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Fair, more likely Hektor would make Maven a servant to the cult. Her power was useful, and there was nothing that her magic could do to protect against the original vampire’s compulsion. She wanted a weapon, a means to defend herself, and in a way Thanatos empathized. Her story was told over and over again, her anger was the same rage that countless others had already known. Even after doing so much she was still powerless in the face of the original vampire, in the presence of a Goddess. “A spell, one that will let your soul pass from your body to another.” Thanatos offered, “When you die it’ll move from you, to the nearest witch. The ritual will mark your soul and inscribe it with a rune. You will be changed, forever.” There was one way out of the cycle, but he wouldn’t comment on it given the woman’s preexisting history with Persephone. “A life for a life, eternity with this power, and all the time you’d ever need to find, or craft, the weapon you’re looking for.”
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Unlike some other genasi, immortality has never been a driving motivation for Maven. She had it once in the palm of her hand, when she was a vampire, and yet chose to give it up to return to the living, and she had long since made peace with that decision. But that does not mean she wants to die; particularly not anytime soon. If this spell would protect her from that... To take the place of a witch. Perhaps at one time, the thought would’ve bothered her more, but it’s almost too easy for the genasi to justify the choice to herself now. If it’s her or someone else, there are few in this world that Maven would put above her own life. “Okay.” She nods her head lightly. “What would I have to do for the ritual?”







