Malediction

The practice of dark arts involving communication with fallen deities, the Baalim. Either by summoning their spirits as apparitions, visions, or raising them bodily. They are imparted with the means to foretell future events, discover hidden knowledge, summon vile servants, spread disease, and remake themselves in the baalims image.
With every malochio they open their power increases, with the Sloth malochio being last. Once that is opened there is a direct connection made between them, as their crown becomes known to the baalim, connecting them with a single thread of Vita. The thread acts as a leash making the user dependent on the baalim. The more they use the power the more the addiction grows.

Effect

• Wyrm familiars born from the wrath malochio
• Draw out Drakir familiar through the gluttony malochio.
• A Relic of the baalim granted through the greed malochio.
• Taint spread through the envy malochio.
• Saligia form granted through the pride malochio.
• Hypnotic sight granted through the lust malochio.
• Nyxir familiar granted through the sloth malochio.

Side/Secondary Effects

Users of maledictions gain strength and power when they open themselves to the baalim. Their senses are sharpened, bodies reinforced, and mind focused. While the power flows through their malochio they do not tire or need sleep. Once the power stops flowing the exhaustion becomes unbearable and they fall unconscious. The longer they were channeling the power the longer they sleep. With every use their sanity slips a bit further away. It drains vita from the area and leaves necrosis in its wake. Generating a sulphureous smell and metallic taste as byproduct of use.

Source

Drawn directly from the baalim, those who use maledictions are conduits for their power.

Related Deity/Higher Power

Tragonus

Related Organizations

• Baalim Gods
• Colacho

Material Components

Either the zepi Gabyun, teku gabyun, or neso gabyun are needed to channel this power. The rituals contained within open the malochio to the baalims power and will. There are separate rituals for each malochio and the specific actions they can undertake. In order to fuel the ritual a source of life must be drained, usually in the form of Sanguinite.

Gestures & Ritual

Maledictions require a particular verse from their sacred texts be sung aloud which empowers a specific malochio. Each Malediction has an intended goal and is meant as a petition to the baalim. Some are simply affirmations of faith and work every time. Some are requests for an action to occur and have a chance of failure.

Applied Restriction

Only those whose names are recorded in one of the Gabyuns can call on the tangible power of malediction. A closely guarded secret, Colacho are the only ones able to read the words. As the Taint progresses, they are more able to access the power.