corruptions with a baptism in waters of faith that burn away the taint within.

This ritual takes six hours to perform beginning with prayer to the Baron and making sacrifices to him for the duration with the one who is to be cleansed present and participating to beg the favor of the Baron. Once this is complete the Hougon lowers the target into a body of water, or submerges himself should he be the target, and over the course of the next several minutes the corruption is burned from their form. This process is exceptionally painful and the Beast is often less than pleased with it.

System: After the six hours of prayer the ritual burns any 'corruption' or impurity from the body and soul of the one it's used on. This takes the form of blue flames that dance on the surface of the water and for each 'level' of corruption or taint, as determined by the ST, the target takes a level of aggravated damage. (Fortitude may be applied to this damage.)Even if the damage is mitigated through some means the process is still exceptionally painful and the receiver of the ritual is treated as if they are at the 'Wounded' health level and thus lose on all ties for a full scene/hour afterwards regardless of any effect that should prevent it and gain the negative social trait 'Scarred' for each point of point of damage they suffer from the effect that vanish once the damage from the ritual is healed.

For the purposes of this Ritual what is defined as 'corruption' is largely up to ST discretion but the intent of the character using the ritual should have a heavy impact on this. This ritual's primary purpose is to allow justification for the buying off of flaws and the removal of the lingering effects of curses, Triatic taint (Wyrm, Weaver or Wyld), the touch of the Abyss and the like, however STs should feel free to bend it as they see fit. The Loa are unpredictable beings after all. In addition this Ritual cannot purge the influence of Demons from a target or nullify a character's printed Clan Curse as these effects are not within the purview of the Loa to heal.