There are wraiths, and then there are Stygian Lords; a skillful necromancer knows how to tell the difference, so that she might properly gauge her enemy — or her slave.

This ritual allows a necromancer to gain a sense of a wraith’s power. By casting it, the necromancer learns any powers a wraith possesses, as well as its general power level, reason for death, and how much time has passed since its death. To cast this ritual, the necromancer needs only to have some physical evidence of a wraith’s existence: a fetter, part of a corpse, or an item that has been touched by the wraith in question or affected by that wraith’s powers.