Loosen the Shackles - Revision history

Twiggy at 01:33, 22 January 2026

2026-01-22T01:33:34Z

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	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===
	{{Casting time\|10}} {{Imperial Reduction}} This ritual targets an [[~~Imperial armies~~\|Imperial army]]. The [[Military Council\|general]] responsible for the army (or the [[egregores\|egregore]] if the general is not at Anvil) must be present throughout. The target of the ritual must be cut with an edged weapon until they bleed, and the performance must involve the evocation of Agramant by at least three of his commonly-used sobriquets.		{{Casting time\|10}} {{Imperial Reduction}} This ritual targets an [[Army\|Imperial army]]. The [[Military Council\|general]] responsible for the army (or the [[egregores\|egregore]] if the general is not at Anvil) must be present throughout. The target of the ritual must be cut with an edged weapon until they bleed, and the performance must involve the evocation of Agramant by at least three of his commonly-used sobriquets.

	{{Regio\|Winter}}		{{Regio\|Winter}}

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

2026-01-15T16:54:46Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

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	<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>		<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
	<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>		<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
	==Rules==		==Rules==

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Military Council" to "[[Military Council"

2026-01-15T12:22:41Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Military Council" to "[[Military Council"

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	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===
	{{Casting time\|10}} {{Imperial Reduction}} This ritual targets an [[Imperial armies\|Imperial army]]. The [[~~Imperial~~ Military Council\|general]] responsible for the army (or the [[egregores\|egregore]] if the general is not at Anvil) must be present throughout. The target of the ritual must be cut with an edged weapon until they bleed, and the performance must involve the evocation of Agramant by at least three of his commonly-used sobriquets.		{{Casting time\|10}} {{Imperial Reduction}} This ritual targets an [[Imperial armies\|Imperial army]]. The [[Military Council\|general]] responsible for the army (or the [[egregores\|egregore]] if the general is not at Anvil) must be present throughout. The target of the ritual must be cut with an edged weapon until they bleed, and the performance must involve the evocation of Agramant by at least three of his commonly-used sobriquets.

	{{Regio\|Winter}}		{{Regio\|Winter}}

Twiggy at 21:29, 15 July 2025

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	===Effects===		===Effects===
	The ritual draws on the power of [[Agramant]], and fills an army with unquenchable hunger to kill as many of their foes as possible. This raises the strength of the army by 4,000 additional soldiers but only for purposes of inflicting ~~casualites~~. {{Army Strength Ritual}}		The ritual draws on the power of [[Agramant]], and fills an army with unquenchable hunger to kill as many of their foes as possible. This raises the strength of the army by 4,000 additional soldiers, but only for purposes of inflicting casualties. {{Army Strength Ritual}}

	While the enchantment persists, the general responsible for the army experiences a [[roleplaying effect]]: ''It feels easy, and natural, to kill or maim people you don't particularly like. It's easy to consider the lives of people you feel no affection for as entirely disposable. When in the presence of someone you actively dislike, you are assailed by visions of their messy death at your hand; dealing with such people becomes actively difficult. The more you dislike someone, the easier it is to imagine killing them in cold blood.''		While the enchantment persists, the general responsible for the army experiences a [[roleplaying effect]]: ''It feels easy, and natural, to kill or maim people you don't particularly like. It's easy to consider the lives of people you feel no affection for as entirely disposable. When in the presence of someone you actively dislike, you are assailed by visions of their messy death at your hand; dealing with such people becomes actively difficult. The more you dislike someone, the easier it is to imagine killing them in cold blood.''

Beeswax at 23:11, 8 April 2025

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	{{Season Duration}}		{{Season Duration}}
	==Assurance==		===Assurance===
	This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.		This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.
	==Description==		==Description==

Rafferty at 16:31, 25 March 2025

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	<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>		<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
	==Rules==		==Rules==
	{{Season\|Winter\|80}}		{{Season\|Winter\|120}}
	{{Urizen Lore}}		{{Urizen Lore}}
	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===

