Mal at Riess
The Sigil Mal at Riess- An initiation and artifact of Sorcery in the Jeweled_Amber game. Pronounced (Mol ot rees)
In Amber there are many initiations of power. Sorcerers at both end of shadow tend to be mighty. They have many paths to power and often pay dark prices and take terrible prices for their ambitions.
The Sigil Mal At Riess is often called the least of the Greater Initiations or the Greatest of the Lesser Initiations.
All spells usable with Amber and broken pattern sorcery are adaptable to Mal at Riess. Spells cast from either source are of similar power levels.
The Sigil is of ancient and uncertain origin. Versions of the Sigil are created as a masterwork by adapts. A master creates a forging stone from fine crystal. Manipulating the structure till the stone is flawless then magically sculpting it till it is perfectly round. The stone is then prepared to create a sigil. The master sorcerer then uses blood and the creation spells to make his own sigil.
Advantages to Mal at Riess sorcery.
It is a fairly easy way to begin learning Sorcery. A person with Human or Chaos level Psyche can manage complicated sorcery.
There is little to no danger in assaying the Sigil. It does not have the dangers of Broken Pattern or Pattern sorcery.
Spells on a Mal at Riess rack do not deteriorate.
While an initiate of the Sigil can not shadow-walk in a manner similar to Pattern adapts the bearer of a Sigil imprint can sense the direction of other Sigils and may follow paths though shadow toward them. In time and with practice they can learn which version of the sigil is where.
Disadvantages to Mal at Riess Sorcery.
A sorcerer can rack 12 or more spells on a pattern rack. The Mal at Riess rack may contain 4 to 6 spells.
The Sigil is a lesser initiation. When a wearer of the sigil, and not yet a master having created a sigil inscription assays the broken pattern or the Pattern, or the Logrus for that matter, the sigil is erased. A master, having created an inscription of the sigil of his own, will not have his imprint removed by taking a higher initiation but there are sometime complications between the two imprint.
