This technique is powerful, but unpredictable as it may restore a man to perfect health or tear apart their flesh. While mostly destructive, the Occultist can also use his profane powers to reconstruct flesh and heal wounds. His eldritch powers can rend the souls of even the most foul of beasts leaving them motionless, but at the cost of calling the ever-looming shadows closer. With his curses, he can expel a foe's strength or open them up for devastation. From the back, he can channel his baleful energy to strike those hiding in the shadows or pull them forward, removing all filth from his presence. His pursuits in antediluvian apprehension have left his body fragile and weak, but it has made his mind sharp and his capabilities most versatile. The Occultist, however, has utilized that same knowledge to further his understanding of the eldritch.

Many have sought it out, but those who discover the truth of this world's secrets have found the revelations too much to bear. Since time began, it has been the folly of men such as the Ancestor.

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