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 ===Scourge Abilities===
-'''Ruin:''' There exists a superstitious tradition among mages, theologians, and nobles all. This tradition is that shed blood should always be cleansed, that blood should be safeguarded, and that the clothing that carries those dark stains should be burned. Ruin is the reason for this ancient tradition of fear, a symptom of Bane derived from a smear of blood, so potent that if this weapon of refined malice reaches the skin of whom the blood is wrought from, the afflicted will croak, convulse, and die within minutes as each and every organ fails, the life of their body oozing away into a pustulent corpse covered in yellow nodules. If a Scourge truly wishes to kill, all it takes is a single drop of blood for them to feed to their Pathos, creating the perfect weapon to cull anything inhabited by the living soul it belonged to. When combined with the skulking darkness of Banefog, it becomes truly difficult to evade a Scourge seeking the death of a specific individual as they might flood an entire valley or section of a city with lethal air. Ruin is highly taxing, and even a Scourge will begin to experience Overstepping when pairing it with the full breadth of Banefog.
+'''Stain:''' There exists a superstitious tradition among mages, theologians, and nobles all. This tradition is that shed blood should always be cleansed, that blood should be safeguarded, and that the clothing that carries those dark stains should be burned. Stain is the reason for this ancient tradition of fear, a symptom of Bane derived from a smear of blood, so potent that if this weapon of refined malice reaches the skin of whom the blood is wrought from, the afflicted will croak, convulse, and die within minutes as each and every organ fails, the life of their body oozing away into a pustulent corpse covered in yellow nodules. If a Scourge truly wishes to kill, all it takes is a single drop of blood for them to feed to their Pathos, creating the perfect weapon to cull anything inhabited by the living soul it belonged to. When combined with the skulking darkness of Banefog, it becomes truly difficult to evade a Scourge seeking the death of a specific individual as they might flood an entire valley or section of a city with lethal air. Stain is highly taxing, and even a Scourge will begin to experience Overstepping when pairing it with the full breadth of Banefog.
 '''Epidemia:''' If reach were a measure, few Ascensions could hold a candle to the Scourge and its ability to afflict the masses with Bane. Concocting a very specialized form of Pathos derived from the moment of death, a Scourge may kill and then enact Epidemia, turning the corpse into a source of infectious contagion. From there, all who make contact with the Pathos bubbling from the body over the next three days will be stricken by the chosen Bane for yet another three, rotting their soul to produce yet more Pathos to infect the next generation of unwitting victims they come into contact with, and so on.

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 To succeed, the Initiate must manifest Pathos within their palms, drawing from the sickly feeling upon their Mark while steeling themselves as they drown from Ashes, plagued by the distorted memories of the damned assaulting their senses. Once they have created this Pathos, they must swallow it to dislodge the Ashes before puking a blackened bile. In only a few short minutes, they will have become Ferriers should they survive this harrowing experience.
-==Threshold Sickness==
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 The drawbacks listed below do not always come in pairs, and certainly not simultaneously. Some may come and others may not.
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 *'''Sap:'''  The afflicted will begin to feel weak. Sluggish. Within mere moments, the muscles will ache as if enduring hours of physical labor, their limbs heavy as they lose nearly a third of their natural strength. They cannot run as fast, nor strike as hard. The wasting, infirm or elderly may fall to the ground in a weakened heap, struggling to lift their arms. The Bane of Sap is learned at Journeyman.
 *'''Rot:''' Ferriers are often reviled for their ability to afflict others with a slow death. The first sign of Rot is pain. It will feel as an infection radiating outwards from contact with that blackened slime, the skin growing yellowish and bruised with a putrid smell. Rot is particularly more effective when ingested or infused into a wound, weakening the vital organs as the tissues fill with all matter of bile and bodily fluid to oust the malady. Rot is something that can often kill, but it only does so slowly as the Bane progresses. Whether or not someone can fight it off largely depends on their ability to treat necrotized tissues, and how weak they are from other problems they might have with their health. Those who are undead will find themselves especially susceptible, their flesh slowly rotting off in clumps, and inanimate corpses may be rapidly dissolved to naught but bone in seconds. Going toe to toe with a Ferrier and being brought close to death often means they will live up to their namesake in the aftermath. Rot is learned at Expert.
