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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page | Main]] &gt; [[Rules:Rules]]<br /> <br /> =Introduction=<br /> Herofest is a festival system. The rules are designed to be easy to use, and to play. The focus is on the roleplay, and exploring what threats, dangeres, and celebrations happen upon Orin Rakatha. <br /> <br /> =Character Classees=<br /> <br /> There are 4 main character classes: [[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]], [[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]], [[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]], [[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]. They all have their own skills, unique to their class. Once you have chosen a class, buying skills from another class will cost you double. <br /> <br /> There are, however, a series of universal skills that can be purchased at the same rate regardless of your character class. <br /> <br /> ==Universal Skills==<br /> <br /> * 1 handed weapon<br /> * Forrage<br /> * First Ait<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]]==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Magic===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]==<br /> <br /> ===Power===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Power:Life | Life Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Death | Death Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Nature | Nature Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Balance | Balance Power]]<br /> <br /> ===[[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]]===<br /> <br /> One of the abilities of an accolyte is to talk to their [[World:Prions | Prion]]. An Acolyte who is well-known to their [[World:Prions | Prion]] can perform a [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremony]] in order to garner aid. This ancient form of communitcating with [[World:Prions | prions]] is can be done alone, but it is often more succesfull with others. [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]] are simple to learn, but difficult to master, as masterie requires a deep and abiding knowledge of the chosen [[World:Prions | Prion]]. What the world knows about [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]] was delivered in a hand-written manual, as the world seeks to re-learn this ancient art.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page |Main]] &gt; [[Rules:Rules | Rules]] &gt; [[Rules:Ceremonies| Ceremonies]]<br /> <br /> =Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant. Experienced Acolytes often have their own that they have written, or comissioned from the various scribes and bards about Orin Rakatha. I have gathered a selection of those that I have heard used, with various effect. Many songs will make passable chants, and many poems can be given a simple tune. <br /> <br /> It is possible to include instruments, and even to pay a bard or two to aid with the singing if you so require, though that will be more about personal flavour, than desire from the Prion. The prion cares not about the delivery, though mark that you deliver it with scinecrity, but rather on the focus of the heart. A song delivered by the most tone-deaf singer, yet delivered with deep an abiding intent will be better recieved than the best bard who has only come to sing for coin. <br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> (('''OOC Note:''' The idea here is to say away from religious songs (eg hymns). This is meant to be fun, and we have no wish to insult anyone's religious practice. The intent here it so show how songs about love, and poems about love can be repurposed to make passable chants or songs that work in a fantasy setting without insulting anyone. It can be sometimes be hard to avoid illusions of religious devotion in older poems, so please use with caution. If in doubt, please ask!)<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry===<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> === Clothes of Heaven ===<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ===I wish I could remember the first day===<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> ===The Summer Day===<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Conqueror Wormd===<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> <br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> <br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> <br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> <br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> <br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> * A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> * A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> * Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> * Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* The Praise */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant. Experienced Acolytes often have their own that they have written, or comissioned from the various scribes and bards about Orin Rakatha. I have gathered a selection of those that I have heard used, with various effect. Many songs will make passable chants, and many poems can be given a simple tune. <br /> <br /> It is possible to include instruments, and even to pay a bard or two to aid with the singing if you so require, though that will be more about personal flavour, than desire from the Prion. The prion cares not about the delivery, though mark that you deliver it with scinecrity, but rather on the focus of the heart. A song delivered by the most tone-deaf singer, yet delivered with deep an abiding intent will be better recieved than the best bard who has only come to sing for coin. <br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> (('''OOC Note:''' The idea here is to say away from religious songs (eg hymns). This is meant to be fun, and we have no wish to insult anyone's religious practice. The intent here it so show how songs about love, and poems about love can be repurposed to make passable chants or songs that work in a fantasy setting without insulting anyone. It can be sometimes be hard to avoid illusions of religious devotion in older poems, so please use with caution. If in doubt, please ask!)<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry===<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> === Clothes of Heaven ===<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ===I wish I could remember the first day===<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> ===The Summer Day===<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Conqueror Wormd===<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> <br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> <br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> <br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> <br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> <br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> * A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> * A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> * Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> * Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Clothes of Heaven */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry===<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> === Clothes of Heaven ===<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ===I wish I could remember the first day===<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> ===The Summer Day===<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Conqueror Wormd===<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> <br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> <br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> <br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> <br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> <br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> * A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> * A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> * Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> * Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Clothes of Heaven */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry===<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> ==== Clothes of Heaven ====<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ===I wish I could remember the first day===<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> ===The Summer Day===<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Conqueror Wormd===<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> <br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> <br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> <br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> <br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> <br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> * A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> * A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> * Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> * Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry===<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> ====== Clothes of Heaven ======<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ===I wish I could remember the first day===<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> ===The Summer Day===<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Conqueror