Summoning

Summoning is the practice of calling a demonic or other supernatural entity to the summoner. The practice is common, but not in the same way to the Dalmer and the Other Races. 
== The other races and summoning ==
The other races conduct summonings in order to gain the favor of supernatural agents.
=== Military summonings ===
The rituaI is conducted in miIitary settings such as sieges or as a result of surrender, in order to aim the agents summoned at the opposing forces, usually with a promise of a cuIt or a tempIe. Sometimes, the other races enact summoning's as a scorched earth tactic, the demon let loose would cause so much destruction that the city would be unusable.
=== Adviser summonings ===
The caIIing forth of demons is a relatively common practice in other race culture. The diversity of magic books and grimoires dedicated to summoning specific demons of knowledge is a testament to this. ManuaI's that provide instructions that combined intense devotion to the entity with the summoning of a personaI cadre of advisers and familiars are frequently found in libraries of court mages. The court mages would then relay the wisdom of the summoned to the king, sometimes the monarch himself would enact summonings.
== The Dalmer and summoning ==
The Dalmer cannot by imperial law summon demons for warfare or research. However, the practice of summoning items is permitted, the empire is officially neutral to the practice as long as it doesn't clash with guest theory, ever since demonic dalmer are considered COE. 
Dalmer summoning concerns itself with using demons as labor, making them find rare and usually unobtainable items. Summoning for the dalmer is the practice of transporting items to an alchemy circle. This is different from warping technology, as summoning is concerned with transporting whatever the user desires, while warping relies on available stocks and is limited to Dalmer products available on the universal market. 
For example, warping a live goat is illegal in the empire, and warping will result in synthetic meat, organs, bones and fur that are chemically identical to a complete goat with some assembly required, but isn't a live goat. Summoning is only concerned with finding any goat and transporting it to the circle. This causes evident clashes with guest theory, and makes usage of the demonic technology illegal in most parts of the empire. 
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