HarenNecromancy
Necromancy
by haren
Shadowlands Circle
Labyrinth Circle
Forging the Undead Warbeast\\ Cost: 15+
A creation of the Lover Clad in a Rainment of Tears, this ritual bears no few resemblences to both the Sorcery spell of Imbue Amalgam and to the Shadowlands Circle spell of Walking War Machine. The Lover had more than a few Solars who had gone to her bed, but never returned. Many provided their po as hungry ghosts, which she captured in Shade Prison Amulets. But after a time, she began to wonder if they too could not serve her plans and desires. After a time of research, this spell was created. First a large body of bone and soulsteel that bears some resemblence to a warstrider is created with an Intellegence + Necrosurgery roll. Sometimes it is covered in freshly flayed and sewn together flesh to give it a greater sense of horror. This body must have a heartstone like recepticle into which an amulet with a ghost or hungry ghost in it is placed. Now the ghost and body are merged together and any desired Charms are added. The cost is the same as Imbue Amalgam 2 per Attribute, 1 per Ability, and 3 per Charm. The essence spent to imbue the undead creation is above the 15 used to fuse ghost and machine.
One common "Charm" is the use of Attune Soulsteel, which requires a ghost with at least 3 Permanent Essence. This attunes any weapons of soulsteel that are part of the creation to be attuned to the ghost as if it was an abyssal (Note: the ghost provides the essence to commit, and has no choice in the matter.)
As a benefit of the creation of a physical body, hungry ghosts put into it are able to survive in Creation during the daylight hours. The machine will only function in Creation with the addition of a 2 point Hearthstone or the ghost spending 15 motes every dawn (or every day they venture out into Creation). For this reason, they are often imbued with the Charm Crimson Banquet Method.
As another note, the ghost is in no way bound by this ritual and a wise necromancer will bind the ghost either before or know they can command it after.
