Malia
By Bruce Ferrie
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Note! This is a fan contribution. The information may be
contradicted by official material.
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Malia is the great spirit of disease. She was once a fertility goddess who
discovered nourishment from death in the time of the Gods' War. As a member
of the Unholy Trio with Ragnaglar and Thed, she was part of the ritual that
allowed chaos into the world. She is worshipped by, and gives her blessings
to, Ragnaglar's children, the Broos and by many other creatures of chaos.
Many other beings come to worship her through fear, hoping that she will
spare them from the diseases that she controls.
| Entry Requirements: |
Must have a fetch that can be awakened. Candidates other than Broos,
who are favoured by Malia, must become a carrier of disease by allowing a
Disease Spirit to be integrated into themselves. |
| Mental Abilities: |
Find Herbs, Identify Disease Symptoms, Malia Tradition Knowledge,
Mythology of Malia, Mythology of the Unholy Trio, Spread Disease,
Treat Disease. |
| Physical Abilities: |
Hide Symptoms, Resist Disease. |
| Traditional Spirits: |
Disease Spirits (typical spirits include Brain Fever,
Creeping Chills, Shaking Disease, Wasting Disease)
Pestilence Spirits (Pestilence spirits bring sickness to plants,
including Aldryami - typical spirits include Petal Rot and Root Blight)
Healing Spirits (typical spirits include Cool Fever, Give Strength,
Stop Infection). |
| Special Spirits: |
Plague, Insect Spirits. |
| Spirit Allies: |
Disease Spirits, Insect Spirits. |
| Fetch: |
Disease Spirit |
| Fetishes: |
Pus-soaked scraps of cloth and bandage, trinkets smeared in excrement
or other bodily fluids. Scrapings from the diseased flesh of victims of
plague. Shamans also create fetishes by gouging wounds into their flesh
(and that of others) and leaving them to fester and become infected |
| Tradition Secret: |
Invoke Plague (Acts as an integrated passion spirit, giving a
bonus of 1/4 the target number to Spirit Combat when trying to bind or
integrate disease spirits, or to any ability used in the course of a contest
against a healer). |
| Worshippers: |
Fanatical cultists. Anyone whose fear of death and disease is enough
to drive them to such a dark mistress. |
| Other Side: |
After death, worshippers of Malia join her in the Spirit World, from
where they may return as Disease Spirits, helping to spread their mistress'
tainted "blessings". |
| Disadvantages: |
The cult of Malia is universally feared and hated. Worshippers are hunted
down and killed at every opportunity. |
Special Spirits of the Malia Tradition
Plague
Might: 15w
Pieces of the Spirit of Plague are sources of virulent and rapidly-changing
outbreaks of disease. They may be integrated or bound into fetishes and provide
the ability to alter a disease spirit from one type to another (e.g., to change
a Creeping Chills spirit into a Brain Fever spirit). They can also be integrated
and used as passion spirits when resisting the efforts of healers to cure diseases.
Insect Spirits
Might: Varies considerably
Malia defeated a number of Gorakiki's children in the Darkness. They can act as
carriers for Spirits of Disease, allowing them to spread far and wide with ease.
Disease Spirits
Might: Varies considerably
Normal disease spirits can be used to temporarily affect others with the symptoms
of the relevant disease. Only by the spirit possessing its victim will the disease
be made permanent. A shaman who has integrated a disease spirit can become a
carrier of the disease without being infected by it themselves.
Pestilence Spirits
Might: Varies considerably
Are much like disease spirits, but they affect plants instead, including Aldryami.
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