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	Just as with its cousin rituals, the potence of true stormlye comes from the star metal, guided by the tempest jade and beggar's lye used in its preparation. It is not entirely clear why these were the right choices for this ritual, though some scholars who have studied the ritual comment on the strong association of tempest jade with the destruction inherent in storms, and beggar's lye is certainly a powerful solvent in its own right. Some members of the [[Golden Pyramid]] have commented that the magic item known as [[Lodestone Shears]] is somehow analogous to this ritual, and it is true that such shears use similar ingredients.		Just as with its cousin rituals, the potence of true stormlye comes from the star metal, guided by the tempest jade and beggar's lye used in its preparation. It is not entirely clear why these were the right choices for this ritual, though some scholars who have studied the ritual comment on the strong association of tempest jade with the destruction inherent in storms, and beggar's lye is certainly a powerful solvent in its own right. Some members of the [[Golden Pyramid]] have commented that the magic item known as [[Lodestone Shears]] is somehow analogous to this ritual, and it is true that such shears use similar ingredients.

	It is interesting to note that just like ''Amalgamation of Gold and Silver'' and ''~~Distill~~ the Serpent's Stone'', the ritual does not possess an assurance and does not draw on the power of the [[eternal]] who helped create it. Scholars of the Unfettered Mind speculate that these alchemical rituals benefit from the involvement of an eternal because they are capable of understanding magical materials and their transformation in a way that mortals cannot - that they can see them in a different way. So far the creation of a new alchemical ritual seems always to be a product of mortal ingenuity married to the particular perception of an eternal (almost certainly Azoth).		It is interesting to note that just like ''Amalgamation of Gold and Silver'' and ''Distil the Serpent's Stone'', the ritual does not possess an assurance and does not draw on the power of the [[eternal]] who helped create it. Scholars of the Unfettered Mind speculate that these alchemical rituals benefit from the involvement of an eternal because they are capable of understanding magical materials and their transformation in a way that mortals cannot - that they can see them in a different way. So far the creation of a new alchemical ritual seems always to be a product of mortal ingenuity married to the particular perception of an eternal (almost certainly Azoth).

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

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	Just as with its cousin rituals, the potence of true stormlye comes from the star metal, guided by the tempest jade and beggar's lye used in its preparation. It is not entirely clear why these were the right choices for this ritual, though some scholars who have studied the ritual comment on the strong association of tempest jade with the destruction inherent in storms, and beggar's lye is certainly a powerful solvent in its own right. Some members of the [[Golden Pyramid]] have commented that the magic item known as [[Lodestone Shears]] is somehow analogous to this ritual, and it is true that such shears use similar ingredients.		Just as with its cousin rituals, the potence of true stormlye comes from the star metal, guided by the tempest jade and beggar's lye used in its preparation. It is not entirely clear why these were the right choices for this ritual, though some scholars who have studied the ritual comment on the strong association of tempest jade with the destruction inherent in storms, and beggar's lye is certainly a powerful solvent in its own right. Some members of the [[Golden Pyramid]] have commented that the magic item known as [[Lodestone Shears]] is somehow analogous to this ritual, and it is true that such shears use similar ingredients.

			It is interesting to note that just like ''Amalgamation of Gold and Silver'' and ''Distill the Serpent's Stone'', the ritual does not possess an assurance and does not draw on the power of the [[eternal]] who helped create it. Scholars of the Unfettered Mind speculate that these alchemical rituals benefit from the involvement of an eternal because they are capable of understanding magical materials and their transformation in a way that mortals cannot - that they can see them in a different way. So far the creation of a new alchemical ritual seems always to be a product of mortal ingenuity married to the particular perception of an eternal (almost certainly Azoth).

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

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	<div style="float:right; width: ~~500px~~; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=~~400~~}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
			{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=400}}
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. ~~The predecessor ritual~~, the ''~~Proof of Lye and Lightning~~''~~, was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye~~'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[~~Madruga~~#~~Quiet_Grasses~~\|~~Great Grasses~~]] of [[~~Madruga~~]] ~~during~~ the ~~reign~~ of ~~[[Emperor Vesna]]~~.		This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. During the Autumn Equinox 387YE, [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Unfettered Mind]] '''Zlata Ruznikova Perenel''' [[387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Imperial_Lore:_Emulsion_of_Lye_and_Lightning\|raised the declaration]] to have it added to [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]]. Bakar paid the monies necessary to ensure the ritual text was made available to anyone who wanted it, and has duly become a part of the collection of every Imperial alchemist worth their salt.

	~~During~~ the ~~Autumn Equinox 387YE~~, ~~[[Grandmaster]]~~ of the ~~[[Unfettered Mind]]~~ ''~~'Zlata Ruznikova Perenel'~~''[[~~raised the declaration~~\|~~387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Imperial_Lore:_Emulsion_of_Lye_and_Lightning~~]] ~~to have it added to~~ [[~~Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore~~]]. ~~Bakar paid the monies necessary to ensure the ritual text~~ was made ~~available to anyone who wanted it, and has duly become a part~~ of the ~~collection of every Imperial alchemist worth their salt.~~		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.

