Monday, January 7, 2008

The element: Fire

As a shaman Socio mastered the power of elements. She learned to communicate with the spirits and even call them to her side. She learned to call them when she needed something fight with her, called them to heal and cure, she called when she wanted rain. Sometimes she just layed herself down to the Vale floor, or climbed to the tree, listening the spirits.
The rituals involved heavy voodoo and even cannibalism. Sometimes she performed the rituals alone, sometimes with other shamans of Empire. She also sacrificed parts from trespassers of the Vale, to keep the spirits calm and friendly towards her. So Socio was often seen in Vale crafting talismans and jewels, or collecting and preparing materials for them.
Especially Socio was curious about fire. It was powerful, destroying and granted visions when used with powerful rituals. Calling the spirit was a challenge. Sometimes she amazed fresh recruits of the empre by playing with it. When they sat around fire, Socio drew tiny scraps of fire from bonfire towards her before blowing them off. She was able to call a hurling ball of fire to float over her hand and blast it towards an enemy or just throw it to the air when it blew up.
The feeling of love Socio had inside of her, love towards Shar'tok made her feel even more powerful, she wasn't afraid that much anymore. And the spirit of fire seemed to be more gracious towards her while she grew stronger and more selfconfident.

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