Wormd===<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> <br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> <br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> <br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> <br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> <br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> * A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> * A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> * Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> * Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* My First, My Last, My Everything */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''E''<br /> <br /> ''very smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;===Sorry===&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> ====== === ======<br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> • A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> • A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> -Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> -Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Come What May */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> ''My everything''<br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> ''Every single day''<br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry==-<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> • A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> • A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> -Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> -Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction to Ceremonies=<br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ===Come What May===<br /> ''(Prion’s Name)''<br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> ''(Omit if Chanted) Sing out this song''<br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> (Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman)<br /> <br /> ===My First, My Last, My Everything===<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> ''(Name of Prion) you're my reality''<br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> ''You and me''<br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> ''My everything''<br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> ===Every Breath I Take===<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> ''Every single day''<br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> ''I keep crying, (Name of Prion, Name of Prion), please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> (Police, Every Breath You Take)<br /> <br /> ===Sorry==-<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> • A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> • A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> -Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> -Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Ceremonies,&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil&#039;&#039;&#039; == Introduction == A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods. It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Natur...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>'''Introduction to Ceremonies,''' <br /> <br /> '''written by Aurenous Olaf Mericavil'''<br /> <br /> == Introduction ==<br /> A ceremony is a simple process of asking the aid of a Prion, what less civilised people think of as Gods.<br /> <br /> It is understood by this point that your studies will have covered the basics of Power, the interaction of the spheres, and the differences between the wills of the gods (Good, Neutral, Evil) and the powers of the Prions, coming as they do from the primary spheres (Nature, Life, Good, Evil, Balance). Having had this basic grounding, you may now couple that with the knowledge of your chosen prion, and within the realms, history, and sphere of influence of the prion be able to produce a ceremony that can call upon their favour and grace.<br /> <br /> A ceremony has five stages, The Address, The Praise, The Request, The Sacrifice, The Thanks. These stages here are laid out separately for ease of discussion, though in a real ceremony you may flow from one to the other, and back again. Particularly in the case of The Address and The Praise, these two in particular are sections that you will find yourself repeating. You are calling upon your Prion, and they need to hear you above the noise of others. This can be particularly important if your ceremony opposes another ceremony happening at the same time. Similarly, you may find that you move between The Request and The Sacrifice. The only exception is The Thanks, which, while lengthy, is often only required the once.<br /> <br /> == The Address. == <br /> <br /> This section is where an acolyte should name their Prion. This should be done using their full name and titles, and include any world-based and personal accolades for the Prion. <br /> <br /> ''I call upon sacred Dana, Prion of Tea and Biscuits. They who offered hospitality for guests, for those who have had a good day, those that have had a bad day, and those who have had a shock or a fright. I give you thanks, Dana, for your bounty in my time I'd darkness, your hospitality brought me joy and made everything look a little better.'' <br /> <br /> This section should be complete, and include the way in which you came to know your Prion. Remember that this should be positive about your connection with your Prion, frame difficulties as times is growth and learning, struggles as obstacles that have helped you to know your Prion better. It is often worth remembering here any chastisement by your prion, whether spent or unspent. They will know you by this, and it will keep you mindful of the sacrifices that are to come. Forgetting a chastisement, even a spent one, can make you seem haughty instead of humble. The chastisement itself is a chance for you to show your Prion what you have learned in their name. <br /> <br /> This section can be as long or as short as you like. Be aware that in more powerful ceremonies it may be necessary to expand the address, and you may need to revisit it. It is helpful to have an opening memorised, or written down that you can expand on. Name the Prion, using their multitude of names. Each prion will have titles that they payer, and in the case of dual-power prions, call the are most relevant to your request. Where there is a list of names consider repeating the names. Here it is worth remembering the mystical power of numbers. Prime numbers above one seem to be most effective.a<br /> <br /> == The Praise ==<br /> It is only fair and right that we offer praise to our chosen Prion. There is a reason that we have chosen our prion, and they have, in their wisdom and power, given us a share of their power, and invited us to take part in their mission in the world.<br /> <br /> This praise can take the form of song, or chant.<br /> <br /> For example, this could be sung or chanted directed at a Prion.<br /> <br /> ''[Prion’s Name]''<br /> <br /> ''I Never knew I could feel like this''<br /> <br /> ''Like I’ve never seen the sky before''<br /> <br /> ''I want to vanish inside your power''<br /> <br /> ''Every day I´m loving you more and more''<br /> <br /> ''Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings''<br /> <br /> ''Telling me to give you everything''<br /> <br /> ''Seasons may change, winter to spring''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''[Omit if Chanted] Come what may'' <br /> <br /> ''Come what may''<br /> <br /> ''I will love you until my dying day''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly my life doesn´t seem such a waste''<br /> <br /> ''It all revolves around you''<br /> <br /> ''And there´s no mountain too high''<br /> <br /> ''No river too wide''<br /> <br /> ''[Omit if Chanted] Sing out this song''<br /> <br /> ''I´ll be there by your side''<br /> <br /> ''Storm clouds may gather''<br /> <br /> ''And stars may collide''<br /> <br /> ''But I love you until the end of time''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, come what may, come what may''<br /> <br /> ''I will love you, I will love you''<br /> <br /> ''Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place''<br /> <br /> [Tune: Come What May, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman]<br /> <br /> ''Ahh, the first, my last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''And the answer to all my dreams''<br /> <br /> ''You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star''<br /> <br /> ''My kind of wonderful, that's what you are''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way, they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''You're all I'm living for''<br /> <br /> ''Your love I'll keep for evermore''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''In you, I've found so many things''<br /> <br /> ''A love so new only you could bring''<br /> <br /> ''Can't you see if you''<br /> <br /> ''You make me feel this way''<br /> <br /> ''You're like a first morning dew''<br /> <br /> ''On a brand new day''<br /> <br /> ''I see so many ways that I''<br /> <br /> ''Can love you, 'til the day I die''<br /> <br /> ''You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''I know there's only, only one like you''<br /> <br /> ''There's no way they could have made two''<br /> <br /> ''[Name of Prion] you're my reality''<br /> <br /> ''But I'm lost in a dream''<br /> <br /> ''You're the first, you're the last, my everything''<br /> <br /> ''You and me baby''<br /> <br /> ''Just you and me''<br /> <br /> ''Ya you are the first, the last''<br /> <br /> ''My everything''<br /> <br /> [My First, My Last, My Everything, Barry White]<br /> <br /> This one works well for the darker Prions, who may not wish such simple praise.