MET LARP SRD

The myth of Marduk, the ancient Mesopotamian god, is among the oldest myths recorded. It holds special reverence among the Assamites who believe it is an ancient story of one of their elders delivering justice to one of Ventrue’s wicked childer. They created this ritual in honor of this epic story, intended to caution a wayward bloodline from following in the example of the condemned.

This ritual requires the Sorcerer, a would-be diablierist, and three other participants who must be either Assamites or Path of Blood adherents. However, only the Sorcerer needs to know the ritual. The diablerist then names a victim she intends to diablerize and leads the group in a 30-minute ceremony during which she dons a robe and mask, and ritually enacts the myth of Marduk, taking the part of the god. The other participants take the parts of Marduk's mother, Ea, his consort, Sarpanitu, and the chaos dragon, Tiamat. Tiamat "kills" Marduk as his mother and consort mourn, but Marduk "resurrects" himself and "slays" her, symbolically making her into the body of the world.

Upon completion of this 30-minute ceremony, the beneficiary of this ritual has 24 hours to diablerize her named target. It is not uncommon to perform this ritual with the target already present and captive. When the diablerie is complete, the victim's sire, her sire's childer, all of the target's childer, and anyone in a full blood bond with the victim share her final sensations as she perishes. Furthermore, all of the aforementioned suffer horrific flashbacks of this event when they are in the presence of the diablierist. Those affected by these waking nightmares suffer a -3 penalty to their offensive pools against the diablerist as long as the diablerist is in their presence. This effect lasts for 3 months but can be ended early if the caster chooses to spend a simple action.