Drawing the Penumbral Veil - Revision history

Twiggy at 15:21, 13 July 2025

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	==Common Elements==		==Common Elements==
	A common focus for this ritual is a map depicting the target territory. It is sometimes obscured during the casting, or even burnt at the completion. Sometimes the map is created from sand or painstakingly drawn with salt or coloured powders, so it can be obscured with a gesture by the ritualists. Another common element involves the use of shuttered or dark lanterns, or flickering candles, or dim lightstones which provide limited illumination and are passed from ritualist to ritualist around the central map focus, ~~symbolizing~~ the shifting of the stars that accompanies the ritual veil.		A common focus for this ritual is a map depicting the target territory. It is sometimes obscured during the casting, or even burnt at the completion. Sometimes the map is created from sand or painstakingly drawn with salt or coloured powders, so it can be obscured with a gesture by the ritualists. Another common element involves the use of shuttered or dark lanterns, or flickering candles, or dim lightstones which provide limited illumination and are passed from ritualist to ritualist around the central map focus, symbolising the shifting of the stars that accompanies the ritual veil.

	The rune [[Wyr]] is commonly used during this ritual, and the constellation of [[The Wanderer]] is often invoked.		The rune [[Wyr]] is commonly used during this ritual, and the constellation of [[The Wanderer]] is often invoked.

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Description

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	==Description==		==Description==
			This ritual is a two-edged sword. It makes it very hard for enemy magicians to scry on events in the target territory, but it also attracts attention. What could the magicians be doing in that territory that is so important? The [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] magician Alcin i Guerra used to claim that he spent much of his spare time at Anvil weaving this ritual around random territories in the Empire to confuse and unsettle barbarian shamans. He made such extensive use of the ritual that it is still called ''Alcin's Celestial Confusion'' in some parts.

	~~This~~ ritual is ~~a two-edged sword. It makes it very hard for enemy magicians~~ to ~~scry on events~~ in the ~~target territory~~, ~~but~~ it ~~also attracts attention. What could~~ the ~~magicians be doing in that~~ territory ~~that is so important? The~~ [[~~The Brass Coast\|Freeborn~~]] ~~magician Alcin i Guerra used to claim that he spent much of his spare time at Anvil weaving this ritual around random territories in~~ the Empire ~~to confuse~~ and ~~unsettle~~ barbarian ~~shamans~~. ~~He made such extensive use~~ of the ritual ~~that it is still called ''Alcin's Celestial Confusion'' in some parts~~.		There are several ways to empower the shrouds created by this ritual, including the [[Penumbral_Watcher#Shadow_Myrrh_Refinery\|inky black myrrh]] from the [[Penumbral_Watcher#Tower_of_Light_and_Shadow\|Tower of Light and Shadow]], available to the [[Penumbral Watcher]]. The [[Whisper Gallery]] are also known to provide boons to empower this ritual. In both cases, the use of peculiar magical consumables is known to influence the visual effects that follow in the wake of the shroud. For example, it seems that several Whisper Gallery boons simply occlude the stars over a territory entirely, leaving a blank sky with only the moon and occasionally [[the Wanderer]] visible.

			Following the Autumn Equinox 386YE, the entire Empire except for [[Casinea]], and those territories in barbarian hands such as [[Mournwold]], [[Therunin]], and [[Madruga]] were wrapped in a Penumbral Veil. It's not clear who was responsible, or what their aim was, but given the specificity of the effect it seems likely the effect was the result of dozens of castings of the ritual rather than a single powerful effect created by an [[Arcane projection]].

	==Common Elements==		==Common Elements==

Rafferty at 17:27, 23 February 2023

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	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===
	{{Casting time\|10}} {{Regio\|Night}} {{Target Territory}}		{{Casting time\|10}} {{Imperial Reduction}}

			{{Regio\|Night}} {{Target Territory}}

	This ritual is a shroud.		This ritual is a shroud.

Rafferty at 14:19, 12 May 2022

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	[[Category:Night Ritual]]		[[Category:Night Ritual]]
	[[Category:Rituals]]		[[Category:Rituals]]
	~~[[Category:Shroud]]~~

Rafferty at 14:17, 12 May 2022

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	~~===Removing the Shroud===~~		{{shroud}}
	~~The~~ shroud can be penetrated by any divination magic of sufficient magnitude, but this does not remove it. It can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.

	===Additional Magnitude===		===Additional Magnitude===

Hailmur at 14:29, 29 December 2020

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	===Effects===		===Effects===

	The ritual targets a single territory. At the completion of the ritual the target territory is sheltered by a shadowy penumbra that dissipates and blinds attempts to scry the territory or divine information about it with magic. Unless the divination or ~~scyring~~ ritual is performed with a magnitude at least equal to the magnitude of the veil, the only information it can gain is the presence of a Night enchantment and the magnitude of the effect.		The ritual targets a single territory. At the completion of the ritual the target territory is sheltered by a shadowy penumbra that dissipates and blinds attempts to scry the territory or divine information about it with magic. Unless the divination or scrying ritual is performed with a magnitude at least equal to the magnitude of the veil, the only information it can gain is the presence of a Night enchantment and the magnitude of the effect.

	Any scrying or divination ritual that attempts to penetrate the veil, or any ritual that attempts to actually remove it, must have a magnitude at least equal to the of the veil		Any scrying or divination ritual that attempts to penetrate the veil, or any ritual that attempts to actually remove it, must have a magnitude at least equal to the of the veil

Rafferty at 19:46, 10 March 2016

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	===Removing the Shroud===		===Removing the Shroud===
	The shroud can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.		The shroud can be penetrated by any divination magic of sufficient magnitude, but this does not remove it. It can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.

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	[[Category:Rituals]]		[[Category:Rituals]]
			[[Category:Shroud]]

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	{{Casting time\|10}} {{Regio\|Night}} {{Target Territory}}		{{Casting time\|10}} {{Regio\|Night}} {{Target Territory}}

	~~{{curse}}~~		This ritual is a shroud.

	===Effects===		===Effects===

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	===Removing the ~~Curse~~===		===Removing the Shroud===
	The shroud can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.		The shroud can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.

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Effects

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	{{Year Duration}}		{{Year Duration}}

			===Removing the Curse===
			The shroud can be removed prematurely by the performance of [[Piercing Light of Revelation]], provided the magnitude of that Day ritual is at least ''twice'' the magnitude of the Penumbral Veil.

	===Additional Magnitude===		===Additional Magnitude===