<br /> <br /> ''Every breath I take''<br /> <br /> ''And every move I make''<br /> <br /> ''Every bond I break, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Every single day''<br /> <br /> ''And every word I say''<br /> <br /> ''Every game I play, every night I stay''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace''<br /> <br /> ''I dream at night, I can only see your face''<br /> <br /> ''I look around, but it's you I can't replace''<br /> <br /> ''I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace''<br /> <br /> ''I keep crying, [Name of Prion, Name of Prion], please''<br /> <br /> ''Oh, can't you see?''<br /> <br /> ''You belong to me''<br /> <br /> ''How my poor heart aches''<br /> <br /> ''With every step you take''<br /> <br /> ''Every move you make''<br /> <br /> ''And every vow you break''<br /> <br /> ''Every smile you fake, every claim you stake''<br /> <br /> ''I'll be watching you''<br /> <br /> ''Every move I make, every step I take''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> ''You’ll be watching me.''<br /> <br /> [Police, Every Breath You Take]<br /> <br /> Sometimes you need something that reaches a little darker than the above. This could also be used as a way of seeking contrition from a prion.<br /> <br /> ''You might kill me with desire''<br /> <br /> ''Wind me tighter than a wire''<br /> <br /> ''It's something that you do to me''<br /> <br /> ''I run away like mercury''<br /> <br /> ''And I know you think it's rough''<br /> <br /> ''When you're tryna patch us up''<br /> <br /> ''And I say, &quot;[Name of Prion], what is love?&quot;''<br /> <br /> ''You just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''And on the shirt that I wear''<br /> <br /> ''Pick the thorns out of my hair''<br /> <br /> ''I broke your heart so carelessly''<br /> <br /> ''But made the pieces part of me''<br /> <br /> ''And now it hurts what we've become''<br /> <br /> ''&lt;nowiki/&gt;'Cause you taught me how to love''<br /> <br /> ''It's me who taught you how to stop''<br /> <br /> ''And you just say I drink too much''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've waited for this''<br /> <br /> ''I'm ready for it''<br /> <br /> ''I've been waiting so long''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm defective''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm dumb''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> ''Maybe I'm bad natured''<br /> <br /> ''Or maybe I'm young''<br /> <br /> ''I'm sorry, so sorry for what I've done''<br /> <br /> [Sorry, by Nothing But Thieves]<br /> <br /> While the above have the meter of song, you may find yourself in need of some form of praise that fills a gap between the two.<br /> <br /> ''Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,''<br /> <br /> ''Enwrought with golden and silver light,''<br /> <br /> ''The blue and the dim and the dark cloths''<br /> <br /> ''Of night and light and the half light,''<br /> <br /> ''I would spread the cloths under your feet:[My Prion]''<br /> <br /> ''But I, being poor, have only my dreams;''<br /> <br /> ''I have spread my dreams under your feet;''<br /> <br /> ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''<br /> <br /> [Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats]<br /> <br /> ''I wish I could remember that first day,''<br /> <br /> ''First hour, first moment of your meeting me,''<br /> <br /> ''If bright or dim the season, it might be''<br /> <br /> ''Summer or Winter for aught I can say;''<br /> <br /> ''So unrecorded did it slip away,''<br /> <br /> ''So blind was I to see and to foresee,''<br /> <br /> ''So dull to mark the budding of my tree''<br /> <br /> ''That would not blossom yet for many a May.''<br /> <br /> ''If only I could recollect it, such''<br /> <br /> ''A day of days! I let it come and go''<br /> <br /> ''As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;''<br /> <br /> ''It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;''<br /> <br /> ''If only now I could recall that touch,''<br /> <br /> ''First touch of heart in heart – Did one but know!''<br /> <br /> [I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti]<br /> <br /> A chant or offering perhaps suitable for one following the nature sphere<br /> <br /> ''Who made the world?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the swan, and the black bear?''<br /> <br /> ''Who made the grasshopper?''<br /> <br /> ''This grasshopper, I mean —''<br /> <br /> ''the one who has flung herself out of the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,''<br /> <br /> ''who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —''<br /> <br /> ''who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.''<br /> <br /> ''Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.''<br /> <br /> ''I don't know exactly what a prayer is.''<br /> <br /> ''I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down''<br /> <br /> ''into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,''<br /> <br /> ''how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,''<br /> <br /> ''which is what I have been doing all day.''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br /> <br /> ''Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?''<br /> <br /> ''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br /> <br /> ''with your one wild and precious life?''<br /> <br /> [''&quot;The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver]''<br /> <br /> This one is easily adapted for Death, or Nature, depending on your want.<br /> <br /> ''Lo! ’t is a gala night'' <br /> <br />   ''Within the lonesome latter years!  '' <br /> <br /> ''An angel throng, bewinged, bedight'' <br /> <br />   ''In veils, and drowned in tears,  '' <br /> <br /> ''Sit in a theatre, to see'' <br /> <br />   ''A play of hopes and fears,'' <br /> <br /> ''While the orchestra breathes fitfully  '' <br /> <br />   ''The music of the spheres.'' <br /> <br /> ''Mimes, in the form of Prions on high,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Mutter and mumble low,'' <br /> <br /> ''And hither and thither fly—'' <br /> <br />   ''Mere puppets they, who come and go  '' <br /> <br /> ''At bidding of vast formless things'' <br /> <br />   ''That shift the scenery to and fro,'' <br /> <br /> ''Flapping from out their Condor wings'' <br /> <br />   ''Invisible Wo!'' <br /> <br /> ''That motley drama—oh, be sure  '' <br /> <br />   ''It shall not be forgot!'' <br /> <br /> ''With its Phantom chased for evermore  '' <br /> <br />   ''By a crowd that seize it not,'' <br /> <br /> ''Through a circle that ever returneth in  '' <br /> <br />   ''To the self-same spot,'' <br /> <br /> ''And much of Madness, and more of Sin,  '' <br /> <br />   ''And Horror the soul of the plot.'' <br /> <br /> ''But see, amid the mimic rout,'' <br /> <br />   ''A crawling shape intrude!'' <br /> <br /> ''A blood-red thing that writhes from out  '' <br /> <br />   ''The scenic solitude!'' <br /> <br /> ''It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs  '' <br /> <br /> ''The mimes become its food,'' <br /> <br /> ''And seraphs sob at vermin fangs'' <br /> <br />   ''In human gore imbued.'' <br /> <br /> ''Out—out are the lights—out all!  '' <br /> <br />   ''And, over each quivering form,'' <br /> <br /> ''The curtain, a funeral pall,'' <br /> <br />   ''Comes down with the rush of a storm,  '' <br /> <br /> ''While the Luxtem, all pallid and wan,  '' <br /> <br />   ''Uprising, unveiling, affirm'' <br /> <br /> ''That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”  '' <br /> <br />   ''And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.''<br /> <br /> == The Request ==<br /> There is much ink (and blood) spilled on whether The Request or The Sacrifice should come first. It is perhaps best to think of them as a single combined section. The Request outlines precisely what it is that you are requesting, and that, in it's main, will outline the what sacrifices and acolyte may need to make.<br /> <br /> State your request. state it with respect, and address your prion by name and with their relevant title. State your request clearly, and succinctly. If your request requires context, remember that you are drawing the prions attention to the context, not telling them what's going. Do not take lack of action for lack of knowledge. Remember, the Prion sees all things, and specificity helps the context of the request.<br /> <br /> == The Sacrifice ==<br /> Sacrifice has three parts, sacrifice of power, of wealth, and of devotion. Each ceremony will require different levels of each, but all must be present. These three are the Sacrifice of Power, the Sacrifice of Wealth, and the Sacrifice of Elevation.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Power ===<br /> Here a priest uses their Prion-gifted magick to form the band with their pPrion. This is offered freely, and without expectation of return. This is particularly important in ceremonies where acolytes of multiple spheres are interacting to achieve a goal.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Wealth, ===<br /> Here the wealth must be pleasing to the prion, and be in harmony with the request. Here, again, prime numbers over 1 should be your guide as to amount, and often more can produce a favourable response from a Prion who has found the ceremony thus for lack-luster, or the request is complex one.