Blood of the World
It sings; can you not hear it, in the brush, in the water, in the seething boils of putrid earth flesh.
It calls, beckons that we sing it's praise and call it forth to bubble o'er the earth in heavy waves.
The Blood of the World, given form. Blood of the World[1]
Falatacot term: beneath the crust of the world, exists a lifeblood, that flows from one focal point to another.[2] It is on Killiata where the Falatacot first heard the pulse of the Blood of the World.[3]
The Falatacot believed that the power of the world flowed through
their very veins. They would bloodlet, and sacrifice all in the name of their Old Gods, to draw themselves closer to the Blood of the World.[2]
Asheron named this energy "Essence". Beneath the world it flows, and ebbs like the tides of the ocean, but instead of being on a set schedule, it moves through set patterns.[4]
The Falatacot found that on Killiakta, or Dereth, it was most concentrated, and plentiful.[2] Also Asheron found out that it was strongest under Dereth.[4]
Whatever came before, the Old Ones, the Gromnatross, placed a series of markers, that highlighted positions of immense concentration.[2][5]
The Gelidites believed that the Blood of the World was nothing more than an energy, much akin to mana.[2]
The Gelidites, specifically the sect of the Disciples of the Blood found that there were four poles, for lack of a more satisfying term that held more power than any other. There using their command of Geomantic arts they dug into the earth and created, large stone structures. But the progress there was muted as they hit a point at which they were rebuffed by the Blood's own essence. It was then they chose another approach. Utilizing their control of Geomancy again, they began crafting a new column that surrounded the focus of these Vein's. Here they constructed huge furnaces that were meant to collect the excess Blood (mana) from within the shell of the world. [2]
Since the Gelidites lacked a living form, they theorized more than practiced on Blood Rituals. A theory around Elementary Magic resulted, which held that mana could be refractured in six, brought down to four intrinsic elements:[2][5]
- Consumption - Fire
- Stimulation - Lightning
- Stasis - Frost
- Decay/Entropy - Acid
- Consumption - Fire
Elementals are an aspect of essence, coalesced, given form and given consciousness by a master. This practice took place within a very small sect of beings eons ago. Those beings were destroyed utterly, by their kin. The Gelid.[4]
References
- ↑ 2002/04 Betrayal - Mana and the Elements
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2002/04 Betrayal - Tome of the Elements
- ↑ 2006/11 Remembering the Past - Words of the High Matriarch
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2002/05 Hidden Vein - Treatise on Essence
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 2002/09 Verdict - Disciples of Tempest