Ashin Cardé Varanin
Possessor
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
During her years in retirement, Ashin Varanin experimented with hobbies. Stone carving was one that sank in. She'd dabbled in carving Force-sensitive stone over the years, but from the Gesaril carvers to the eloquent statuary of Exegol, she gained a deeper appreciation for how sculpting and sculpture could express the Force. She sculpted and imbued two separate altars, attuning each tooa key aspect of the Force.
The Living Altar
The Living Altar, attuned to the Living Force, gravitates to the mindful and instinctive present, rather than the past or future. The Living Force includes a good sense of the nuances of light and dark in beings. The Living Altar also resonates with the connectedness and present state or needs of other beings. (For example, Ashin has been known to use the Living Altar for greater certainty about her wife's safety.) Broadly speaking, the Living Altar is more chaotic than orderly.
The Unifying Altar
The Unifying Force has more to do with space and place, time, past, future, precognitive visions, big-picture patterns, and the demands of potential destinies. The Unifying Altar is impersonal, austere, disengaged, and cognitive rather than instinctive. Broadly speaking, the Unifying Altar is more orderly than chaotic.
- Intent: A set of very nice Dark Side ritual altars.
- Image Source: Me
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Ashin Varanin
- Affiliation: Ashin Varanin,
Spencer Varanin
, and allies - Model: N/A
- Modularity: A stone sacrificial basin can be added for certain rituals that require one.
- Production: Semi-unique (set of two)
- Material: Stone
- Force attuned (one each to the Living and Unifying Force).
- Nice stonework.
- Each altar significantly enhances the power of Force rituals.
- Each altar radically enhances the power of rituals that centre on the altar's primary Force aspect. (E.g. a ritual aligned with the Living Force will be strongest if performed at the Living Altar.)
- A Force-user who personally adheres to one of those aspects will find the associated altar much easier to use...
- ...and the other much harder.
- Leave the altar before completing the ritual, and the Cosmic Force will strip Force-sensitivity from you entirely, for hours or days. In those circumstances it may also temporarily or permanently drain the power from any Force-imbued items on your person.
- Every major ritual at these altars demands a price, the more valuable to you the better. Simply sacrificing people won't do. The greater your tangible or intangible personal sacrifice, the stronger your ritual - and vice versa.
- Much less effective if placed on a ship. A planet or large station is best, allowing the altar to draw on and become accustomed to the ambient Force in the area.
- Just made of stone.
During her years in retirement, Ashin Varanin experimented with hobbies. Stone carving was one that sank in. She'd dabbled in carving Force-sensitive stone over the years, but from the Gesaril carvers to the eloquent statuary of Exegol, she gained a deeper appreciation for how sculpting and sculpture could express the Force. She sculpted and imbued two separate altars, attuning each tooa key aspect of the Force.
The Living Altar
The Living Altar, attuned to the Living Force, gravitates to the mindful and instinctive present, rather than the past or future. The Living Force includes a good sense of the nuances of light and dark in beings. The Living Altar also resonates with the connectedness and present state or needs of other beings. (For example, Ashin has been known to use the Living Altar for greater certainty about her wife's safety.) Broadly speaking, the Living Altar is more chaotic than orderly.
The Unifying Altar
The Unifying Force has more to do with space and place, time, past, future, precognitive visions, big-picture patterns, and the demands of potential destinies. The Unifying Altar is impersonal, austere, disengaged, and cognitive rather than instinctive. Broadly speaking, the Unifying Altar is more orderly than chaotic.
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