<br /> <br /> === Sacrifice of Elevation ===<br /> This sacrifice can be the most difficult. It is in this section that sacrifices of magical items, limbs, people, and dedication to stricter following of a prions tenants go. It may seem that each ceremony may then be extracting a bigger and bigger sacrifice of devotion, however an imaginative cleric can find ways of linking the ceremony to the sacrifice.<br /> <br /> For example, a ceremony to defeat an ancient evil may contain the devotion that the cleric will ensure the evil is defeated or die trying. This would be a fine devotion and eminent by practical, with the consequences outlined and obvious.<br /> <br /> The sacrifice of elevation can be future tense-that the acolyte will raise 20 commodities for the poor; share of alcohol; give up cake for a year. Be careful to not save off things that you would not miss-if you do not drink, offering sobriety is not an act of devotion. It is important here that this is taken seriously, with the intention of making an active difference to the Prion. Many of the temples of Orin Rakatha were built by an acolyte seeking to achieve a difficult ceremony.<br /> <br /> == The Negotiation ==<br /> This is not a formal part of the ceremony, but it is an experience that many have had. A Prion may desire your ceremony to secede, but your sacrifice may be lacking.<br /> <br /> In these instances it's not unheard of for the Prion to seek greater sacrifices, or even a specific item offered in another ceremony to grant the request. It is rare here that you will speak directly with the Prion, but rather you will get perhaps a sense that your sacrifice has not yet reached the mark. Do not, in this instance, seek to simply 'add one' to 'get over the line'. Explore what you have already done, and consider where you can increase your sacrifice. It may be that you have offered much wealth, but little in the way of elevation, or power.<br /> <br /> === The Thanks ===<br /> As the ceremony ends, it behoves us to offer thanks to the Prions that attended our request: whether it was granted or not. This respectful thanks should be at least as long as the request offered, and it is sensible that this praise is vociferous and with gusto. It is helpful here to recall hymns of praise as thanks, as well as to voice your own specific thanks based on the granted request.<br /> <br /> A formal Ceremony ends with all present bowing to the centre. In ceremonies with many acolytes, take it in turns so that each can offer their complete thanks, and bow at the end of your thanks, then join in with others for a final bow to signify the end of the ceremony.<br /> <br /> == A Note on Ceremonies ==<br /> A ceremony can be held in any suitably-created space. Orin Rakatha itself is considered to be hallowed land, though you may find that ceremonies are easier if held near relevant places in the world. The site of a great battle may please a Prion of honour, a graveyard may please a Prion of death, a forrest a prion of nature. That said, any non-corrupted land will work.<br /> <br /> To create a space for your ceremony, you must mark the place out as prepared. This should be a circle, edged with something visible to ensure that mortals do not cross it. This can be done with rope, or cloaks, chalk or stones. Walking the circle and offering prayer to a Prion is enough to set this apart, but remember that once you leave the circle will be broken and you will need to start again. An acolyte will feel the sense of connection once the location has been suitably prepared. This barrier of power will protect those within from most dangers, but only while the ceremony continues.<br /> <br /> Ceremonies held in time of danger can include a chant for hallowed ground. This will petition the deity for protection during the Ceremony. This offers powerful protection, though this protection has limits -not because the deity has limits, but because it is only as powerful as can be channelled by the priests chanting the hallowed ground.<br /> <br /> === The benefits of Ceremonies. ===<br /> • A Boon: A specific power, support or blessing<br /> <br /> • A Vision: A vision can help a priest be guided by their god in times of uncertainty. Vision can be clear and direct, but they are rare. Most often they are emotions, or cryptic pictures to be interpreted by the priest.<br /> <br /> -Healings: Deities can offer healings for injuries. In extreme cases, even rare diseases and curses.<br /> <br /> -Resuscitations - In ancient times truly devout acolytes could resurrect worthy people in ceremonies.<br /> <br /> This is just a small list - the limits of ceremonies are often in the limits of the imaginations of the acolytes.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Ceremonies */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> Herofest is a festival system. The rules are designed to be easy to use, and to play. The focus is on the roleplay, and exploring what threats, dangeres, and celebrations happen upon Orin Rakatha. <br /> <br /> =Character Classees=<br /> <br /> There are 4 main character classes: [[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]], [[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]], [[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]], [[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]. They all have their own skills, unique to their class. Once you have chosen a class, buying skills from another class will cost you double. <br /> <br /> There are, however, a series of universal skills that can be purchased at the same rate regardless of your character class. <br /> <br /> ==Universal Skills==<br /> <br /> * 1 handed weapon<br /> * Forrage<br /> * First Ait<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]]==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Magic===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]==<br /> <br /> ===Power===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Power:Life | Life Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Death | Death Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Nature | Nature Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Balance | Balance Power]]<br /> <br /> ===[[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]]===<br /> <br /> One of the abilities of an accolyte is to talk to their [[World:Prions | Prion]]. An Acolyte who is well-known to their [[World:Prions | Prion]] can perform a [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremony]] in order to garner aid. This ancient form of communitcating with [[World:Prions | prions]] is can be done alone, but it is often more succesfull with others. [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]] are simple to learn, but difficult to master, as masterie requires a deep and abiding knowledge of the chosen [[World:Prions | Prion]]. What the world knows about [[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]] was delivered in a hand-written manual, as the world seeks to re-learn this ancient art.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> Herofest is a festival system. The rules are designed to be easy to use, and to play. The focus is on the roleplay, and exploring what threats, dangeres, and celebrations happen upon Orin Rakatha. <br /> <br /> =Character Classees=<br /> <br /> There are 4 main character classes: [[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]], [[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]], [[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]], [[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]. They all have their own skills, unique to their class. Once you have chosen a class, buying skills from another class will cost you double. <br /> <br /> There are, however, a series of universal skills that can be purchased at the same rate regardless of your character class. <br /> <br /> ==Universal Skills==<br /> <br /> * 1 handed weapon<br /> * Forrage<br /> * First Ait<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]]==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Magic===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]==<br /> <br /> ===Power===<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Power:Life | Life Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Death | Death Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Nature | Nature Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Balance | Balance Power]]<br /> <br /> ===[[Rules:Ceremonies | Ceremonies]]===<br /> <br /> One of the abilities of an accolyte is to talk to their [[World:Prions | Prion]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Introduction */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> Herofest is a festival system. The rules are designed to be easy to use, and to play. The focus is on the roleplay, and exploring what threats, dangeres, and celebrations happen upon Orin Rakatha. <br /> <br /> =Character Classees=<br /> <br /> There are 4 main character classes: [[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]], [[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]], [[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]], [[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Acolyte]]. They all have their own skills, unique to their class. Once you have chosen a class, buying skills from another class will cost you double. <br /> <br /> There are, however, a series of universal skills that can be purchased at the same rate regardless of your character class. <br /> <br /> ==Universal Skills==<br /> <br /> * 1 handed weapon<br /> * Forrage<br /> * First