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In one of the rooms of the Cascanovan keep, a Rhenyari boy loudly cheered. . . . And later, upon the courtyard of the Garrison, an Inquisitor returned to his duties.

Inquisitor Amyas pulled his sword free from the gullet off a dwarf, cleaning the blood off and spitting upon the fallen stout-man. "So to you Sons of Urguan, who have fallen to other faiths, I admonish: GOD is able to do all things. For His power is not parted among His many servants, but imitated, and in His multitude of ways, He is above them all." He quoted, then, from the Scroll of Spirits.

Nafis-, no, Amyas steeled his resolve. He took a moment to remember what he fought for. Who he fought for. The Inquisitor was perched on the half-walls of the Rittersburg bridge, staring out at the river beneath. He smiled the Sun's smile, beneath the helmet. "For her. For the Emperor, and for God."

"They're fleeing." Inquisitor Amyas remarked, still sharpening his blade for the siege. "Cowards. You've made my decision for me. I'll slaughter the women and children left behind, too."

BASIC INFORMATION [« DISCORD USERNAME » maliq.__] [« MINECRAFT USERNAME » Rhenyari.] « IN CHARACTER NAME » Nafis Lorethos. « SURNAME » Basrid. « AGE» 20. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION « OCCUPATION » Imperial Guardsman. Further occupations & experience to be discussed. « EXPERIENCE » See above. « DESIRED ROLES » Deputy Director of Immigration.

“ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɢɢʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɢɴᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀᴏᴜꜱ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴋᴇʀꜱ ᴅɪꜱʟᴏᴅɢᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴏᴍᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛꜱ.” TO THE DENIZENS OF THE CASTLE UPON ᚱᛅᚴᚼᛅᛋ ᚴᛅᛘᛁᛚ YOUR HERESY HAS BEEN NOTED. BY DECREE OF THE COGNANT, FOR THE MURDER OF THE GOLIATH TAR-N0-S, WE HAVE SENTENCED YOU TO DEATH. PREPARE YOUR WALLS. STEADY YOUR GATES. TEMPER YOUR STEEL. STRENGTHEN YOUR HEARTS. THIS IS OUR LAND TO PROTECT. OUR LAND TO SAFEGUARD. FOR THE WALLS, WE SHALL TOPPLE THEM. FOR THE GATES, WE SHALL MELT THEM. FOR YOUR STEEL, WE SHALL REPURPOSE IT. FOR YOUR HEARTS, WE SHALL CRUSH THEM. THIS TRANSGRESSION WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED. FOR THE GLORY OF OUR MAKERS. FOR THE GLORY OF ᚱᛅᚴᚼᛅᛋ ᚴᛅᛘᛁᛚ PREPARE FOR YOUR DEATH, DRAGON-MEN.

Infernal Blood Magic, much like currently accepted Blood Magic, is wildly outdated (being 4 years old without proper updates for a while), and in my humble opinion, just as dogshit as BM. Mind you, the lore explanation was to make the redline itself be less BM-targetted and more towards enchantment in general, not my fault that Ensorcell is the mainstream enchantment bc its piss easy to make and costs literally nothing (average t5 blood mage pumping out 5 sreqs in a week). Maleus is corruptive, that is maleus' approved lore (which is why it does not interact well with souls, see: permanent loss of magic slots in order to even store it), and while yes, the marriage piece exists, the key part about infernal Blood Magic is not Maleus - it's rakir. While, yes, Maleus and Naztherak are required to perform a majority of if not all of the Infernal Blood Rites, what matters most and more is the rakir itself. Not only that, the maleus requirements on Infernal BM are pathetic (the highest one I found was 10), which - and you may call this a stretch, frankly I don't care - implies that Maleus in any higher quantity would make it too volatile, because Maleus is inherently corruptive. The issue is that currently accepted MA Seer abilities seem to have redlines, abilities and lore that just let them supersede currently approved lore of what they interfere with/change/alter/etc. Which is fine. That's the cool factor about Seer. However, I'm sorry to both of you, but having to bleed on something doesn't make it cooler or more esoteric, it just makes it edgy and 'heh... watashi wa have blood book...' I can understand the aesthetic appeal, but its not as cool as people are making it out to be. Finally, a note to any further comments made on this amendment: Please god read what unwillingly said. The Grimoire is written and balanced in a way that it is the only way someone can confidently out a Naztherak as a Naztherak without going through the shoots and hoops of learning through valid rp that tattoos = brands or something like that. This is a balancing change. As it stands, Naztherak are the easiest MA to hide. Case and point, I made it from T1 to T5 Naztherak, being active most if not every day of that tenure, until my crowning, without being outed. I outed myself when I made the 'Salatiel' angel gig. Up until then, had it not been for my own son talking shit, people genuinely wouldn't have known. Grimoires already have protective redlines, or the lack thereof (like how they don't have to look infernal in nature), and letting you hide its true nature on top of that is just excessive.

thank you for understanding the point of the amendment 🙏

New in bold, changed in italics. Current Grimoire Redlines: New Grimoire Redlines: Purpose:

Decided to make a new comment entirely. Main Mechanical notes from myself: Please note: I am not Lore Team! Lore Mandated Tasks: Druidism struggled - for a long time - to cope with new people being interested because Dedicancy was a lore-enforced thing instead of a culturally-enforced thing. Having a mandated task system for an MA can be - will not necessarily be - detrimental to interest as some people are genuinely lazy. Despite giving this feedback, I personally wouldn't change it; I feel like the piece managed to make a task system feel unique. Skjoldr Connection Effects: Conceptually cool, mechanically a nightmare. I'd keep translucent, since its kind of harmless, but I think weightlessness purely for connection is a bit much. Maybe it becomes lighter, but I think cut-and-dry weightlessness is a little much, personally. Fare Forth: Not feedback. Just genuine admiration. I think magics should look to this ability in the future, regardless if this is approved or denied, as inspiration on how to make ST signed items and MA-marked spells/rituals feel cool and unique. Bravo. Rescue: Same issue as the connection effects. Conceptually cool, mechanically nightmarish. Weightlessness is, again, a little too much. I'd say, like, maybe a system of 'one less'. If used on an Orc, their weight is of human/elf, etc etc, or just make it more so 'incredibly lighter' instead of weightless, specially for a combative spell. I know my original reply seemed ominous, but these are my only real "gripes". As I said, I really like this, conceptually and aesthetically. Formatting-wise, I think the use of spoilers would've helped a bit here. Not an abusive use of spoilers, but maybe for the redlines. Scrolling up and down was hell 😭 All in all, really good piece!

The Iconoclast turned to its summoner, the Demon scrunging up its nose. "Does this jumped up mortal ever shut up about his crusade? Does he now know he's merely a tool in the Black God's plan?" At its summoner's shrug of indifference, the Demon snickered. "No King of mine. I will not prostrate myself like these weak-minded kin."

In some dark crevice, surrounded by spirits and voices of his own making, the Animist smiled for the settling of his people. It was, perhaps, nigh time to return. Long had he secluded himself. Oh, how he missed them...

I like it, but... (Full feedback after I've had dinner, watch for post edit)

ur so funny