A Lesson in Psychomancy

Psychomancy; defined as the use of magick to manipulate the Arcane reservoirs of immortal souls and the souls themselves.

Applications:

1. The energy from the soul may be transferred to refuel an Arcane vessel; one soul’s energy often can fill several commonly attainable vessels.

2. A soul can, in its entirety, be transferred to an inanimate vessel, most often in the creation of Golems such as the Rhumnarian Custodian and the Wal’Shönic Trëant.

3. A soul can be manipulated by the withdrawal of magick contained within, and the introduction of a different variety; e.g.: the drawing out of the natural Luminous magick present in the soul of a Man, and the introduction of Daemonic Magick. NOTE: Should the subject of an attempted manipulation have a willpower strong enough, the introduced energy will conform to the will of the subject’s soul.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THIRD COUNCIL OF RHUMA, ALL UNSANCTIONED INSTANCES OF PSYCHOMANCY ARE PUNISHABLE BY PUBLIC EXSANGUINATION AND BANISHMENT FROM THE ACADEMIA MAGORUM.

So read the words of the Codex Magicus. In the outskirts of the city of Áfondin, however, Severës performs his work, surrounded by gemstones, glimmering with Arcane magick. Here, the truly enlightened can work in peace, shielded by sea and by Confederate bureaucracy from the small-minded moralism of the Academy. Here, the souls of the social parasites can be put to use for the greater good of their betters. For who laments the lack of the man begging for money in front of the tavern? Who bothers his landlord at the disappearance of the neighbor who did not pay his monthly rent? Who speaks out at the disappearance of the last man to ask such questions?

Indeed, here in the catacombs, surrounded by the wailing urchins from up above, the pinnacle of civilisation and true order has been found.