Ait<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Warrior | Warrior]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Expert | Expert]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Mage | Mage]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[Rules:Class:Acolyte | Warrior]]==<br /> <br /> <br /> =Magic=<br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods'<br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ===Power===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Power:Life | Life Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Death | Death Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Nature | Nature Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Balance | Balance Power]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> <br /> Upon Orin Rakatha, there are two types of energies that people often think of as magic. Elemental Magic, and Power. Elemental Magic, or simply 'magic' upon Orin Rakatha, is focused on the elemental power of the world. The other type, Power, comes from the [[World:Spheres]] by way of [[World:Prions]], what you from other worlds might call 'gods' <br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ===Power===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Power:Life | Life Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Death | Death Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Nature | Nature Power]]<br /> * [[Rules:Power:Balance | Balance Power]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;= Aurelius Mercia= ==Description== Aurelius is tall, but tends to stoop. He wares brown robes and cloak, and often carries a skull - sometimes affixed to a stick. He often appers to be talking to himself, or to an entity called &#039;Charlie&#039; that he seems to believe lives in/is the skull. ==Role== Aurelius has been brought (back?) to Orin Rakatha to help teach the lost art of religious ceremonies to the people of Orin Rakatha, and to tell them of the Prions, at least, th...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Aurelius Mercia=<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> Aurelius is tall, but tends to stoop. He wares brown robes and cloak, and often carries a skull - sometimes affixed to a stick. He often appers to be talking to himself, or to an entity called 'Charlie' that he seems to believe lives in/is the skull. <br /> <br /> ==Role==<br /> <br /> Aurelius has been brought (back?) to Orin Rakatha to help teach the lost art of religious ceremonies to the people of Orin Rakatha, and to tell them of the Prions, at least, those that are interested.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Added NPC section</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]]<br /> <br /> = A Knot In Time =<br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> <br /> A Knot in Time is a [[World:Waystations | waystation]] on [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]].<br /> <br /> ==Locations in the Waystation==<br /> <br /> * [[Discord:The_Courtyard | The Courtyard]]<br /> * [[Discord:Tavern_Hall | Tavern Hall]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_East | Private Room East]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_West | Private Room West]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cellar | The Cellar]]<br /> * [[Discord:Crafting_Room | Crafting Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:Ritual_Circle | Ritual Circle]]<br /> * [[Discord:Mage_Cottage | Mage Cottage]]<br /> * [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> * [[Discord:Market_Place | The Market Place]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Reading_Room | The Reading Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Barracks | The Barracks]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cell_Block | The Cell Block]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Mill | The Mill]]<br /> * [[Discord:Treetop_Firepit | Treetop Firepit]]<br /> * [[Discord: Outside_The_Waystation | Outside The Waystation]]<br /> <br /> ==Non-Player Characters (NPC's)==<br /> <br /> Here are some of the characters that you might meet around the waystation. <br /> <br /> * [[Discord:Characters:Aurelius | Aurelius, reuluctant temple guardian]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]]<br /> <br /> = A Knot In Time =<br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> <br /> A Knot in Time is a [[World:Waystations | waystation]] on [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]].<br /> <br /> ==Locations in the Waystation==<br /> <br /> * [[Discord:The_Courtyard | The Courtyard]]<br /> * [[Discord:Tavern_Hall | Tavern Hall]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_East | Private Room East]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_West | Private Room West]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cellar | The Cellar]]<br /> * [[Discord:Crafting_Room | Crafting Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:Ritual_Circle | Ritual Circle]]<br /> * [[Discord:Mage_Cottage | Mage Cottage]]<br /> * [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> * [[Discord:Market_Place | The Market Place]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Reading_Room | The Reading Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Barracks | The Barracks]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cell_Block | The Cell Block]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Mill | The Mill]]<br /> * [[Discord:Treetop_Firepit | Treetop Firepit]]<br /> * [[Discord: Outside_The_Waystation | Outside The Waystation]]<br /> <br /> ==Non-Player Characters==<br /> <br /> Here are some of the characters that you might meet around the waystation. <br /> <br /> * [[Discord:Characters:Aurelius | Aurelius, reuluctant temple guardian]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Morgoth ==<br /> '''Name:''' Morgoth<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Death,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Evil<br /> <br /> '''Alignment:''' Pure evil<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:''' A burning eye<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Destructive War, Orks Trolls, Nazgal and the Land of Mordor<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A tall, many-horned armoured humanoid History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Features:''' God of the Morgothian Faction.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]] &gt; [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> <br /> =Temple=<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> <br /> The Temple is a squat, timeworn ziggurat of reddish sandstone, partially overgrown with vines and carved in deep relief with spiraling glyphs, sun and moon motifs, and serpents coiled around calendar wheels. Its outer walls depict ancient rituals offering both blood and memory in sacrifice. Inside, a blackened stone altar sits at the center of a circular chamber, etched with grooves leading to the shapes of time-wheels.<br /> <br /> The temple shows signs of recent care. Fresh flowers stand near the altar. Around the room, in alcoves and corners, there are small shrines to various deities. One shrine that is adorned with black crow feathers is draped in a black cloth of mourning, covering the offerings and the shrine itself.<br /> <br /> The largest banner, that dominates the main room, is the banner of [[Prions:Morgoth| Morgoth]].</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Updated description to include morgoth banner</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]] &gt; [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> <br /> =Temple=<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> <br /> The Temple is a squat, timeworn ziggurat of reddish sandstone, partially overgrown with vines and carved in deep relief with spiraling glyphs, sun and moon motifs, and serpents coiled around calendar wheels. Its outer walls depict ancient rituals offering both blood and memory in sacrifice. Inside, a blackened stone altar sits at the center of a circular chamber, etched with grooves leading to the shapes of time-wheels.<br /> <br /> The temple shows signs of recent care. Fresh flowers stand near the altar. Around the room, in alcoves and corners, there are small shrines to various deities. One shrine that is adorned with black crow feathers is draped in a black cloth of mourning, covering the offerings and the shrine itself.<br /> <br /> The largest banner, that dominates the main room, is the banner of Morgoth.</div>

BlackXanthus https://herofest.jara23.co.uk/index.php?title=Discord:Roleplaying&diff=123 2026-05-16T23:02:48Z

