The ritual ended up as a nothing-burger if one has emotional stability and/or an existing experience in the “adversary spirit” area. The wording itself is lackluster. Honestly nonsense, but not nonsensical.
Oh, let the Dark Powers comes down and absorb me… Well, to someone with existing skills that have involved some rather dark paths, this means little. As is, unless one is seeking an emotional experience, it can be seen as salad dressing and leaves the average person wondering not just if the ‘ritual’ was successful and potentially whether it was eventful from then on.
As I pulled the darkness down from above, spun by the essence of Belnara, I felt a slightly different form of “darkness”, but one still completely recognizable and familiar. I pulled it in and let it flow, trying to experience the shift the ritual text says should happen. But having known a similar darkness, it was less “shocking”. Already having the “adversarial spirit” will also lessen the experience. I’ve spent enough time in it to know where my limits are and what I’m comfortable with and what I’m not. Doesn’t mean those boundaries can’t be pushed or deepened, but I’m pretty aware of them. And those aren’t static things.
I let the energies flow and meld until the time felt “done”, completed.
At this point, it will be about the experiences with the spirits. While there are some published “milestones” for other Towers, there don’t seem to be for the Towers of Umbra and the Iron Throne. But I’ve not been completely idle and have been working towards gaining skills, attunements for those towers. But those are for different posts.