	~~The~~ dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.

	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	==Description==		==Description==
	This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]].		This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]].

			During the Autumn Equinox 387YE, [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Unfettered Mind]] '''Zlata Ruznikova Perenel'''[[raised the declaration\|387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Imperial_Lore:_Emulsion_of_Lye_and_Lightning]] to have it added to [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]]. Bakar paid the monies necessary to ensure the ritual text was made available to anyone who wanted it, and has duly become a part of the collection of every Imperial alchemist worth their salt.

	The dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.

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	* It removes all enduring magical marks such as those created by [[Arcane Mark]], [[Mark of Fellowship]], or [[Mark of Agramant]]. It is not entirely certain, in the latter case, if it will remove all lingering traces of the influence of [[Agramant\|Blood-on-the-Pines]] upon the target, but it will remove the Mark and any substantial effects arising from it.		* It removes all enduring magical marks such as those created by [[Arcane Mark]], [[Mark of Fellowship]], or [[Mark of Agramant]]. It is not entirely certain, in the latter case, if it will remove all lingering traces of the influence of [[Agramant\|Blood-on-the-Pines]] upon the target, but it will remove the Mark and any substantial effects arising from it.
	* It removes a single [[curse]] that brands the body, such as [[Scrivener's Bloodmark]] or [[Freezing Brand of Irremais]]. It will always remove the most recent such curse.		* It removes a single [[curse]] that brands the body, such as [[Scrivener's Bloodmark]] or [[Freezing Brand of Irremais]]. It will always remove the most recent such curse.
	* It removes all ongoing standard (not [[Aura#Strong_Auras\|strong]], [[Aura#Durable_Auras\|durable]], or true) auras on the target, such as those created by [[Anointing]]. It also removes any words like those created by the [[Testimony]] ceremony, unless they are strong auras or were created with the use of True Liao or a similar substance. It will not remove [[~~dedocatopm~~\|Dedications]] or reverse the effects of [[Excommunication]].		* It removes all ongoing standard (not [[Aura#Strong_Auras\|strong]], [[Aura#Durable_Auras\|durable]], or true) auras on the target, such as those created by [[Anointing]]. It also removes any words like those created by the [[Testimony]] ceremony, unless they are strong auras or were created with the use of True Liao or a similar substance. It will not remove [[dedication\|Dedications]] or reverse the effects of [[Excommunication]].
	* If applied to a willing target who has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects, that target loses all their hits and begins [[Combat#Dying\|dying]].		* If applied to a willing target who has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects, that target loses all their hits and begins [[Combat#Dying\|dying]].
	If applied to an item:		If applied to an item:

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	<div style="float:right; width: ~~500px~~; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=~~400~~}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=300}}
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.
			{{CaptionedImage\|file=AzothArt.jpg\|title=\|caption=Azoth is fascinated by the way magical materials may be brought together to create something new.\|align=right\|width=400}}
	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	==Description==		==Description==
	This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. ~~The predecessor ritual~~, the ''~~Proof of Lye and Lightning~~''~~, was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye~~'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[~~Madruga~~#~~Quiet_Grasses~~\|~~Great Grasses~~]] of [[~~Madruga~~]] ~~during~~ the ~~reign~~ of ~~[[Emperor Vesna]]~~.		This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. During the Autumn Equinox 387YE, [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Unfettered Mind]] '''Zlata Ruznikova Perenel''' [[387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Imperial_Lore:_Emulsion_of_Lye_and_Lightning\|raised the declaration]] to have it added to [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]]. Bakar paid the monies necessary to ensure the ritual text was made available to anyone who wanted it, and has duly become a part of the collection of every Imperial alchemist worth their salt.

	~~During~~ the ~~Autumn Equinox 387YE~~, ~~[[Grandmaster]]~~ of the ~~[[Unfettered Mind]]~~ ''~~'Zlata Ruznikova Perenel'~~''[[~~raised the declaration~~\|~~387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Imperial_Lore:_Emulsion_of_Lye_and_Lightning~~]] ~~to have it added to~~ [[~~Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore~~]]. ~~Bakar paid the monies necessary to ensure the ritual text~~ was made ~~available to anyone who wanted it, and has duly become a part~~ of the ~~collection of every Imperial alchemist worth their salt.~~		The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance called ''stormlye'' whose power was much more limited. That earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]]. The development of ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' was made possible with some of the dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.

	~~The~~ dust that remained after destroying one of the winter constructs which directed the Parched, the so-called "Dry Patricians", was given to the Azoth by Bakar i Riqueza after the successful use of the prototype ritual in the field. Subsequently, the heart of the blight itself was aligned to Night, claimed by the Azoth, and washed clean with Spring-infused river waters, again with the aid of its pupil Bakar. In so doing, the Azoth gained a fundamental understanding into the nature of the blight and its antithesis, and the alchemical resonances implied thereof. While Night is notoriously extremely poor at directly causing any form of destruction, the power of this ritual works by channelling the resonance with [[Spring magic\|Spring]] and [[Winter magic\|Winter]] contained within the contributing materials, unleashing the considerable ruinous potential associated with those realms without directly drawing on their power, instead using them as catalysts for the potential locked within the ilium itself.

