Lamian Oracle
Description: The story of Lamia is as horrifying as it is tragic and there are many versions of the grisly tale. In some of the stories she is a queen of Libya and others a daughter of Poseidon, in all the versions of the myth, she is a beautiful woman seduced by Zeus. When the queen of the gods, Hera, discovers the tryst she punishes Lamia by turning her into a human-serpent hybrid with an unrelenting hunger for the blood and flesh of children. Predictably, Lamia's first victims were her own offspring. While versions of the legend vary, in some she is made immortal by Hera as reminder to other beautiful women of the cost of bedding Zeus. Given the horror heaped up Lamia by Hera in her vengeance, it was said she could never sleep, but that Zeus in his pity for his former lover granted her the ability to remove her own eyes so that she could sleep. Small blessings...
The rote of the Lamian Oracle builds upon this legend, focusing upon Lamia's relentless thirst for blood and the ophidian half of her nature. Within the framework of this legend, the sorcerer who casts this spell gains the ability to see life-force itself, in the form of blood, as it courses through all living things. When this spell is cast upon someone, that individual sees the world fade to black and white, while all things with blood flowing through them appear bright and colorful. One who sees the world through the Lamian Oracle sees animals and humans as pale blue translucent forms through which florescent crimson blood flows through veins and to a lesser extent the skeletal structure.
Origin: Ostanes
Instruments: Blood
Casting:
System: Modus + Vires = difficulty is 5 normally / or with a unique instrument difficulty is (4 + 1) -2 = 3
Sphere: (Anima •)
Paradox:
Inspiration: Sense Life-force
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