The Ritual Arts always required a sacrifice to be completed, and as a result of this sacrifice, the Ritual Arts were known to produce significantly stronger results than the Runic Arts. But even with all these advantages, many mages had abandoned the Ritual Arts because most rituals required sacrifices that were far too great! A ritual could require anything from an internal organ to the lives of millions of people as a sacrifice to complete a spell, and most mages were not willing to pay such a steep price!
The [Ritual of Immortal Severence] had been created by a lost civilization millennia ago, and this civilization had intended to use this rune as their final weapon against an evil god that enslaved their people! The ritual was extremely complex to create, but its effects were very simple! When activated, the ritual would reduce the magical power of any being trapped within the magical circle by ninety percent!
