Editing Incarnation (section)

=== Ritual Incarnates ===
Possibly some overlap with [[Nex Machina]] or [[Envoy]]s. 

Also known as Incarnate Rituals. These are rituals which are (generally) created by Incarnations and leaked to [[Innocents]] to entrap them. The clear warnings and a possibility (if slim) to fairly "win" the ritual and be rewarded help to temper the karmic backlash. Some [[Practitioners]] will find the way to win the ritual, then repeatedly do so until it's drained of power and destroyed.<ref name=":1">[[Lost for Words 1.4]]</ref> Some can manifest what appear to be [[Other]]s, but these are merely a person-shaped symptom of the ritual itself.<ref>"Choir knew already. Could smell ’em coming.”<br><br>“You could smell them coming, or they were already there?” Lucy asked.<br><br>“Couldn’t say, dearie,” Toadswallow said.<br><br>“Why not?”<br><br>“Because they’re not a group or anything like that. They’re like a storm or a clog in the sewer. The kids you see? They’re just the raindrops or the bad smell that comes with. The whole thing? Bigger and vaguer.”<br><br>“The storm was already there? Gathering? On its way?”<br>[...]<br>“We need to check in with the Choir. Figure out what they are, try to interview them.”<br><br>“Even if those kids are raindrops from a storm,” Verona added. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/23 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.5]]</ref> Being rooted in the Incarnate, abstract, they can find themselves linked with and drawn to [[the Ruins]].<ref>“The bleakness of this place reminds me of the Hungry Choir’s realm,” Avery said.<br><br>“If you were to map out the connections between worlds, that one would be a close sibling or child of this one. The Ruins are a place of the eroding abstract. Incarnates and echoes. The Hungry Choir is of that abstract, a living ritual rooted in the Incarnate.”<br><br>“Case in point,” Avery said. She pointed.<br><br>There was a figure that could have been mistaken for an echo, but it didn’t flicker.<br><br>A waif, standing in the rain, watching them.<br><br>“The bleakness of this place reminds me of the Hungry Choir’s realm,” Avery said.<br><br>“If you were to map out the connections between worlds, that one would be a close sibling or child of this one. The Ruins are a place of the eroding abstract. Incarnates and echoes. The Hungry Choir is of that abstract, a living ritual rooted in the Incarnate.”<br><br>“Case in point,” Avery said. She pointed.<br><br>There was a figure that could have been mistaken for an echo, but it didn’t flicker.<br><br>A waif, standing in the rain, watching them. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/27/ Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.6]]</ref>

Although generally associated with Incarnations, they can also form naturally<ref name=":1">[[Lost for Words 1.4]]</ref> or be created by something on a par with a powerful Incarnation, such as a lesser [[Gods|god]] or greater [[goblin]].<ref>That much power that fast has to come from somewhere, and then be given form as a ritual by someone or something. A strong incarnation, a lesser god, a great Goblin. If it had appeared in the last month, I might think it had something to do with the current state of the Carmine Beast. That could be a big enough power source… ''perhaps''. [...] There are things that have that kind of power, like gods and strong incarnations, but I’m not aware of anything that strong that could have any connection to the Choir, and I’ve done some extensive searching. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/18 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.2]]</ref>