<p>BlackXanthus: updated wording for sense</p> <hr /> <div>= Introduction =<br /> <br /> Roleplaying on the Herofest discord is a really good way to get to know your character, and strengthen some in-character bonds. While there is plot on discord, generally speaking, what happens on discord does not affect the main game. Any major changes to your character, money earnt, quests completed are only for the story. no XP can be earned, or other in-game benefits like renown. <br /> <br /> == Roleplaying ==<br /> <br /> Roleplaying is done through a text-based medium. There are a few conventions. <br /> <br /> * Setting up your server name: Please set your Discord server name in the form of: Character / Other Character (if applicable) / (Real First Name)<br /> * Please ensure you have chosen your faction correctly, as this will give you access to special discord rooms only your character can see. <br /> * Character Actions: Italics are used when your character is doing something, or to convey information , like a facial expression. Your character can 'walk' into the main courtyard, and then describe what it's doing other characters will respond. Italics are done with * at the beginning and end of the message.<br /> * Multiple Characters: Some people have multiple characters. If you are playing a character who is not your 'main' character (That is, first one listed in your name list), please let people know with square brackets []<br /> * Storytellers will preface their actions with [The World] so you know it's part of the descriptive support to the story.<br /> <br /> The best way to get involved is to dive in.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;= Introduction = Roleplaying on the Herofest discord is a really good way to get to know your character, and strengthen some in-character bonds. While there is plot on discord, generally speaking, what happens on discord does not affect the main game. Any major changes to your character, money earnt, quests completed are only for the story. no XP can be earned, or other in-game benefits like renown. == Roleplaying == Roleplaying is done through a text-based medium. T...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Introduction =<br /> <br /> Roleplaying on the Herofest discord is a really good way to get to know your character, and strengthen some in-character bonds. While there is plot on discord, generally speaking, what happens on discord does not affect the main game. Any major changes to your character, money earnt, quests completed are only for the story. no XP can be earned, or other in-game benefits like renown. <br /> <br /> == Roleplaying ==<br /> <br /> Roleplaying is done through a text-based medium. There are a few conventions. <br /> <br /> * Setting up your server name: Please set your Discord server name in the form of: Character (Real First Name)<br /> * Please ensure you have chosen your faction correctly, as this will give you access to special discord rooms only your character can see. <br /> * Character Actions: Italics are used when your character is doing something, or to convey information , like a facial expression. Your character can 'walk' into the main courtyard, and then describe what it's doing other characters will respond. Italics are done with * at the beginning and end of the message.<br /> * Multiple Characters: Some people have multiple characters. If you are playing a character who is not your 'main' character (That is, first one listed in your name list), please let people know with square brackets []<br /> * Storytellers will preface their actions with [The World] so you know it's part of the descriptive support to the story.<br /> <br /> The best way to get involved is to dive in.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Discord */</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the Unofficial Herofest Wiki&lt;/strong&gt;<br /> <br /> Here you will find information about Herofest. This is designed to a be information that is known by the players, which means that the information herein is only trustworthy in as much as a player might know it. The information as such, should not be relied upon. <br /> <br /> Any information you find in here is to be considered 'hearsay'. It is as accurate as we have it at the time of writing, but things change and change fast. A page should not be considered 'canon' (that is, can be accepted completely) unless it contains a 'verified' tag.<br /> <br /> == Sections ==<br /> ===Orin Rakatha===<br /> * The world [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]]<br /> * The [[World:Nations | Nations]] of Orin Rakatha.<br /> * The [[World:Prions | Prions ]] of Orin Rakatha.<br /> <br /> ===Discord===<br /> * [[Discord:Roleplaying | Roleplaying on Discord]]<br /> * [[Discord | The Setting: A Knot In Time]]<br /> <br /> ===Rules===<br /> * The [[Rules:Rules | Rules]] of Herofest<br /> <br /> = Using The Wiki =<br /> <br /> Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.<br /> <br /> == Getting started ==<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]<br /> * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* More Information */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]]<br /> <br /> =Orin Rakatha=<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> Orin Rakatha is a paradise. A place of plenty, where nations escaping from the terrors of their own world come to settle and build a-new. <br /> <br /> ===More Information===<br /> * A [[World:Map | map]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Laws | Laws]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:History | History ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Mystics | Mystics]]<br /> * The [[World:Prions | Religions ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Oracles | Oracles ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * [[World:Magic | Magic]] of Orin Rakatha</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div>The Mystics were a small race of people who spent aeons travelling the cosmos, collating vast knowledge and power. They were a lawful, yet pragmatic race, and while some were nurturing and mostly peaceful, others were prone to action and violence to do what needed to be done. <br /> <br /> The Mystics were led by a group of their finest minds, referred to as the Masters. Having long ago mastered the Spheres and Elements, achieving the peak of their chosen professions, their labour and dedication granted them immortality. They stood amongst the most powerful in the cosmos within their chosen professions, and in many places were regarded as gods and avatars.  <br /> <br /> ==== The ruling family of the Mystics consisted of six people; the Mother and Father (their names have been lost to the ages) and their four children known as the Traveller, the Dark Pharaoh, the Green, and the Master of Time. ====<br /> The members of this family were the most powerful Masters among their people and were referred to as the Masters of Judgement. The remaining Masters were referred to as the Masters of Law.  <br /> <br /> Now, Orin Raktha is not a naturally occurring plane, but one the Mystics constructed, binding together fragments from other world using powerful spells and invocations. This land they encircled within a large range of mountains, and created the Mists to bind the fragments together.  <br /> <br /> As the plane was constructed, the Mystics didn’t just take, but gave of themselves too. New visitors to Orin Rakatha will notice the vibrancy and odd “awareness” emanating from the land itself. This arises from the Mother, who gave herself to the land to bring it into being. The Father gave himself to become the mists, residing primarily in the mountains surrounding Orin Rakatha, binding the plane together, and enforcing laws of Travel; drifting towards large gatherings of people away from waystations and home nations. The Masters of Law gave of themselves to become the Nodes, concentrations of the energies that bind Orin Rakatha together, acting almost like anchors to support the structure. That left the Masters of Judgement.  <br /> <br /> The Masters of Judgement have now ascended and no longer walk the plane. They now direct and maintain the plane through their Oracles. Mortals of incredible Status that can hear their intents and communicate on their behalf. When an Oracle speaks, Orin Rakatha can change.  </div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == HERALDRY ==<br /> <br /> ==== Each nation shall be known by their colours. Those without nation and therefore without colours will be known as Nomads. ====<br /> The wearing of colours by all is not compulsory as long as at least one third of a nation group display their nation colours openly. Those that choose not to display their colours accept that they will be treated as Nomads.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be monitored by the Valley people.<br /> <br /> == SUBTERFUGE ==<br /> <br /> ==== None shall wear Colours that are not their own. ====<br /> Any individuals caught wearing false colours will be slain and have the false colours removed. If these individuals were part of a nation then they will be exiled by their nation. If they were not part of a nation then they will suffer permanent death and be claimed by the Mists.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> All nations will enforce this Law.<br /> <br /> == JUSTICE ==<br /> <br /> ==== All sentient life forms of Orin Rakatha are subject to its Laws; Nomads are no longer considered outside of the Law. ====<br /> Nations are free to treat with others according to their nation beliefs. Halmaddons Heights, Laire Tinwé, the Pordaradrim, the Valley, the Azad-An and the Saldorian Enclave have stated that they will not persecute Nomads.<br /> <br /> Sentient life forms include Unique undead (those without a Lesser or Greater prefix) and Elemental Lords and Princes.<br /> <br /> Only those nations detailed above have agreed to abide by this Law, all others will continue to persecute Nomads as they wish.<br /> <br /> This Law will be monitored by the Valley people.<br /> <br /> == ALMS ==<br /> <br /> ==== Nomads are not to be used for Nation business. ====<br /> Nomads are not to support nations or conduct business on their behalf. Any nomads found to be performing duties for nations shall be slain, unless these duties are performed in Festival Lands.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be monitored by the Valley people.