Vivan Lath

## Introduction

The Vivan Lath, also known as Path of the Flesh, is a unique lore of magic invented and widespread in the accursed land of Xaarat. Its Sorcerer-prophets offer their flesh to unleash powerful curses and destructive magic.

## Known powers

### Curses

* **Invocation of Gluttony-** The sorcerer must cover their ritual-dagger with their own blood before licking it clean while imagining their desired target. It will develop a ravenous and uncontrollable hunger, sometimes even resulting in a feeding frenzy comperable to that of Ghuls. It may take weeks until it wears off. Some targets have even reported to eat themselves to death while in the grasp of this curse.
* **The endless Hunger-** The sorcerer must create a mixture of their own blood, excrements and hairs of their target before heat it until the last drop of the accursed brew has boiled away. The victim will not be able to digest food anymore, slowly dying off starvation.
* **Bonegnawers Curse-** The sorcerer crushes one of their bones (it doesnt matter which) with the pommel of their ritual-dagger while focusing all of his thoughts on a chosen target. Over time the target will develop osteoporosis as their bones grow thin and fragile. When the curse reaches its peak, the target will suffer from the *brittle bone disease***.** Note that this curse is less potent when targeting victims with a high bornbound.
* **Offering to the Maw-** The sorcerer must cut themselves, deep enough to pierce skin. Their ritual-dagger must be embrocated with their own vomit. While doing it they must focus all their thoughts upon their desired target. Its stomach acid will grow in quantity and potency until it becomes strong enough to burn through the victims stomach and digest his entrails. This agonising process may take up to a week and results in a certain death. Only those with a strong Bornbound are safe.
* **The Red Mist-** The sorcerer must create a deadly brew made from their own blood, tigermeat, Bornwater and bone powder mixed with waters from the *Blackblood river*. It must be placed in a large brass cauldron and heated. The rising fumes will turn into a thick fog of red clouds. These do not only carry the stink of rotten flesh, they also cling to exposed skin, slowly digesting those caught inside and leaving nothing but blackened bones.
* **Bubonic Curse-** The sorcerer must cut off a piece of their flesh and burn it over a fire. As it fades to ashes, they must focus all their thoughts on the chosen target. The victims own insides will start to grow in rapid manners, creating blisters all across their skin aswell as uclers and giant tumors in their insides. These will grow so large that the victim will die of internal bleeding within a few weeks.

### Spells

* **Cauldron of Humors-** The sorcerer slices their wrist with a sharp ritual-dagger and gathers the blood in their hand. Once it overflows, the sorcerer clechnes his hand into a fist while focusing a target. The victims blood will begin to boil within their veins with extreme heat, granting them an agonising death. The sorcerer may pierce one of their hands with the ritual-dagger and gather the flowing blood in the other. When quenching both into a fist, multiple targets (up to 50) can be selected to suffer this fate.
* **Dreadful Reversion-** The sorcerer cuts the tip of one of their fingers off while focusing a target. The victims insides will be turned outwards while their hair and skin is turned to their insides. Through cutting off an entire hand multiple targets can be selected (up to 100).
* **Bloodsurge**- The sorcerer must thrust their ritual-dagger deep into their overgrown belly, piecring fat and skin until hitting a vein or a vital organ. As a result, the blood of all surrounding creatures will burst out of them in a large radius. Although this is only lethal in every third case, it causes heavy bloodloss and it will stop the movement of any approaching opponent in reach. This spell is often used to defend the sorcerer against direct attacks should their bodyguard be overcome.
* **Infliction of Torment-** The sorcerer must cut himself with a ritual-dagger until directly cutting a nerve while focusing a target. It will suffer from agonising and mindshattering pain intense enough to make most men faint if the spell wouldnt prevent it. They are forced to endure this terrible suffering until the ritual-dagger has no more contact to the sorcerers blood. The pain is described as so intense it suprasses that of any regular torture or method of execution.
* **Bloodburst**- The sorcerer must thrust their ritual-dagger into their leg while focussing a target. It will explode, raining blood, pieces of flesh and bonesplitters on nearby enemies. When piercing the bone of the sorcerer with said thrust, multiple targets (up to 20) can be selected.