-*'''Malediction:''' When those gifted in arcana write stories of Bane, they speak in abject horror of Malediction. The gruesome way in which this ailment manifests has pushed many a mage from their noble path, others perishing under the consequences of their own magic. This is a malady that specifically exacerbates Mageblight or Threshold Sickness, corroding the soul with Pathos to lower the ceiling of an individual’s arcane stamina by close to a third. Spells that would normally push a mage into Overstepping are subsequently far more disastrous than normal while severely exacerbating existing Mageblight. Creating Malediction is highly taxing, and not to be used without careful consideration for the situation and the individual. Malediction is learned at Master.
+*'''Malediction:''' When those gifted in arcana write stories of Bane, they speak in abject horror of Malediction. The gruesome way in which this ailment manifests has pushed many a mage from their noble path, others perishing under the consequences of their own magic. This is a malady that specifically exacerbates Mageblight or Overstepping, corroding the soul with Pathos to lower the ceiling of an individual’s arcane stamina by close to a third. Spells that would normally push a mage into Overstepping are subsequently far more disastrous than normal while severely exacerbating existing Mageblight. Creating Malediction is highly taxing, and not to be used without careful consideration for the situation and the individual. Malediction is learned at Master.
 '''Spectrify:''' Inhaling with deliberation, a Ferrier may draw Ashes into their lungs, where they are then drawn spectrified with a supernatural, ethereal glow. Exhaling this powdery material creates a bright, obscuring fog that is most difficult to see through when contrasted with dark environments. It is not much trouble to fill a room with these Ashes, but a Ferrier at Master could drown out an entire battlefield in this haunting fog. Within, Ethos begins to cast a visible shadow, revealing where the dead may pass and disturbing the ashes as ghosts pass by. Spectrify is available at Apprentice.
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 ===Scourge Abilities===
-'''Ruin:''' There exists a superstitious tradition among mages, theologians, and nobles all. This tradition is that shed blood should always be cleansed, that blood should be safeguarded, and that the clothing that carries those dark stains should be burned. Ruin is the reason for this ancient tradition of fear, a symptom of Bane derived from a smear of blood, so potent that if this weapon of refined malice reaches the skin of whom the blood is wrought from, the afflicted will croak, convulse, and die within minutes as each and every organ fails, the life of their body oozing away into a pustulent corpse covered in yellow nodules. If a Scourge truly wishes to kill, all it takes is a single drop of blood for them to feed to their Pathos, creating the perfect weapon to cull anything inhabited by the living soul it belonged to. When combined with the skulking darkness of Banefog, it becomes truly difficult to evade a Scourge seeking the death of a specific individual as they might flood an entire valley or section of a city with lethal air. Ruin is highly taxing, and even a Scourge will begin to experience Threshold Sickness when pairing it with the full breadth of Banefog.
+'''Ruin:''' There exists a superstitious tradition among mages, theologians, and nobles all. This tradition is that shed blood should always be cleansed, that blood should be safeguarded, and that the clothing that carries those dark stains should be burned. Ruin is the reason for this ancient tradition of fear, a symptom of Bane derived from a smear of blood, so potent that if this weapon of refined malice reaches the skin of whom the blood is wrought from, the afflicted will croak, convulse, and die within minutes as each and every organ fails, the life of their body oozing away into a pustulent corpse covered in yellow nodules. If a Scourge truly wishes to kill, all it takes is a single drop of blood for them to feed to their Pathos, creating the perfect weapon to cull anything inhabited by the living soul it belonged to. When combined with the skulking darkness of Banefog, it becomes truly difficult to evade a Scourge seeking the death of a specific individual as they might flood an entire valley or section of a city with lethal air. Ruin is highly taxing, and even a Scourge will begin to experience Overstepping when pairing it with the full breadth of Banefog.
