Antidikos

Blight Hunting

Illuminaries may learn from Blight Hunters- the Antidikos- the exploitable weaknesses and needs of the Blighted, developing techniques for shielding themselves from them. They begin to transition from prey to predator, often at a great cost to their humanity.

Soul Arts

Detachment Detachment refers to those who undergo the ritual of subduing ones emotions through an ascetic banishment of all wants and desires, further excising all Saol from the body to the point that they are considered temporarily Undead akin to Draugr; while they are like this, Rusalka cannot influence them, read their emotions, or siphon Saol from them. The Ritual of Detachment may only be performed by oneself at Expert Mysticism once taught by a Blight Hunter, and entails at least a month of isolation to either enter or leave this detached period.

Gestalt An invasive procedure possible with Mastery-tier Malediction, Capellation involves segmenting the blood or ichor of ones body with multiple hearts and brains operating closed systems which limit the amount of damage Devorare and Aquari can deal in a single spell cast, their bodies now segmented and disposable. Illuminaries who have this done can sometimes survive as a living head with its own closed circulatory system provided they receive regular blood transfusions to make up for the caveat that their blood no longer circulates nutrients throughout their asynchronously throbbing body. Memories are reflected across each brain seamlessly through a self-performed Mastery-tier ritual, although losing a brain is a traumatizing feeling synonymous with dying; as the brains are perfectly synchronized, they cannot be used for split-casting spells. Cost: 500 SP per Heart or Brain.

Inventions

Nihilam Manufactured from the shorn flesh of Nihil, Nihilam is an addition to any metal which when wielded by a Mystic incurs irreversible damage to equivalent-tier Nihil no matter their Frequency. When these weapons bludgeon, cut, or pierce their flesh- if they are strong enough to cause harm- Nihil lose their ability to sculpt themselves or Apparate that section of their body for several hours, and such weapons can still cause harm to a Nihil should they consume a Mystic wielding one. The process for crafting Nihilam is known only to a select few master-tier Mystics within Antidikos, and these weapons are occasionally given to Mystics in the crosshairs of Alítheia without knowledge of either party. Cost: 1,350 SP

Nightbane Nightbane refers to any tool, concoction or device which infuses raw emotion or painful memory into the mind of a potential Nightwalker, forcing them to transform while potentially delivering other debilitating effects that might reduce their lethality. Nightwalkers must otherwise be tracked like animals, as if one were a hunter. The price of these varies incredibly, and they must still match the Meditation, Resistance, or Rusalka skills of the Nightwalker they are seeking to unbalance. Generally consumable versions of Nightbane are preferred.

Vizard Antidikos understand the extreme lethality of Scourge, and many of them wear masks charged with the heat of Luxiite to burn Pathos out of the air they breathe, the rest of the garb non-porous and fully closed off. Unless pierced or slashed, this renders them entirely immune to the Pathos of Scourge. Cost: 900 SP.

Smiler Orb The Smiler Orb is usually a steel-encased and Miasmite-Aligned sphere surrounding the flesh of a Blighted which has been carved down by a Maltrician to the point they are naught but an orb of suffering only able to 'see' a mirror against an internal eyeball, allowing them to Scry after they learn how during their confinement. They will sometimes unwittingly chirp at nearby Blighted when they inevitably turn to Mysticism in order to sense the world around them and beg for aid, unable to transmit images but able to 'see' through reflections. These orbs are incredibly dangerous and built with countless safeguards while still necessitating that the Smiler Orb is fed. Possessing one paints a target on the back of its owner by Master and Ascended-level Blighted, and many have given their lives to draw out Alítheia this way.

Soul Stars may be used to command the Mysticism of a Smiler Orb directly, but Nekron are scarce within Antidikos and its members are sure to warn that Nekron have been historically dragged out and destroyed by Alítheia, even a powerful Dracolych among them had fallen to siege within Avernus, their Memorandum dismantled, soul destroyed and claimed by the void.

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