Auras of Vigilance - Revision history

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	The names used for each aura are simply the most common ones used in the Empire. For example, the [[#The Preparations of Vigilance\|Preparations of Vigilance]] may be called ''Gathering the Spears'' by a [[Navarr]] [[Navarr_religious_beliefs\|guide]].		The names used for each aura are simply the most common ones used in the Empire. For example, the [[#The Preparations of Vigilance\|Preparations of Vigilance]] may be called ''Gathering the Spears'' by a [[Navarr]] [[Navarr_religious_beliefs\|guide]].

	Study of these auras helped the founders of the Way to create the Path of Vigilance. Some lay persons assume that the [[~~Imperial~~ Synod]] created these auras in some fashion to encourage adherence to orthodoxy, but according to theological scholars the situation is the other way around. The auras came first, then the tenets of the Path of Vigilance.		Study of these auras helped the founders of the Way to create the Path of Vigilance. Some lay persons assume that the [[Synod]] created these auras in some fashion to encourage adherence to orthodoxy, but according to theological scholars the situation is the other way around. The auras came first, then the tenets of the Path of Vigilance.

	==Anointing==		==Anointing==

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The Merits of Vigilance

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	===The Merits of Vigilance===		===The Merits of Vigilance===
	* ''You feel driven seek the source of a threat. You feel an urge to work with those who share your certainty and bypass those who procrastinate.''		* ''You feel driven to seek the source of a threat. You feel an urge to work with those who share your certainty and bypass those who procrastinate.''

	'''Description:''' This aura encourages pilgrims to try to address the source of the dangers that threaten them, rather than directing their efforts against the most visible or immediate threat. The Vigilant understand the importance of rooting out a threat to ensure that it is completely destroyed. This aura is popular with some Urizen priests who draw parallels with the [[Net of the Heavens]], arguing that the aura drives pilgrims to find the pivotal node, the most effective point to act against the danger.		'''Description:''' This aura encourages pilgrims to try to address the source of the dangers that threaten them, rather than directing their efforts against the most visible or immediate threat. The Vigilant understand the importance of rooting out a threat to ensure that it is completely destroyed. This aura is popular with some Urizen priests who draw parallels with the [[Net of the Heavens]], arguing that the aura drives pilgrims to find the pivotal node, the most effective point to act against the danger.

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	<quote by="Marcher Proverb">A ~~man~~ warned is half saved.</quote>		<quote by="Marcher Proverb">A soul warned is half saved.</quote>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony. A priest of the Way may also use the [[#Dreams of Vigilance\|Dreams of Vigilance]] when they use the dedication ceremony to provide a pilgrim with a visionary [[dedication#Dreams\|dream]].		An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony. A priest of the Way may also use the [[#Dreams of Vigilance\|Dreams of Vigilance]] when they use the dedication ceremony to provide a pilgrim with a visionary [[dedication#Dreams\|dream]].

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	* ''You feel a need to prepare for the threats that are to come. You feel an urge to call out the complacency of those who are blind to the dangers.''		* ''You feel a need to prepare for the threats that are to come. You feel an urge to call out the complacency of those who are blind to the dangers.''

	'''Description:''' Many priests of the ~~path~~ of Vigilance use this anointing as a call to arms, especially for those who they feel have become complacent and are unready for the dangers that may come. Other Vigilant groups or sects may use this anointing more regularly to encourage regular drilling and practicing of skills.		'''Description:''' Many priests of the Path of Vigilance use this anointing as a call to arms, especially for those who they feel have become complacent and are unready for the dangers that may come. Other Vigilant groups or sects may use this anointing more regularly to encourage regular drilling and practicing of skills.
	<div style="float:right;"><quote by="Marcher Proverb">You don't own it unless you can defend it.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right;"><quote by="Marcher Proverb">You don't own it unless you can defend it.</quote></div>

Rafferty: /* Anointing */

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Anointing

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	===The Price of Vigilance===		===The Price of Vigilance===
	* ''You feel an urge to end the threat you named when ~~you received this anointing~~. Morals and scruples feel like distractions that will prevent you from taking action.''		* ''You feel an urge to end the threat you named when anointed. Morals and scruples feel like distractions that will prevent you from taking action.''

	'''Description:''' The threats that beset the Empire are wily and cunning, and few will ever provide absolute proof or solid evidence of their intentions before it is too late. Yet doubts about the consequences of acting, or feeling that there is insufficient information, can bedevil the pilgrims of Vigilance and discourage them from doing what must be done. Priests use this anointing to ready the virtuous and strengthen them to act with confidence and certainty. This anointing is popular in empowering priests and pilgrims to overcome other effects that cloud the mind, including malign auras.		'''Description:''' The threats that beset the Empire are wily and cunning, and few will ever provide absolute proof or solid evidence of their intentions before it is too late. Yet doubts about the consequences of acting, or feeling that there is insufficient information, can bedevil the pilgrims of Vigilance and discourage them from doing what must be done. Priests use this anointing to ready the virtuous and strengthen them to act with confidence and certainty. This anointing is popular in empowering priests and pilgrims to overcome other effects that cloud the mind, including malign auras.
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	'''Description:''' Many priests of the path of Vigilance use this anointing as a call to arms, especially for those who they feel have become complacent and are unready for the dangers that may come. Other Vigilant groups or sects may use this anointing more regularly to encourage regular drilling and practicing of skills.		'''Description:''' Many priests of the path of Vigilance use this anointing as a call to arms, especially for those who they feel have become complacent and are unready for the dangers that may come. Other Vigilant groups or sects may use this anointing more regularly to encourage regular drilling and practicing of skills.
	<div style="float:right;"><quote by="Marcher Proverb">You don't own it unless you can defend it.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right;"><quote by="Marcher Proverb">You don't own it unless you can defend it.</quote></div>

	==Consecration==		==Consecration==
	[[Consecration]] is the ceremony used to create an [[Aura#Location_Aura\|aura on a clearly defined location]]. There is only one aura for each virtue, and all priests create the same one when they use this skill.		[[Consecration]] is the ceremony used to create an [[Aura#Location_Aura\|aura on a clearly defined location]]. There is only one aura for each virtue, and all priests create the same one when they use this skill.