 '''Epidemia:''' If reach were a measure, few Ascensions could hold a candle to the Scourge and its ability to afflict the masses with Bane. Concocting a very specialized form of Pathos derived from the moment of death, a Scourge may kill and then enact Epidemia, turning the corpse into a source of infectious contagion. From there, all who make contact with the Pathos bubbling from the body over the next three days will be stricken by the chosen Bane for yet another three, rotting their soul to produce yet more Pathos to infect the next generation of unwitting victims they come into contact with, and so on.

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 The Scourge is a being composed of Ashes interspersed with veins of Pallor, wrapped in billowing strands of haunting Ethos containing their memories that glimmer into the visible spectrum as they wield the power of Bane. They appear pale, yet they appear and feel indistinct from what they once were, save for the Black Seed. Blossoming, the Black Seed stretches and spirals along the skin like a winding tattoo of ashen gray. The lifespan of a Scourge is severely limited as few end up with more than a decade of life left to live by the time they may Ascend, but they will appear and feel as if they were in the prime of their lives until they begin to wither in their final days. The slow procession of the Black Seed over their bodies will serve to remind them of how little time they have left, and Overstepping will often strangle them closer towards the bottom of a thinning hourglass.
 Those who look upon a Scourge will feel an inherent sense of dread or excitement depending on their philosophy towards dying. Further, a Scourge taking residence within a city will befoul it with minor plagues merely by being present. Vermin will grow aggressive, breeding rapidly and surging with vigor. Biting insects will multiply, becoming incessant. Minor diseases will become more prevalent.
 As a being composed of Ashes, a Scourge is truly difficult to kill. They may spread apart into the wind, flying the skies as a greyish, gritty cloud. Parts of their bodies may be dissolved and reformed at will, and mundane blades will sink into a bed of hard powder rather than flesh. Scourges may partly manifest themselves beginning with the head down, giving them staggering mobility. However, they are not infallible. Ashes which have experienced trauma or been tainted by the Pathos of another will struggle reforming, crawling along at a slower pace and refusing to join with the Scourge’s body. Ferriers of sufficient skill may inhale and then exhale these damaged Ashes into sealed vessels. If not allowed to reform at least their head, they may not use any of their abilities, and a fully confined Scourge will rot away within a season. This is a staggeringly difficult feat as a Scourge is a terrifying assassin that often targets those who can bring about its end, their ability to gather information limited only by the number of people they can dominate with permanent ruin. There exist other ways to pacify a Scourge, but the cunning must devise these methods themselves.
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 To Ascend, a Master Ferrier must nurture their Black Seed by being bold and playing into its growth through Overstepping. By doing so, they will appear quite old with many wrinkles and a head of balding or graying hair to attest to this fact. Some fail to Ascend until they are abjectly decrepit. They will be ready when their Mark of Control more closely resembles a flower, starting to spread roots along the skin.
-Like an insect weaving a cocoon, the Ferrier mummifies themselves in the Pathos of as many as they can find. Lathering their bodies in Pallor, they draw Ashes into their lungs and then entomb their bodies within it. This will begin the process of Ascension, the Black Seed growing freely as their bodies are converted to Ashes. They will dream the memories of the dead, inevitably confusing some of those with their own. Come dawn the next day, they will have lost the need to breathe, and lacking a heartbeat they will rise from the Ashes as a Scourge to exist as an affront to the living.
+Like an insect weaving a cocoon, the Ferrier mummifies themselves in the Pathos of as many as they can find. Lathering their bodies in Pallor, they draw Ashes into their lungs and then entomb their bodies within it. This will begin the process of Ascension, the Black Seed growing freely as their bodies are converted to Ashes. They will dream the memories of the dead, inevitably confusing some of those with their own. Come dawn the next day, they will have lost the need to breathe, and lacking a heartbeat they will rise from the Ashes as a Scourge to exist as an affront to the living. Their Banes experience an upheaval, capable of lasting for a miserable seven days, well beyond what it would take for the average person to survive Rot without aid.