Rafferty at 16:24, 25 March 2025

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	~~<div style="float:right; width: 450px; clear: right;"><box>'''Cut Them Down'''~~
	* '''Attacking order'''
	* '''Casualties inflicted by this army are increased by three tenths'''
	* '''Casualties suffered by this army are increased by a fifth'''
	The army takes every opportunity to engage with the enemy to try and cut them down. They may claim some territory, but this is secondary to their goal of slaughtering as many of the enemy as possible. This emphasis on engaging the enemy means that the army loses more troops itself; but the commitment to fighting and preparations it takes mean that it suffers comparatively less than the opponents it engages.</box></div>
	===Effects===		===Effects===
	~~While under~~ the ~~effect~~ of ~~this~~ [[~~enchantment~~]], the ~~[[general]]~~ of the ~~target [[Imperial~~ army~~\|campaign army]] can issue the ''[[Army_qualities#Relentless\|cut them down]]'' order. However~~, ~~while the magic persists they lose any existing [[army qualities\|army quality]] - they cannot use any special orders or passive abilities granted by those qualities~~.		The ritual draws on the power of [[Agramant]], and fills an army with unquenchable hunger to kill as many of their foes as possible. This raises the strength of the army by 4,000 additional soldiers but only for purposes of inflicting casualites. {{Army Strength Ritual}}

	While the enchantment persists, the general responsible for the army experiences a [[roleplaying effect]]: It feels easy, and natural, to kill or maim people you don't particularly like. It's easy to consider the lives of people you feel no affection for as entirely disposable. When in the presence of someone you actively dislike, you are assailed by visions of their messy death at your hand; dealing with such people becomes actively difficult. The more you dislike someone, the easier it is to imagine killing them in cold blood.		While the enchantment persists, the general responsible for the army experiences a [[roleplaying effect]]: ''It feels easy, and natural, to kill or maim people you don't particularly like. It's easy to consider the lives of people you feel no affection for as entirely disposable. When in the presence of someone you actively dislike, you are assailed by visions of their messy death at your hand; dealing with such people becomes actively difficult. The more you dislike someone, the easier it is to imagine killing them in cold blood.''

	The ~~ritual draws on the power of [[Agramant]], and fills an army with unquenchable hunger to kill as many of their foes as possible. This~~ powerful urge can cause unpredictable additional effects on those fighting alongside the army, especially those with the [[draughir]] [[lineage]]. Such effects are unpredictable; when they occur they are described in the appropriate Winds of War.		The powerful urge the enchantment creates can cause unpredictable additional effects on those fighting alongside the army, especially those with the [[draughir]] [[lineage]]. Such effects are unpredictable; when they occur they are described in the appropriate Winds of War.

	{{Season Duration}}		{{Season Duration}}
			==Assurance==
	===Assurance===
	This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.		This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.

	==Description==		==Description==
	This ritual spreads quickly through the soldiers of an army, reducing their capacity to empathise with their enemies. It is subtle enough that the army does not immediately turn on itself, but the captains of any ~~army~~ under this enchantment would do well to ~~seperate~~ any of its members who actively dislike each other. While ~~some armies~~ are ~~[[Army qualities#Relentless\|relentless]] because they have superior equipment or advanced combat training~~, an army enchanted with Loosen the Shackles is dangerous because all of its members are possessed of an unquenchable thirst for the blood of their foes - metaphorically and in ~~rare~~ cases literally.		This ritual spreads quickly through the soldiers of an army, reducing their capacity to empathise with their enemies. It is subtle enough that the army does not immediately turn on itself, but the captains of any soldiers under this enchantment would do well to separate any of its members who actively dislike each other. While warriors are no strangers to killing their enemies, an army enchanted with ''Loosen the Shackles'' is dangerous because all of its members are possessed of an unquenchable thirst for the blood of their foes - metaphorically and in some cases literally.

	The enchantment draws on resonances of [[Winter magic#Cruelty\|cruelty]], but also the [[Winter magic#Hunger\|hunger]] for victory. There are ~~some~~ notes in the original text that, in times and places when [[Agramant]] is not under [[Alignment#Enmity\|enmity]], he sometimes sends heralds or Winter beasts to fight alongside an army enchanted with this ritual. On several occasions, there is talk of Agramant "rewarding" a general who makes particularly good use of the bloodthirsty power the ritual provides with a weapon that further exacerbates their thirst for victory and death.		The enchantment draws on resonances of [[Winter magic#Cruelty\|cruelty]], but also the [[Winter magic#Hunger\|hunger]] for victory. There are notes in the original text that, in times and places when [[Agramant]] is not under [[Alignment#Enmity\|enmity]], he sometimes sends heralds or Winter beasts to fight alongside an army enchanted with this ritual. In theory, Agramant could send some [[Inhabitants of the realms#Drudges\|drudges]] or [[Inhabitants of the realms#Champions\|champions]] to accompany an army in spite of the enmity of the Conclave - this is a ritual summoning after all - but in practice it is hard to predict exactly how ''Blood-on-the-Snow'' might choose to react to the invocation of this potent enchantment. On several occasions, there is talk of Agramant "rewarding" a general who makes particularly good use of the bloodthirsty power the ritual provides with a weapon that further exacerbates their thirst for victory and death.

