And when the Black Death broke out in the cities of Europe, the Euthanatos came out in droves. Although the Euthanatos could cope with the sight and stench of thousands of rotting corpses, they needed some way to avoid contracting the plague itself. Conducting this ritual creates a kind of Death Field around the mage which kills all minor life forms that come to close, such as fleas, viruses, insects etcetera. This field is too weak to affect higher organisms but other people do sense a kind of chilling effect around the mage. There may be a way around this but very few Euthanatos actually care.
Life magick kills all simple life forms within two feet of the mage.
Three successes are needed to activate the rote and the effects last for one day. This old rote recently became popular again after the film Silence of the Lambs. Correctly used it is very effective for infiltration. The Euthanatos carefully cuts apart a fresh corpse and select the parts that he needs - this always includes the face. He then places these over his own body parts where they merge with his own flesh, bonding into one entity.