 Those who look upon a Scourge will feel an inherent sense of dread or excitement depending on their philosophy towards dying. Further, a Scourge taking residence within a city will befoul it with minor plagues merely by being present. Vermin will grow aggressive, breeding rapidly and surging with vigor. Biting insects will multiply, becoming incessant. Minor diseases will become more prevalent.

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 Any object that has brought about the death of more than one individual or is possessed of multiple Fixations is known as Anathema, the Ethos thicker and more difficult to tear apart being interwoven with the memories of many. Reading these memories can quickly become impossible and taxing, driving those Ferriers who persist beyond that first impulse to recoil to insanity. Merely looking upon an object stricken with Anathema will fill a Ferrier with a sense of dread or excitement largely depending on how they feel about the nature of the dead. It is commonplace after a war for the Omen of Daravin to send for such weapons and men carrying the visage of death to tear every shred of Ethos from them, stirring the ghosts of the other side into a frenzy and driving them towards their homelands. Steeping Ethos in the miasmic jelly of Pathos would surely rot it away, but this would not further their interests.
-'''Ferriment:''' Within most cultures upon Atharen is the sense that dead who are cherished should never linger, and that they should pass on. To Ferry is to answer for this sought after service. Rather than helping the dead fully let go, however, a Ferrier in the best of cases merely weakens the Ethos of a deceased soul so that it can do nothing but pass on for lack of attachments. In practice, a ghost with Fixations will more often than not still remain behind, albeit weakened and more docile. Ferriers perform Ferriment by gathering the Fixations of the dead into a room and placing them nearby to the body of the deceased. They then grab the ribbons of Ethos and bound them together, balling it into their hands. With as much as they can gather, they plunge the ball of translucent ribbons into a basin of Pathos, swiftly rotting it away in a manner that is less harmful to a ghost than shredding. This ritual will also weaken existing ghosts, provided the corpse can be located and excised of its Ethos. As merely touching Ethos drains the ether of a Ferrier, Ferriment is best conducted with assistance in the cases of ghosts with potentially dozens or even hundreds of Fixations.
+'''Ferriment:''' Within most cultures upon Atharen is the sense that dead who are cherished should never linger, and that they should pass on. To Ferry is to answer for this sought after service. Rather than helping the dead fully let go, however, a Ferrier in the best of cases merely weakens the Ethos of a deceased soul so that it can do nothing but pass on for lack of attachments. In practice, a ghost with Fixations will more often than not still remain behind, albeit weakened and more docile. Ferriers perform this sacrament by gathering the Fixations of the dead into a room and placing them nearby to the body of the deceased. They then grip the ribbons of Ethos and bound them together, spooling it into a ball within their hands.
 '''Pallor:''' An evolution of Allay, Pallor is the ability to draw in Ashes to a wound, smothering the broken flesh in deadened material from the Dead Realm and clotting it such that even a gaping wound would cease to bleed, its Pathos expunged. This leaves the flesh pale and grey, yet dulling the pain to a throbbing ache accentuated by a chilling cold. The other use of Pallor is to halt the progression of a Bane of Rot until it runs its course, creating a constant, subtle drain upon the Ferrier. Pallor may be performed entirely through the mind when it comes to oneself, but to stabilize others the Ferrier must leave their hands upon the wound to keep the Ashes from withering away. Ferriers have been seen to survive for hours with fatal chunks of flesh ripped free before burning through their ether. Pallor is available at Journeyman.
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 '''Equipoise:''' Ferriers at Expert carry a striking grace brought about by their command of the Ashes around them. During the process of taking in a breath, Ferriers may draw forth flows of invisible Ashes to move against them, creating the appearance of hovering up to two feet above the ground for several seconds as the flow carries them in the direction of their choosing. Equipoise gets its name from the ability of a Ferrier to call upon these Ashes with haste against their bodies to help them rise to their feet without moving, or to regain balance. However, the moment they stop drawing in breath is the moment these Ashes cease moving and scatter to the wind. While this ability could cushion a fall from terminal velocity, it only functions close to the ground where Ashes are thick, so a Ferrier would still suffer injury without a way to slow their descent.
