Inktober Day 16: Rites

Today's Prompt is "Rites"

Ancient tongues, arcane circles, tests of courage that none pass. Every culture has its rites, some loved and some reviled.

Who performs these rites, and for what purpose? Comment below with a link or image of what you've done for this prompt!
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15 Oct, 2018

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lunalapanda

Oct 15, 2018 21:58 by Atena Luna

Adamantista

Item | Oct 15, 2018

A coin with a lot of value and stained with a lot of blood.

Svagtlys

Oct 15, 2018 23:34 by MoMo

Birth Hunts, because who doesn't want to have a hand in their child's future? It's not quite designer babies, but, hey, you take what you can get.

Venerable Grandmaster Isaac Thompson

Oct 16, 2018 11:02 by Isaac A. Thompson

The sacrificial ritual of a chaos cult, and their unfortunate victim.

Writer of Tiyu Amara, and The Last Line

Venerable Grandmaster purenightshade

Oct 16, 2018 17:09 by Melissa Stone

First Shoes

Zeke Lionhart

Oct 16, 2018 22:49 by Luiz Henrique P. de Carvalho

by Zeke Lionhart

Thanks to Kendra Geoffe, the Spellsmith, it is common knowledge in the Craftsmen Guild how to forge simple magical weapons. Whether parts of this process are necessary or purely ritualistic is unknown, but fact is it works.

Master Uberphish

Oct 17, 2018 03:30

Alsueud

Tradition / Ritual | Oct 17, 2018

johannfowl

Oct 17, 2018 13:33 by Johann Duarte

True Vaskidir

Tradition / Ritual | Oct 17, 2018

Grandmaster AmevelloBlue

Oct 17, 2018 18:24 by Ame Blue

Linking due to mild nudity: https://worldanvil.com/world/image/133621

Almighty Deity Ademal

Oct 18, 2018 06:45 by Ademal

In Bleakheart cultures all over Ethnis there is one rite of passage that is nearly universal: Inscription. Inscription is the practice of marking yourself with the signature symbols of your tribe of Bleakheart. What shape these symbols come in varies from tribe to tribe, as Bleakhearts emerged from all tribes of humanity. For some this means skin dying, for others it means scarification, for others it means something far more grotesque still. No two tribes has the same tradition, and any Bleakheart can spot one of their own by their Inscription.

I sat proud, surrounded by my family as my father, the local Inscriptor, expertly tinged my skin with intricate symbols—the cross on my brow, the red floral patterns blossoming around my eyes, the twisting of vines and the outlines of my skull, teeth, and smile. "As with our familia, as with you, niña," he murmured, eyes fixed on my forehead as he worked on the cross. I saw the glow of the hologram reflected in his eyes. This was the first of many patterns I would receive in life, my la marca de mi familia to wear around my family. Next was la marca de trabajo—simple and non-nonsense, a simple skull pattern for work and socializing. As I gained roles in life I'd gain inscriptions, and at a thought could switch between them.
— — Constance, recalling her Inscription

Bleak Inscription

Tradition / Ritual | Oct 18, 2018

A Bleakheart Rite of Passage

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Exalted Councilor of the Inner Sanctum tjtrewin

Oct 18, 2018 14:43 by TJ Trewin

Rites by TJ Trewin

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Venerable Grandmaster accolon

Oct 19, 2018 11:43

Exile of the Firewalkers

Venerable Grandmaster Sai-Tyme

Oct 20, 2018 20:46 by Sai & Tyme

by 10tenart

Almighty Deity BasicDragon

Oct 23, 2018 01:43 by Dragon

by BasicDragon

When a Dragonbound dies it doesn't matter which ethnicity or religion they belong to. They get cremated. Then when the dragon dies the dragon gets cremated as well and their ashes are mixed.