IZIG RITUALS

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In addition to offering sacrifices to the ancestors, the Izig clan offers themselves as the catalyst for a ritual. It is rare to find a Izig with perfect flesh, or their form intact, for their practices rot and tear at their flesh, and their eyes or are organs plucked free to receive enlightenment.   

 

RITUALS

 

GRIZH-AKRUM (Blood Wine)- Once a member has become an Izig and overcome their difficult trials, they are brought before the elders and members of their clan. They are tasked with felling a great beast, descendant, or undead. Once completed, the remnants(bone,flesh, or blood), are mixed in a bowl with the blood of their clansmates as well as a mixture of alcohol and pungent cactus green.  The concoction is set aflame, and the initiate is baptized in it, washing them of their past history, and bathing them within the collective strength of Izig. 

 

HON-THU (The Sight Beyond)-A ritual exclusive to the Izig clan is the sacrificing of one's eye to Ixli. In return, one is granted knowledge, whether it be a moment in the past or future. However, this action does come with a price, in which hallucinations and mania wrack the mind.(PM DIVINE FOR RITUAL)

 

ÛSUM-GRISH (Blood Thought)-A ritual in which the blood is drained from the target till a state of near death, in which they are granted a zen-like state of thought and mind, granting perception beyond the normal state of consciousness. This often brings forth visions of Krathol, or lesser spirits who seek to influence the mortal realm through their worship. (PM DIVINE FOR RITUAL)

 

GHAMP-TÛ (Stone Flesh)-An Izig flays their own flesh and skin, offering the fat and blood from the painful wounds, they begin to harden, and  the Izig must subject them to the painful burning of the sun, the scabs become stone-like, marks of an Izig’s pride, as well as one’s devotion toward Agzal the Titan, their father.

 

THROQUM-UKÛ(Eternal Hunger)-In dedication to Agzal the Titan, and to their own will,  Izigs often wander the desert for days, weeks, months, and up to years without eating. It is their iron stomachs that strengthen their minds and their bodies, blessed with ability to persist through their own might and their ancestor's blessings.