Editing Connections (section)

===Flows of Power===
A [[Familiar]] bond allows [[power]] to flow between the familiar and it's master, letting either draw on the energy of the other. Like the other [[Defining Rituals]], this bond is extremely strong and difficult to interfere with, but can be manipulated by some rare and powerful forms of magic.

Similar flows of power can exist without a familiar ritual, such as that between [[Blake Thorburn]] and [[Rose Thorburn Junior|Rose Thorburn Jr.]] (which the demon [[Pauz]] was able to temporarily invert),{{cite}} the bargain [[Padraic]] offered [[Maggie Holt]] to draw on his power freely through a ring, or the [[Kennet Trio]]'s bargain with the collected Others of [[Kennet]] to supply them with a fraction of their collective power.{{Cite}} Some Others, such as the [[Wraith]] of [[Molly Walker]], can draw power from a Practitioner in a one-way connection if they have been given [[blood]].<ref name=":2">“We chant the spirit’s name.  This should establish a tenuous connection.  You put power into that connection.”<br><br>“How?” I asked.<br><br>“Blood.  Draw a symbol, like you see in the book, the median line running parallel to any line of connection you see between yourself and the ghost.  Blood is power, basically the most distilled and direct form you can offer.  The caveat being that when you deal with some Others, you give an inch, they take a mile.  And you don’t want them taking a mile of your blood or personal power.”<br><br>I shook my head.  “No danger of that with ghosts?”<br><br>“There shouldn’t be.”<br><br>“Okay,” I said.  “Anything else?”<br><br>“We chant, you draw the line, feed just enough blood into things to bring the ghost into earshot.  After that, we can try communicating with it.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/02/25 Excerpt] from [[Breach 3.5]]</ref> Marriage between humans and Others can sometimes result in a similar power-sharing bond to that of a Familiar.<ref name=":6">The human-Other relationship extends further back than those early traditions, of course.  At the same time, such relationships were informal, often driven by times of necessity, and, according to old texts, often ended in the demise or subjugation of the practitioner or the practitioner’s wily escape from Other clutches.<br />[...]<br />What we do believe is that she, after weeks of daily beatings by her son, fled out to the woods, and struck a deal with the Forest King, marrying him. <br />[...]<br />Locke’s story does include one of the old forms of human-Other relationship, established through another type of bonding we are very familiar with; marriage.  The effects that are described in the texts and various versions of the story lend something to this.  From the time of the marriage, Locke demonstrates some of the Forest King’s native abilities, turning wood aside and going untouched by animal.  Her existing capabilities as a practitioner are stronger, as she uses taught practices with ease, such as the ability to walk among hunting hounds who would otherwise tear her to pieces, cowing them.  Finally, the Forest King gains the ability to enter the Motte through the gates, paving the way for his followers to charge in after.<br />Some speculation has been directed at the link between the death of Locke and the summary decline of the Forest King, an Other of unknown type.  In virtually all versions of the tale that have been seen in circulation, he dwindles after killing or eating Locke, and finds himself unable to stand up to the knight’s old wartime companions and the armies they lead.  Though they were not strictly master and familiar, some of the same factors may stand:<br />When one suffers, so does the other.<br />The mechanism of this suffering varies, and can be temporary or great, depending on a multitude of factors, including the type of Other and the balance of power.  For Locke and her Forest King, however, it seems to hold true, and may well be the intended ‘moral’ of the tale, reflected in Locke’s diary entries, for those who know of Others and practitioners. - Excerpt from [[Famulus]], quoted in Bonus Material: [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/29 Famulus Text]</ref>.