	[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.		[[Distil the Serpent's Stone]] attempts to create a perfected material of higher nature than the dross of the mundane world around it, and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] creates a substance specifically intended to "perfect" the body of a mortal being. ''Emulsion of Lye and Lightning'' attempts to turn this on its head, creating a substance that can dissolve nearly anything: in this sense it approaches the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest Alkahest]" sought by some alchemists. As with those rituals, it is only through the mysterious power of [[ilium\|star metal]] that the creation of such a unique and potent substance is possible. The Azoth warns that it would not be possible to create another such ritual easily: only a very particular set of circumstances allowed for this one, and it would almost always require the assistance of an [[eternal]] such as the Azoth to perfect such a ritual.

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	It has a number of effects depending on the target to which it is applied; if more than one would apply they take place in order. If applied to a willing character:		It has a number of effects depending on the target to which it is applied; if more than one would apply they take place in order. If applied to a willing character:
	* It removes all enduring magical marks such as those created ~~by Arcane Mark or Mark~~ of Agramant. It is not entirely certain, in the latter case, if it will remove all lingering traces of the influence of Blood-on-the-Pines upon the target, but it will remove the Mark and any substantial effects arising from it.		* It removes all enduring magical marks such as those created by [[Arcane Mark]], [[Mark of Fellowship]], or [[Mark of Agramant]]. It is not entirely certain, in the latter case, if it will remove all lingering traces of the influence of [[Agramant\|Blood-on-the-Pines]] upon the target, but it will remove the Mark and any substantial effects arising from it.
	* It removes a ~~single curse that~~ brands the body, such ~~as Scrivener~~'s ~~Bloodmark or Freezing~~ Brand of Irremais. It will always remove the most recent such curse.		* It removes a single [[curse]] that brands the body, such as [[Scrivener's Bloodmark]] or [[Freezing Brand of Irremais]]. It will always remove the most recent such curse.
	* It removes all ongoing standard (not strong, durable, or true) auras on the target, such as those created ~~by Anointing, and~~ any words like those created by ~~the Testimony ceremony~~, unless they were created with the use of True Liao or a similar substance. It will not remove Dedications or reverse the effects of Excommunication.		* It removes all ongoing standard (not [[Aura#Strong_Auras\|strong]], [[Aura#Durable_Auras\|durable]], or true) auras on the target, such as those created by [[Anointing]]. It also removes any words like those created by the [[Testimony]] ceremony, unless they are strong auras or were created with the use of True Liao or a similar substance. It will not remove [[dedocatopm\|Dedications]] or reverse the effects of [[Excommunication]].
	* If applied to a willing target who has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects, that target loses all their hits and ~~enters their bleed count~~.		* If applied to a willing target who has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects, that target loses all their hits and begins [[Combat#Dying\|dying]].
	If applied to an item:		If applied to an item:
	* It removes all ongoing auras on the target, such as those created by [[hallow\|hallowing]], unless they are a [[Aura#Strong_Auras\|true aura]] such as those created with the use of [[Liao#True Liao\|True Liao]].		* It removes all ongoing auras on the target, such as those created by [[hallow\|hallowing]], unless they are a [[Aura#Strong_Auras\|true aura]] such as those created with the use of [[Liao#True Liao\|True Liao]].
	* It will destroy any single [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|non-artefact]] item which has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects (in particular, if applied to a hallowed item it loses its hallow but is not destroyed).		* It will destroy any single [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|non-artefact]] item which has not otherwise been affected by one of the above effects (in particular, if applied to a hallowed item it loses its hallow but is not destroyed).

	It is not suitable to use to remove location auras, as a dose of true stormlye is insufficient to cover a location.		It is not suitable to use to remove location auras, as a dose of true stormlye is insufficient to cover a location.

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	If you have mastered the ritual ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', when you master this ritual you may choose to simultaneously unmaster Proof of Lye and Lightning. This effectively allows you to simply change Proof of Lye and Lightning for Emulsion of Lye and Lightning.		If you have mastered the ritual ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', when you master this ritual you may choose to simultaneously unmaster Proof of Lye and Lightning. This effectively allows you to simply change Proof of Lye and Lightning for Emulsion of Lye and Lightning.
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	==Description==		==Description==
	This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]].		This ritual was created under the tutelage of the eternal [[Azoth]], based off an earlier ritual it had created with the collaboration of the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] '''Bakar i Riqueza'''. The predecessor ritual, the ''Proof of Lye and Lightning'', was a proof of concept which did not require the use of ilium, but created a substance, ''stormlye'', whose power was much more limited - albeit easier to use. The earlier ritual specifically destroyed the resilient walking corpses known as the Parched which arose from the sinister Winter blight which consumed the [[Madruga#Quiet_Grasses\|Great Grasses]] of [[Madruga]] during the reign of [[Emperor Vesna]].