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The Five Duck Friends - Ty Kora Tek
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Friends of Ty Kora Tek
Any durulz may become a friend of Ty Kora Tek (irrespective of gender,
since the durulz that helped Ty Kora Tek in mythical times were both female
and male). Friends of Ty Kora Tek can have children (that is the way in
which Ty Kora Tek associates herself with the friendship between durulz
and Babeester Gor).
Ty Kora Tek Lesser Friends
The cult allows the usage of the next divine spells:
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Place of friendship - similar to Axis Mundi (GoG), it allows the performance
of Five Duck Friends cult ceremonies.
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Incarnate Durulz - similar to incarnate ancestor, it allows the durulz
to incarnate the mythical durulz that befriended the god, and, in that
way, to reenact the mythical encounter.
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Summon Five Duck Friends - similar to summon ancestor, it allows the summoning
of one of the Five Duck Friends.
Ty Kora Tek lesser friends can learn Incarnate Durulz and Summon Five Duck
Friends one use. These spells must be used during a Place of Friendship
ritual.
Ty Kora Tek Best Friends
When the student of a Ty Kora Tek Best Friend shaman wants to apply for
shamanhood, he must also try to become a Ty Kora Tek Best Friend.
Besides the requirements for shamanhood, he must have 50% Ritual, and
50% Prepare Corpse.
This will happen during a Five Duck Friends ritual. If he succeds, he
will be able to learn Place of Friendship, Incarnate Durulz, Summon Five
Duck Friends, Bless Grave, and Command Ghost, all reusable if used in Five
Duck Friends rituals, and one use if employed in other contexts.
Sometimes a Ty Kora Tek shaman decides to become a Friend for Death
of Ty Kora Tek. The shaman doesn't need to perform any particular ritual.
First she will go to a place that is solitaire and very hard to find. There,
the shaman spirit will simply abandon its body and join Ty Kora Tek, breaking
the bond with his fetch. Thanks to Ty Kora Tek the body will become magically
preserved and the fetch will turn into a protective ghost. For durulz,
the bodies of these dead shamans are very holy and must not be disturbed.
In Five Duck Friends rituals, all the living people present at the ritual
are 'corpses'. Remember that in this cult there is not the distinction
between life and death: everybody may continue to live in spiritual form
after mundane death. In fact, the ritual is participated both by encarnated
spirits and by disembodied spirits. All those are the living. A dead corpse
is nothing more than a dead shell. So, the skill Prepare Corpse is used
by durulz, both on corpses of the dead to ensure the liberation of their
spirits, and on the 'corpses' of the living, to prepare them for Five Duck
Friends rituals.
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