	''Loosen the Shackles'' [[Shake it off#Bad Lore and Black Drops\|entered Urizen lore]] shortly before the Winter Solstice 384YE, as part of a book entitled ''[[Agramant#Black Drop Society\|Ceremonies of the Black Drop Society]]''. The attendants of the [[Phaleron\|Great Library]] were deeply uncomfortable with the rituals in that book and their presence among Urizen lore, more due to their illegal nature than any sentimental concerns about their origin. They were apparently all submitted at the same time as [[Treacher's Quill]], but Phaleron itself intervened to delay their appearance in lore while it pondered how best to respond. In the end it decided to do the only reasonable thing; present the rituals to the Urizen as part of their lore as agreed when the lore was established. The Celestial Library does not enjoy causing trouble for its Urizeni allies, but the [[Gift of Knowledge]] is available to every Imperial citizen; it cannot pick and choose who can contribute rituals via the ritual.		''Loosen the Shackles'' [[Shake it off#Bad Lore and Black Drops\|entered Urizen lore]] shortly before the Winter Solstice 384YE, as part of a book entitled ''[[Agramant#Black Drop Society\|Ceremonies of the Black Drop Society]]''. The attendants of the [[Phaleron\|Great Library]] were deeply uncomfortable with the rituals in that book and their presence among Urizen lore, more due to their illegal nature than any sentimental concerns about their origin. They were apparently all submitted at the same time as [[Treacher's Quill]], but Phaleron itself intervened to delay their appearance in lore while it pondered how best to respond. In the end it decided to do the only reasonable thing; present the rituals to the Urizen as part of their lore as agreed when the lore was established. The Celestial Library does not enjoy causing trouble for its Urizeni allies, but the [[Gift of Knowledge]] is available to every Imperial citizen; it cannot pick and choose who can contribute rituals via the ritual.

Hailmur: /* Assurance */

2025-03-19T22:55:57Z

Assurance

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	==Assurance==		===Assurance===
	This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.		This ritual permanently loses all power if all the Empire's armies go for a year and a day without shedding the blood of an enemy.

Hailmur at 13:04, 15 April 2024

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			<div style="float:right; width: 450px; clear: right;"><box>'''Cut Them Down'''
			* '''Attacking order'''
			* '''Casualties inflicted by this army are increased by three tenths'''
			* '''Casualties suffered by this army are increased by a fifth'''
			The army takes every opportunity to engage with the enemy to try and cut them down. They may claim some territory, but this is secondary to their goal of slaughtering as many of the enemy as possible. This emphasis on engaging the enemy means that the army loses more troops itself; but the commitment to fighting and preparations it takes mean that it suffers comparatively less than the opponents it engages.</box></div>
	===Effects===		===Effects===
	While under the effect of this [[enchantment]], the [[general]] of the target [[Imperial army\|campaign army]] can issue the ''[[Army_qualities#Relentless\|cut them down]]'' order. However, while the magic persists they lose any existing [[army qualities\|army quality]] - they cannot use any special orders or passive abilities granted by those qualities.		While under the effect of this [[enchantment]], the [[general]] of the target [[Imperial army\|campaign army]] can issue the ''[[Army_qualities#Relentless\|cut them down]]'' order. However, while the magic persists they lose any existing [[army qualities\|army quality]] - they cannot use any special orders or passive abilities granted by those qualities.

Hailmur at 11:27, 15 April 2024

2024-04-15T11:27:40Z

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	<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>		<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
			<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
	==Rules==		==Rules==
	{{Season\|Winter\|80}}		{{Season\|Winter\|80}}

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	<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>		<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While [[Agramant]] is subject to the [[Amity and enmity#Enmity\|enmity]] of the [[Imperial Conclave]], it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
			<box>'''<big>Interdiction</big>'''<br>While the practice of [[385YE_Autumn_Equinox_Conclave_sessions#Interdiction_:_Savagery_of_Armies\|enchanting armies to make them savage]] is interdicted, it is illegal to perform this ritual.</box>
	==Rules==		==Rules==
	{{Season\|Winter\|80}}		{{Season\|Winter\|80}}