Ritual Empowerment

Ritual Empowerment
A ritual taking place.
Power/Ability to:	Gain strength from rituals

The ability to gain strength from one time or consistent ritualistic practice. Variation of Affinity.

Also Called

• Ceremony Affinity/Augmentation/Empowerment
• Ritual Affinity/Augmentation

Capabilities

Users become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from the ritualistic practice (human sacrifice, habitual feeding on a supernatural source of power, soul transfers, series of occultist actions, etc) of oneself and others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Some users may be able to draw sustenance from rituals or even slow or stop aging.

Applications

• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration
• Metabolization
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Self-Sustenance

Associations

• Chanting Empowerment
• Dance Manipulation
• Energy Sourcing
• Performance Art Intuition
• Power Augmentation
• Prayer Empowerment
• Ritual Magic
• Ritual Manipulation
• Soul Absorption
• Spell Casting
• Worship Empowerment

Limitations

• Users may become dependent on the ritual for sustainable vitality.

Known Users

Movies

• Witches (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters); via Blood Moon Ritual
• Selene (Underworld: Blood Wars); via Nordic Coven Sacred Ritual

Literature

• Casters (The Caster Chronicles)

Live Television

• Richard Wilkins III (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); via Ascension Ceremony

Comics

• Cheetah (DC Comics)
• Brother Blood (DC Comics)
• Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
• Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
• Frau Totenkinder (Fables)
• Tigra (Marvel Comics)

Manga/Anime

• Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
• Son Gohan (Dragon Ball series)
• Hidan (Naruto)

Others

• SCP-360 (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-4884 (SCP Foundation)

Known Rituals

• Ascension (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Super Saiyan God Ritual (Dragon Ball series)
• Old Kai's Unlock Ability (Dragon Ball series)
• Awakening (Fire Emblem Awakening)

Gallery

Richard Wilkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) performed multiple rituals in order to become the embodiment of the Old One Olvikan.

Goku (Dragon Ball) undergoing the Super Saiyan God Ritual.

Gohan (Dragon Ball) underwent the Old Kai's Unlock Ability ritual...

...to unlock his full latent potential.

The Awakening ritual (Fire Emblem Awakening) is required to unlock the Falchion's true power...

...turning it into the Exalted Falchion.

Hidan (Naruto) preparing Jashin ritual.