-'''Venge:''' Born with such malice that only the spite of Malek could have given rise to such a thing, the Venge is a nigh-permanent curse of Bane upon the soul. Through grabbing onto another, a Ferrier who has truly mastered Bane may jab tendrils of Pallor under the skin of another, leaving them damned with a chosen Bane. Sometimes this is seen as a touch of death in the case of Rot, slowly killing them over time without regular tending by a source of magical healing or nullification. Most forms of medicine prove ineffective at curing the Venge, only capable of strengthening the body against it to reduce the severity of symptoms. To lift a Venge, scholars of arcana know of only three methods: the Ferrier who inflicted it may do so, as well as a Scourge or a skilled Druid. Inflicting a Venge takes only a few seconds of focus and unbroken contact for a Master, causing substantial strain within themselves. A Scourge can inflict one with a mere touch for very little strain, holding these curses over the heads of others as a form of blackmail to get them to do their bidding.
+'''Venge:''' Born with such malice that only the spite of Malek could have given rise to such a thing, the Venge is a nigh-permanent curse of Bane upon the soul. Through grabbing onto another, a Ferrier who has truly mastered Bane may jab tendrils of Pallor under the skin of another, leaving them damned with a chosen Bane. Sometimes this is seen as a touch of death in the case of Rot, slowly killing them over time without regular tending by a source of magical healing or nullification. Most forms of medicine prove ineffective at curing the Venge, only capable of strengthening the body against it to reduce the severity of symptoms. To lift a Venge, scholars of arcana know of only three methods: the Ferrier who inflicted it may do so, as well as a Scourge or a skilled Druid. Inflicting a Venge takes only a few seconds of focus and unbroken contact for a Master, causing substantial strain within themselves. A Scourge can inflict one with a mere touch for very little strain, holding these curses over the heads of others as a form of blackmail to get them to do their bidding. A Ferrier may lift their own Venge by drawing the tendrils of Pathos to the surface, but a Scourge may do so with others’ as well.
-'''Banefog:''' A Ferrier at Master develops a way to spread their Bane afflictions more easily to large swathes of people. Breathing in Ashes, they may then choose to manifest Pathos within their lungs, blackening it before they then expel a charcoal-black mist teeming with a Bane of their choosing. Once inhaling this cursed powder, the symptoms of the Bane are immediate. This ability is hard to control, indiscriminate between foe and friend. For this reason, it is not often used except to cover a retreat or by lone Ferriers acting on their own accord. Contagion is heavily draining even for a Master, quickly pushing Overstepping as the radius of the mist exceeds a radius of fifty meters with poor visibility for those caught inside. More terribly, a Scourge may shroud an entire battlefield in this petulant darkness.
+'''Banefog:''' A Ferrier at Master develops a way to spread their Bane afflictions more easily to large swathes of people. Breathing in Ashes, they may then choose to manifest Pathos within their lungs, blackening it before they then expel a charcoal-black mist teeming with a Bane of their choosing. Once inhaling this cursed powder, the symptoms of the Bane are immediate. This ability is hard to control, indiscriminate between foe and friend. For this reason, it is not often used except to cover a retreat or by lone Ferriers acting on their own accord. Banefog is heavily draining even for a Master, quickly pushing Overstepping as the radius of the mist exceeds a radius of fifty meters with poor visibility for those caught inside. More terribly, a Scourge may shroud an entire battlefield in this petulant darkness.
 ===Scourge Abilities===
-'''Ruin:''' The Scourge may create a specialized Indulgence from Allayed Pestilence. When imparted, this Indulgence is always fatal for the individual who’s Pestilence it was made from. Creating a Ruination always entails minor Overstepping, and so is not done lightly. Even imparting one is multitudes more taxing. WIP.