<br /> <br /> == RECKONING ==<br /> <br /> ==== Nations shall not diminish themselves by taking up those without nation (Nomads or Dispossessed). ====<br /> Nations may only take up to 10% of their total population from outside of their own nation. Nations are to be restricted in size and once they reach this number they are no longer allowed to accept outsiders (anyone not born into their Nation or already part thereof) into their Nation.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be enforced by the Mystics and any nation that violates this will have their Nation status revoked at the next Time of Reckoning and the protections of their lands removed.<br /> <br /> == GATHERING ==<br /> <br /> ==== People shall not travel the land in Groups larger than twenty individuals. ====<br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be enforced by the Mists and Hordelings who will be drawn to such large groups with increasing ferocity until each member of the group has been permanently slain and consumed by the Mists.<br /> <br /> == DETENTION ==<br /> <br /> ==== Nations shall not hold people from other nations against their will within their land. ====<br /> Holding an individual against their will includes any form of spiritual or mental influence that would otherwise alter the normal actions of an individual. It is permitted for nations to detain those from other nations outside of their lands.<br /> <br /> If a nation flouts this Law then their Master of Lore shall withhold any nation Bane against nations entering lands to retrieve their kin. Any nation who continually flouts this Law will have their nation Bane and Boon withheld for increasing amounts of time until they comply with the Law.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be monitored by the Valley people.<br /> <br /> == PASSAGE ==<br /> <br /> ==== Waystations are deemed to be neutral ground for all and nations shall not take up arms against each other within them. Nomads are not permitted entry within Waystations, except for The Festival ====<br /> Waystations will be staffed by dedicated people who are beholden unto no other nation but serve all and are sworn to the Master of Lore who maintains the waystations<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> This Law will be upheld by the Master of Lore responsible for the management of Waystations.<br /> <br /> == TRADING ==<br /> <br /> ==== Trading is to take place unhindered and nations shall not take up arms against Traders. Free passage between enclaves will be granted to all traders. ====<br /> Nations that violate this Law will have trading withheld from them by all Nations until suitable reparations have been made, as agreed by the aggrieved Trader.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> All nations will enforce this Law.<br /> <br /> == SLAVERY ==<br /> <br /> ==== The holding of sentient life forms for the use of slave labour is forbidden. ====<br /> This Law is linked to the Law of Alms and the Law of Detention. The use of Nomads or prisoners to perform slave labour is prohibited. Slave labour is defined as forcing sentient beings to perform tasks against their will and without some form of payment. However, Nations are free to treat their people in accordance with their customs; providing their people with sustenance, protection and lodging is deemed adequate payment by some in return for performed tasks.<br /> <br /> All nations have agreed to abide by this Law.<br /> <br /> All nations will enforce this Law.<br /> <br /> == DISPOSSESSED ==<br /> <br /> ==== People who have recently lost their nation status. ====<br /> Any nation that loses their land at a Time of Reckoning will be classified as Dispossessed and retain this title until the next Time of Reckoning.<br /> <br /> They will lose the protections of their land thirty days after the Time of Reckoning has taken place.<br /> <br /> The Dispossessed are not classified as Nomads and may work with other nations, including accepting other nation’s hospitality and invitation to reside within their lands.<br /> <br /> Dispossessed may continue to wear their former colours in order to identify themselves.<br /> <br /> Dispossessed are allowed to enter waystations.<br /> <br /> If the Dispossessed fail to regain their nation status at the next Time of Reckoning, or join another nation, then they will become Nomads.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Errentara ==<br /> '''Name:''' Errentarra, Prion of Sacred Life<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Expressions:''' <br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Life<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Evil<br /> <br /> '''Alignment/Personality:''' believes that life should continue, no matter the cost.<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:''' A sword piercing a heart.<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life in all it’s sacred forms<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' Errentarra believes that life, the sacred gift of her mother, the Arch-Prion Life, should continue no matter what. Pain and Suffering are nothing in the face of eternal death, and so that too should be born with nobility.<br /> <br /> '''History:''' Errentarra is known for her wondrous ability to heal. They can, and will, ensure that life continues, whatever the cost..<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:'''</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Dana, Prion of Tea ==<br /> '''Name:''' Dana,<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Expressions:''' Dana, Prion of Tea, Dana Prion of Hot Vimto, Dana Prion of Coffee<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Life<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Alignment/Personality:''' Welcoming, nurturing<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:''' A cup of tea on a saucer<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' The comfort of a good cup of tea or hot vimto<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' Often depicted as a routund person, with an endless source of tea and buiscuits (or alternatives if preferred).<br /> <br /> '''History:''' Dana is perhaps the most ‘accidentally worshipped’ prion of Orin Rakatha. Thanks are often offered in the phrase ‘Thank Dana’, in response to a nice cup of tea.<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Dana is the actual older sister of Telyth, and as such, always welcomes children of all ages.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Updated Formatting</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Morigar, Source of Light ==<br /> '''Name:''' Morigar<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Names:''' Morigar, Father of Light<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Expressions:''' The Inheritance of Morigar (Life)<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Life<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Alignment/Personality:''' Fairness, decency and hope. To bring the light of good to the darkness of the world.<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:'''<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Fairness, Decency and Hope.<br /> <br /> '''Description:'''<br /> <br /> '''History:''' Little is known of the original Morigar. What is agreed is that he, or she, or it, was an individual that placed fairness and decency within society as a priority. Morigar shared wisdom far and wide and penned these words upon a holy scroll. Morigar ascended and the scroll was encased within a tube of bone and it became a symbol of Hope and worship. It became known as 'Morigar's Inheritance'. <br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:'''</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Morigar, Source of Light ==<br /> '''Name:''' Morigar<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Names:''' Morigar, Father of Light<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Expressions:''' The Inheritance of Morigar (Life)<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Life<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Alignment/Personality:''' Fairness, decency and hope. To bring the light of good to the darkness of the world.<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:'''<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Fairness, Decency and Hope.<br /> <br /> '''Description:'''<br /> <br /> '''History:''' Little is known of the original Morigar. What is agreed is that he, or she, or it, was an individual that placed fairness and decency within society as a priority. Morigar shared wisdom far and wide and penned these words upon a holy scroll. Morigar ascended and the scroll was encased within a tube of bone and it became a symbol of Hope and worship. It became known as 'Morigar's Inheritance'. <br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:'''</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Sir Septimus Michaels ==<br /> '''Q-Name:''' St. Michael<br /> <br /> '''Name:''' Sir Septimus Michaels<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' Life<br /> <br /> '''Q-Sphere:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Alignment:''' Honourable Good<br /> <br /> '''Symbol:''' <br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Honour in Battle.