Rites of Divestiture

The Rites of Divestiture are a rarely performed set of magical rituals in which an individual's associative links are divined and severed. This is a long process in which the person is first subjected to repeated Soothsayings to identify all the associative links that connect to them, and then multiple 5-hour rituals to sever each link.

It is rumored that full Divestiture has some undesirable psychological side-effects, and most advise to keep at least a few links, especially to the other people in their lives. Those who break associations with people often find that their relationships with them become unsustainable, shorn of the emotional component that defined them, and they quickly become estranged.

The specialized training and cost associated with the Rites mean that only a few places in the world are prepared to carry them out. One such place is The Grüber Clinic and Spa in southern Waldstätte . The exact cost of the procedure is not public, but is rumored to be over 500 Crowns.