Rituals In The Awakening

At the next training session, Balthazar explained to him that he would in time teach him how to perform the Awakening. “To achieve this, certain ceremonial rituals must be successfully completed before you can summon the Awakening, which enables you to take the form of Vilgoth. While transformed, your eyesight, physical abilities and swordsmanship will be enhanced, as well as having the ability to predict other people’s movements. Even your voice will change, resonating Vilgoth’s own menacing voice. In essence, you become him–in mind, body and soul. Once achieved, this most powerful ability makes you stronger than all the other gods and nothing or no one in the realm or in the world will be able to vanquish you. Understandably, since

He was getting ready to retire when he heard a knock at his door and it was Sara. She asked him if she could introduce someone to him and although it was late and he really didn’t feel like it, the apprehensive look upon Sara’s face made him cast aside his mood and agree. With his consent, she walked to the door and gestured to someone in the hallway. A man in a black robe appeared at the door, bowed and asked permission to enter. Nightburn gestured for him to come

“Of course I expect to be well paid but it also give me the opportunity to keep a carefree eye on Balthazar.” “And why do you feel that is necessary?” “I have been in the order for more than 300 hundred years and there were times I felt Balthazar had made some decisions that were more in his interest than should have been.” “I thought my father was credited with establishing the order.” “Your father did not establish the order but resurrected it. With the banishment of Vilgoth, the order fell apart and many of us went our separate ways, but he sought us out and brought us together to re-established the order of Vilgoth, making it so powerful that all empires feared our name. When your father fell, the order again began to fall apart, but Balthazar and Sara prevented that from happening. However, over the years, a division arose within, those who supported the efforts of Balthazar and the others who supported Sara. I obviously support Sara or I wouldn’t be here, and I do not trust Balthazar even though he is the oldest member of the order, having been there at its conception some 700 years ago, if my information is