+'''Ruin:''' There exists a superstitious tradition among mages, theologians, and nobles all. This tradition is that shed blood should always be cleansed, that blood should be safeguarded, and that the clothing that carries those dark stains should be burned. Ruin is the reason for this ancient tradition of fear, a symptom of Bane derived from a smear of blood, so potent that if this weapon of refined malice reaches the skin of whom the blood is wrought from, the afflicted will croak, convulse, and die within minutes as each and every organ fails, the life of their body oozing away into a pustulent corpse covered in yellow nodules. If a Scourge truly wishes to kill, all it takes is a single drop of blood for them to feed to their Pathos, creating the perfect weapon to cull anything inhabited by the living soul it belonged to. When combined with the skulking darkness of Banefog, it becomes truly difficult to evade a Scourge seeking the death of a specific individual as they might flood an entire valley or section of a city with lethal air. Ruin is highly taxing, and even a Scourge will begin to experience Threshold Sickness when pairing it with the full breadth of Banefog.
-'''Epidemia:''' Causing a pandemic to flare within a given region, afflicting entire towns and regions with varying levels of symptoms varying from individual to individual. WIP.
+'''Epidemia:''' If reach were a measure, few Ascensions could hold a candle to the Scourge and its ability to afflict the masses with Bane. Concocting a very specialized form of Pathos derived from the moment of death, a Scourge may kill and then enact Epidemia, turning the corpse into a source of infectious contagion. From there, all who make contact with the Pathos bubbling from the body over the next three days will be stricken by the chosen Bane for yet another three, rotting their soul to produce yet more Pathos to infect the next generation of unwitting victims they come into contact with, and so on.
 ==Novice==
+At Novice, a Ferrier is just beginning to develop a sense for Miasmata, and the difference between Ashes, Pallor, and Ethos through Necrosthesia. At this stage of development, they must focus on learning to manifest Pathos to then curse with the Bane of Sopor. The Bane they manifest will only inflict symptoms for up to three hours before dissipating. They may also learn to corrode small amounts of Pathos back into Ashes through Allay, becoming invaluable for the ability to stave off infection in the field of medicine.
 ==Apprentice==
+An Apprentice Ferrier gains access to Avowal as well as Spectrify and the Bane of Hush, with their Banes lasting a total of six hours. Through Avowal, they develop the ability to touch ghosts and read traces from Pathos, learning much about the Dead Realm and its inhabitants. At this level of skill it is very difficult to tear Ethos, but not impossible for ribbons made of the substance. Ferriers at this point in their development are known to begin experimenting with the more practical uses of Bane such as lathering a weapon in the blackened jelly to silence those who meet its bite, or trapping various surfaces that might meet the bare skin of an intended victim, spewing spectrified Ashes to cover their departure.
 ==Journeyman==
+A Journeyman of Bane experiences an upheaval in their abilities as a Ferrier. Their understanding of Miasmata has progressed such that they may gain access to Pallor, as well as Ferriment and the Bane of Sap. Their Banes at this point may debilitate for a full day with one of three different symptoms. Through ferrying the dead, a Ferrier may gain a name for themselves as a funerary service, possibly taking up work with a clergy or helping to assuage the raging spirits plaguing the common folk. Should the Ferrier ever be injured, the Ashes they clot their wounds with may be enough for them to walk away and seek help mending injuries that would have slain someone without the power of Pallor, sometimes even rescuing others from their fates with this same gift.
 ==Expert==
+At the stage of Expert, a Ferrier begins to learn Equipoise, and they gain access to the gruesome Bane of Rot while their Banes may last for a sickening two days before dissipating. They also experience an evolution of Avowal, able to hallucinate the memories of those who have passed on, or else firmly gripping and tearing the fabric of Ethos with little strain to cleanse objects of attachments by the dead. Producing enough Pathos to bathe in before incurring strain, the Ferrier has become a frightening force of reckoning, capable of killing those who do not seek medical treatment from the possibly deadly Rot they may afflict.
 ==Master==
 =Ascension: The Scourge=