Rot Pathway/Acting Method and Rituals

## Sequence 9: Festered

* As an infected, do not go outside
* Isolate yourself
* Hide your Beyonder identity

## Sequence 8: Withered

* Resist using the Rot as much as possible
* Become a complete recluse
* Do not enter a Church or receive a blessing
	+ The Gods are fake and have abandoned you

## Sequence 7: Decayed

* Use your Beyonder powers to experiment and catalogue the results
* Study the genetic strains born from the Rot
* Use the Rot power to fulfil your desires

## Sequence 6: Bloomed

* Deepen your understanding of the Rot
	+ Learn about its Healing factor
	+ Its physical boosting factor
	+ Use the Decaying ability to its fullest potential

## Sequence 5: Kindred of Rot

* Stop resisting the Rot and allow it to modify your body
* Using the power of the Rot, explore the possibilities and defeat people using it
* Form a connection with animals and plants under the Rots influence.

### **Ritual:**

Infect others with Rot and decompose them. After obtaining sufficient body mass, devout them and make their genetics your own.

## Sequence 4: Cleanrot Knight

* Use the Rot to its full potential
* Embrace the power and responsibility of the Rot
* Learn fighting techniques and become a great warrior
* Become infamous for ruthlessness, loyalty and power

### **Ritual:**

Purposely deepen the Rot on yourself to the point of losing control. Then, enter a battle that pushes you to your limit. You must either make or break the Rot and master it before it consumes you.

## Sequence 3: Waterfowl Dancer

* Imbue your attacks with lethal beauty and finesse
* Become a graceful reaper of lives
* Spread the Rot to other people
* Develop an individual strain of the Rot and create new life

### **Ritual:**

Release the Rot and combat its state of stagnation by various means.

* The most common method is the use of rivers or tides: the flowing water washes away the stain and stops build-up.
* After exhausting the Rot, continuously apply healing or purification to isolate the Rot within you but still being able to draw on its power

## Sequence 2: Millicent

* Teach the philosophy of the Rot Pathway to your junior Beyonders.
	+ Harken them to the danger of receiving this power
* Fight the writhing Rot and keep your Humanity
* Embrace the Rot yet refuse to let it claim you
* Continue to attempt to advance despite the worsening Rot

### **Ritual:**

Build a sufficient amount of Anchors and release the seal on the Rot. Your body will be broken down to individual components and you must fight within your soul to conserve what you are. Anchors will be necessary.

* Success will allow you to tap deeper into the very source of the Rot and command it.

## Sequence 1: Scarlet Aonia

* Remember your place in the grand cycle of Life and Death
	+ Do not put yourself on a pedestal
	+ Do not scorn those weaker or deemed "useless"
* Offer others the chance to join your cause
	+ Clearly list the end that awaits them if they do so
	+ Succeed in convincing them to join via your charm and inspirations
* You may hate and despise, but do not wish for its removal: everything has a purpose

### **Ritual:**

* Using the Rot and all your techniques fight alongside your loyal allies against another Sequence 1 and their allies in an epic battle.
	+ Push and strain yourself to the limit against the enemy Angel, suffering many wounds in the process
	+ Unleash the full power of the Rot within and bloom, decimating the enemy forces with the Rot.
		- During the bloom, you must remain conscious (it will hurt A LOT)
		- The Rot will go out of control during the bloom and attempt to consume you whole.
			* You must fight it back using your Anchors, Humanity and sheer willpower
			* Help from an Empyrean Angel will increase the chances of success.

## King of Angels

### **Accommodation:**

* Implant the Uniqueness within your soul.
	+ You must resist the tides of red that seek to drown you and retain your Humanity
	+ Fight against the influence of the Rot and reach a symbiosis with the Uniqueness
	+ Project your desires, your goals, your inspirations and your determination onto the Uniqueness and form a bond with it.
		- An Empyrean with the Uniqueness is needed for this to succeed. Without it, the Ritual will fail.
			* If someone has the Crucible, that will also work

## Sequence 0: Rot

### **Ritual:**

* After blooming three times and digesting all 3 Characteristics, once again fight an opponent without using the Rot. Use everything you have, destroying your body and muscles. After expending everything you have against the foe yet failing, unleash the Rot within one final time.
	+ Your entire body and soul will be broken down and destroyed. However, the Rot will reconstruct you from scratch.
	+ If your determination and mental fortitude is high enough, the Rot will succumb to your will and truly become yours
	+ If not, the Ritual will fail and you will die.