Cruciation

Path of Awakening

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
-- Johnny Cash, "Hurt"

This discipline is based on the religion of the Nahemites of the Bahari. As a discipline it works on the principles of bending people (vampires, changing breeds, mages, etc) to the following of Nahema. Old as creation, the discipline is set to bring in converts, not kill enemies.

• Measuring the Dissenter Level 1 (Path)

• Preparing the Questioned Level 2 (Path)

• Spreading the Mothers Thorns level 3 (Path)

• Experiencing Nahema's Punishment Level 4 (Path)

• Blessing Dissenters with Nahema Levle 5 (Path)

There are rituals to aid the followers of Nahema.

• Enchant thorns of the Mother Ritual, level 1

• The Mark of Nahema Ritual, Level 2

• Feeling the Mothers Thorn Ritual, Level 1

• Growing in the Power of Nahema Ritual, Level 2 (3?)