![]() One of these rites involved a blood oath between the initiate and the leaders of Nehr'esham dedicating the initiate to dedicate their life to the Great Project and to the completion of the Eternal Library.Įventually, the use of blood oaths became more common, even being used to seal marriages. Scholars from across the Seleastrean basin flocked to Nehr'esham, and the leaders imposed rites of initiation on those who wished to join the Great Project. This was an undertaking to research means of protecting the Namegivers of the world from the Horrors, whose existence was told of by the Books of Harrow. There, in the research enclave known as Nehr'esham ("Center of the Mind" in Theran, which began as a Sperethiel dialect), which later became known as the Eternal Library of Thera, was the Great Project. It is no more good nor evil than any other form of magic (though some scholars disagree).īlood magic began on the isle of Thera, in the Age of Legend some eight centuries before the Scourge. Blood magic is thus intimately connected with life, and with death. The price for this power is life, one drop at a time, and the raging torrent of power created by sacrifice is mighty and addictive indeed. Blood represents life force, and thus can be used to power or augment powerful magics. In some cases, they can be treated as the same energy. The Path of Blood, however, delves beyond the symbolic potency of blood. These practices can still be found in many mystical traditions. Bloodletting and blood sacrifices have been integral to nearly all civilizations and religions at one point or another.
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