Timestamp: Second Darkening in the Third Month of Summer, as Serion studies for Lhyllis and Dhwae [Paradigm: As Serion is growing wings]
It seemed things would go well for Serion. If not the transformation, the knowledge that Lhyllis and Dhwae can teach him during his stay would indeed be most helpful. In only the first day Dhwae had made the dark elf put up with some pretty heavy reading, but the dark elf was slick enough to find a few things that he wanted to know on the side.
For one, Serion had been able to locate an astrology chart. Back when the dark elf had been a rather reknowned necromancer, his aspirations had led him to Natura in search of an enchanted glade. His hopes were to turn that wood into his own arcanic staff, but it never seemed like he would have the time. Having constantly studied the ritual, all he needed was to be able to find a safe location, and to learn when the two moons would align.
| There are five steps to the Ritual of Astral Mastery, each of which can only be performed once per lunar cycle when Majora and Melora are properly aligned. Within an antechamber, the wizard must construct a stable altar to ground the staff in the Material Plane while simultaneously demarcating the four magnetic directions and the four material elements, as well as their corresponding Astral Essences. The preferred format for such an altar is a Pentacle encicled by a Circle of Magic designed to prevent travel out (and, alternatively, a second circle designed to prevent travel inward), each of the five spaces representing the Material, the Celestial, the Infernal, the Ethereal, and the Astral – the five intersecting planes of existence. At the peak of each of the five points, a candle may be lit to signify parallel planar activity. Moonlight must shine upon the altar in such a fashion so that all runic markings, symbols and vectors are properly illuminated. As it presently stands, only a practitioner of a single discipline of Arcana can successfully construct such an altar. |
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Serion's memories, at this point had returned, and while each individual ritual was not still embedded in his mind, the essentials to the ritual were. Though thankfully, so far in his searching he had located the text describing the Astral Mastery Rituals, a very necessary thing, as well as an astrology chart.
Smiling as he slides the chart away, Serion was indeed a lucky bastard. It would seem that he had arrived but days before the meeting of the moons. Even if Dhwae and Lhyllis could break him on that same day, he would not miss his chance to begin the ritual. His wood was safely stored in the gear that he had brought along with him upon his return to Natura, and it's waiting for transformation would be put to an end.
Continuing his studies, as directed, the dark elf had to contain his joy. It had been some time since he truly felt like he was accomplishing something, and the feeling was like a drug. It was this type of feeling that drove Serion to reach greater heights, and so far it was ample enough reward.