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	* ''You feel an urge to '''take strategic actions''' to defend your homeland.''		* ''You feel an urge to '''take strategic actions''' to defend your homeland.''
	'''Commentary:''' Strategic actions often include things such as raising armies, building fortifications, creating large-scale [[enchantment\|enchantments]] and [[curse\|curses]], hiring mercenaries, encouraging generals to remain wary for unexpected threats, and similar actions.		'''Commentary:''' Strategic actions often include things such as raising armies, building fortifications, creating large-scale [[enchantment\|enchantments]] and [[curse\|curses]], hiring mercenaries, encouraging generals to remain wary for unexpected threats, and similar actions.
	{{~~Ceremonial skills~~ further reading}}		{{Auras further reading}}
	[[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Ceremonies]]		[[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Ceremonies]]

Rafferty: /* Consecration */ Dreams of Vigilance

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Consecration: Dreams of Vigilance

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	'''Description:''' This powerful aura of Vigilance fills those who experience it with a passion to protect the things they care most about. Although it can be an unsettling aura, it gives pilgrims an unshakable sense of the significance of their own role in averting danger. It is often used to create places of contemplation, a place for pilgrims to be reminded of the importance of Vigilance when making difficult judgements.		'''Description:''' This powerful aura of Vigilance fills those who experience it with a passion to protect the things they care most about. Although it can be an unsettling aura, it gives pilgrims an unshakable sense of the significance of their own role in averting danger. It is often used to create places of contemplation, a place for pilgrims to be reminded of the importance of Vigilance when making difficult judgements.
			==Dedication==
			[[Dedication]] is the ceremony used to link a pilgrim's soul to the virtue. It can also be used to create vivid oracular dreams.

			===Dreams of Vigilance===
			* ''The next time you sleep you experience a vivid dream concerning known threats and likely dangers. The dream will often show ways in which you might take action to confront and defeat them. Sometimes the dream will show you a new threat, it appears ominous and foreboding in the vision even if you have not encountered it before. The dream will often include symbolic elements that seem to provide some hint of the source of the dangers that threaten you.''

	==Hallow==		==Hallow==
	[[Hallow]] is used to create an [[Aura#Item_Aura\|aura on an item]], such as a weapon, implement, shield or suit of armour. It is not possible to use hallow to create an aura on large immobile objects. Hallows do not provide a source of supernatural strength, but are durable and can last for a year (or potentially forever in the case of an artefact hallowed with [[liao#true liao\|true liao]]).		[[Hallow]] is used to create an [[Aura#Item_Aura\|aura on an item]], such as a weapon, implement, shield or suit of armour. It is not possible to use hallow to create an aura on large immobile objects. Hallows do not provide a source of supernatural strength, but are durable and can last for a year (or potentially forever in the case of an artefact hallowed with [[liao#true liao\|true liao]]).

Rafferty: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	<quote by="Marcher Proverb">A man warned is half saved.</quote>		<quote by="Marcher Proverb">A man warned is half saved.</quote>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony.		An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony. A priest of the Way may also use the [[#Dreams of Vigilance\|Dreams of Vigilance]] when they use the dedication ceremony to provide a pilgrim with a visionary [[dedication#Dreams\|dream]].

	The names used for each aura are simply the most common ones used in the Empire. For example, the [[#The Preparations of Vigilance\|Preparations of Vigilance]] may be called ''Gathering the Spears'' by a [[Navarr]] [[Navarr_religious_beliefs\|guide]].		The names used for each aura are simply the most common ones used in the Empire. For example, the [[#The Preparations of Vigilance\|Preparations of Vigilance]] may be called ''Gathering the Spears'' by a [[Navarr]] [[Navarr_religious_beliefs\|guide]].

	Study of these auras helped the founders of the Way to create the Path of Vigilance. Some lay persons assume that the [[Imperial Synod]] created these auras in some fashion to encourage adherence to orthodoxy, but according to theological scholars the situation is the other way around. The auras came first, then the tenets of the Path of Vigilance.		Study of these auras helped the founders of the Way to create the Path of Vigilance. Some lay persons assume that the [[Imperial Synod]] created these auras in some fashion to encourage adherence to orthodoxy, but according to theological scholars the situation is the other way around. The auras came first, then the tenets of the Path of Vigilance.

	==Anointing==		==Anointing==
	[[Anointing]] involves a short ceremony to create a [[Aura#Personal_Aura\|personal aura]] on a mortal being. Anointing always requires the consent of the subject.		[[Anointing]] involves a short ceremony to create a [[Aura#Personal_Aura\|personal aura]] on a mortal being. Anointing always requires the consent of the subject.

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			<quote by="Marcher Proverb">A man warned is half saved.</quote>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony.		An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication\|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony.

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 ==Overview==
-These [[aura|auras]] are created by priests [[dedication|dedicated]] to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the [[anointing]], [[consecration]], or [[hallow]] skill.
+An [[aura]] is a persistent spiritual effect on a person, location or item. The auras listed here are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of [[Vigilance]] who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character who is [[dedication|dedicated]] to Vigilance must pick one of the following auras when they perform the relevant ceremony.
 [[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Ceremonies]]