<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' An honourable knight, who believes that fighting is the last recourse, but if one should fight, then it should be done honourably. They are humble, striving for peace rather than war. <br /> <br /> '''History:'''<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:'''</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[World:Prions | Prions ]]&gt;[[Prions:Owl | Lady Owl]]<br /> <br /> = Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[World:Prions]]&gt;[[Prions:Owl]]<br /> <br /> = Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[World:Prions]]<br /> <br /> = Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[OrinRakatha:Prions]]<br /> <br /> = Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>= Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>= Lady Owl =<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Initial Page Creation</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Lady Owl ==<br /> '''Name:''' Lady Owl/Owl<br /> <br /> '''Sphere:''' life,<br /> <br /> '''Prion Alignment:''' Good<br /> <br /> '''Personality:''' Neutral Good<br /> <br /> Symbol:<br /> <br /> '''Sphere of Influence:''' Life as gift<br /> <br /> '''Description:''' A humanoid Owl, often female presenting<br /> <br /> History<br /> <br /> '''Notable Relations:''' Lady Crow (sister, Deceased)</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Sphere of Life */</p> <hr /> <div>=Prions=<br /> <br /> Prions is the word used upon Orin Rakatha for what other places might call 'Gods'. <br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Life==<br /> <br /> * [[Prions:Owl | Lady Owl]]<br /> * [[Prions:Septimus | Sir Septimus Micheals]]<br /> * [[Prions:Morigar | Morigar, Father of Light]]<br /> * [[Prions:Dana | Dana, Prion of Tea]]<br /> * [[Prions:Errentarra | Errentarra, Sacred Life]]<br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Balance==<br /> * [[Prions:Akhalo | Akhalo, The Hammer of Balance]]<br /> * [[Prions:Lune | Lady Lune ]]<br /> * [[Prions:Telyth | Telyth, Prion of Squires]]<br /> * [[Prions:Ullr | Telyth, Prion Wrath, Honour and Justice]]<br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Nature==<br /> * [[Prions:Sapisma | Sapisma, Mother of Rot]]<br /> * [[Prions:Natsu | Natsu, The Gentle Summer]]<br /> * [[Prions:Sayer | Sayer, Prion of the Wood]]<br /> * [[Prions:Ynos | Ynos, Prion of the Storms]]<br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Death==<br /> <br /> * [[Prions:Arrakis | Dread Lord Arakis]]<br /> * [[Prions:Morgoth | Morgoth]]<br /> * [[Prions:Ushaz | Ushaz]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;=Prions= Prions is the word used upon Orin Rakatha for what other places might call &#039;Gods&#039;. ==Sphere of Life== ==Sphere of Balance== ==Sphere of Nature== ==Sphere of Death==&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>=Prions=<br /> <br /> Prions is the word used upon Orin Rakatha for what other places might call 'Gods'. <br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Life==<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Balance==<br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Nature==<br /> <br /> ==Sphere of Death==</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Sections */</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the Unofficial Herofest Wiki&lt;/strong&gt;<br /> <br /> Here you will find information about Herofest. This is designed to a be information that is known by the players, which means that the information herein is only trustworthy in as much as a player might know it. The information as such, should not be relied upon. <br /> <br /> Any information you find in here is to be considered 'hearsay'. It is as accurate as we have it at the time of writing, but things change and change fast. A page should not be considered 'canon' (that is, can be accepted completely) unless it contains a 'verified' tag.<br /> <br /> == Sections ==<br /> ===Orin Rakatha===<br /> * The world [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]]<br /> * The [[World:Nations | Nations]] of Orin Rakatha.<br /> * The [[World:Prions | Prions ]] of Orin Rakatha.<br /> <br /> ===Discord===<br /> [[Discord| A Knot In Time]]<br /> <br /> ===Rules===<br /> * The [[Rules:Rules | Rules]] of Herofest<br /> <br /> = Using The Wiki =<br /> <br /> Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.<br /> <br /> == Getting started ==<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]<br /> * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]<br /> * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;Orin Rakatha&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Herofest - Blank Map.jpg|thumb|alt=A Map of Orin Rakatha|Orin Rakatha]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>A Map of Orin Rakatha</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Introduction */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]]<br /> <br /> =Orin Rakatha=<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> Orin Rakatha is a paradise. A place of plenty, where nations escaping from the terrors of their own world come to settle and build a-new. <br /> <br /> ===More Information===<br /> * A [[World:Map | map]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Laws | Laws]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:History | History ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Mystics | Mystics]]<br /> * The [[World:Religion | Religions ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * The [[World:Oracles | Oracles ]] of Orin Rakatha<br /> * [[World:Magic | Magic]] of Orin Rakatha</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]] &gt; [[Discord:Ritual Circle | Ritual Circle]]<br /> <br /> =Ritual Circle=<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> This open-air courtyard is ringed with carved obsidian stelae, each bearing glyphs of time, sacrifice, and celestial bodies. The circle itself is formed from glowing red-gold sandstone, etched in an intricate maze pattern.<br /> <br /> It shows signs of recent care. The flagstones are cleaned and swepped, fresh candles stand at intervals around it. A bench has been added to the courtyard, set back against the wall.</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Introduction */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]]<br /> <br /> = A Knot In Time =<br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> A Knot in Time is a [[World:Waystations | waystation]] on [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]].<br /> <br /> ==Locations in the Way Station==<br /> <br /> * [[Discord:The_Courtyard | The Courtyard]]<br /> * [[Discord:Tavern_Hall | Tavern Hall]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_East | Private Room East]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_West | Private Room West]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cellar | The Cellar]]<br /> * [[Discord:Crafting_Room | Crafting Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:Ritual_Circle | Ritual Circle]]<br /> * [[Discord:Mage_Cottage | Mage Cottage]]<br /> * [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> * [[Discord:Market_Place | The Market Place]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Reading_Room | The Reading Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Barracks | The Barracks]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cell_Block | The Cell Block]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Mill | The Mill]]<br /> * [[Discord:Treetop_Firepit | Treetop Firepit]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Introduction */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Main_Page|Main Page]] &gt; [[Discord| Discord]]<br /> <br /> = A Knot In Time =<br /> <br /> ==Introduction==<br /> A Knot in Time is a [[Waystation]] on [[World:OrinRakatha | Orin Rakatha]].<br /> <br /> ==Locations in the Way Station==<br /> <br /> * [[Discord:The_Courtyard | The Courtyard]]<br /> * [[Discord:Tavern_Hall | Tavern Hall]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_East | Private Room East]]<br /> * [[Discord:Private_Room_West | Private Room West]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cellar | The Cellar]]<br /> * [[Discord:Crafting_Room | Crafting Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:Ritual_Circle | Ritual Circle]]<br /> * [[Discord:Mage_Cottage | Mage Cottage]]<br /> * [[Discord:Temple | Temple]]<br /> * [[Discord:Market_Place | The Market Place]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Reading_Room | The Reading Room]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Barracks | The Barracks]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Cell_Block | The Cell Block]]<br /> * [[Discord:The_Mill | The Mill]]<br /> * [[Discord:Treetop_Firepit | Treetop Firepit]]</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: /* Elemental */</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> <br /> There is only one type of magic upon Orin Rakatha. <br /> <br /> ==Types of Magic==<br /> <br /> Magic breaks down into different types of elements that mages are able to access and manipulate. <br /> <br /> ===Elemental===<br /> <br /> * [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]]<br /> * [[Rules:Magic:Black | Black Magic ]]<br /> * Blue<br /> * Yellow<br /> * Green<br /> * Brown<br /> <br /> ===Power===</div>

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<p>BlackXanthus: Created page with &quot;=Introduction= Black Magic is cool. It&#039;s better than White Magic.&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>=Introduction=<br /> <br /> Black Magic is cool. It's better than [[Rules:Magic:White | White Magic]].</div>

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