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Each morning, he arises with the dawn. Before breaking his fast, he goes to the garden and carefully examines every inch of soil. Sometimes, a tender green shoot pokes tentatively through the earth, yearning for warmth and light. He smiles. His heart swells with pride. Then he crushes it beneath his boot. These shall only flower when he is no more. His harvest is a bitter one.
-- Scorpion's Garden, by Anselm Markoff
The Slow Bloom Rite captures a miracle in the heart of a seed. To activate the ritual, the Noble need only perform the miracle while holding the seed, and spend two SMPs. The miracle will lie quiescent in the seed until the flower blooms, at which point the miracle will be performed as if the Noble had just done so. The target, intent, range and penetration of the Miracle must be set when the Slow Bloom ritual is performed. The miracle can also be used on a closed flower, one that will open again at dawn, in which case the miracle will be activated when the flower opens. The caster of the ritual may cancel the coming miracle by merely touching the seed and willing it so, but any miracle points spent are still expended. Many Nobles have boxes of seeds containing stored Miracles, which will bloom after they have been slain or imprisoned. Wise assassins strike first at greenhouses. |
