"I see. Sorry. Things have been strange lately," I say. "Can you tell us what's possessing her? ...And how to kill it?" I ask, gesturing at the priestess Ochita and Khan are dragging off.
[5] "I'll do my best says Lyon turning his attention to the Priestess." After a few moments he turns back to you, "Clearly she is being possessed by one of the demons in the Blood Prison. If I had to venture a guess, some sort of undead demon which is why it's not at all concerned about the safety of the Priestess. Once dead the demon will only be stronger as the host, in this case a Priestess, would no longer be able to dispute the demon's will in the slightest and would merely become a prisoner in her own body.:
"Of course there's no way to tell how powerful the demon is until he either begins asserting his authority, which is why this is so interesting. According to my theories the longer a demon has been imprisoned the weaker it will become which also might be the reason for his wishing only for inaction at the moment until he has undisputed authority so he can begin reclaiming the power that's been lost." says Lyon who begins to explain how his research led to this conclusion but really, a lot of it goes over your head, it seems as though even by today's standards he would be at the forefront of demonology, the research of demons.
"Oh god. Okay, Khan! get some chalk, we're doing an exorcism!" I franticly search for potions that can help heal the priestess. "Lyon? Can you come up here? We need your expertise. Wrap up the blood prism, and bring it to me, I am a demon hunter, so I shouldn't be affected."
[6] You quickly find a random potion laying on the ground of the trial area of the temple. Convenient that what you need just happened to be laying around.
[2] Unfortunately Lyon is so busy explaining the finer points of his research into demons that he didn't even hear you. Sareesa damn it.
"Do any of you actually know how to perform an exorcism? Firstly, stop dragging her around and let's chain her up so that the demon will less of a threat." Check the priestess' wounds, how much time do we have before she will bleed out? Find out how much each person in the vicinity knows about exorcism (including myself).
[4] Lyon speaks up when you ask the question. "All conventional wisdom and countless experiments, tests, and stories point to exorcisms being impossible. Even the Church of the Elder Gods dares not attempt an exorcism unless the full power of the gods is brought to bear. However, certain remarkable stories point to something
similar to an exorcism being possible. Each of the most powerful demons has an artifact that is his bane. If the Bane Artifact is possessed, theoretically of course, it would be possible to force the demon to possess another target, theoretically the wielder of the Bane Artifact. Theoretically, if the wielder of the Bane Artifact is also possessed by the said demon the demon would be unable to force his will upon you. Of course this is all theory."
"The only other possibility would be to find a person of sufficient will that could prevent the demon from gaining dominance. If you know of the Church of the Black Road, that was originally founded by a demon-possessed man who was able to utilize the powers of the demon without ever letting the demon gain power over him. Of course, he ultimately died when he drew too deeply upon the demons power, but the precedent is there meaning it might be possible for other to replicate his success.
[3] Consulting your own knowledge, you realize the only solutions outside of what Lyon offered from his vast stores of demonic knowledge is to kill the possessed, bless the corpse, then cremate it, or to have Malgun attempt a partial soul capture inside of a suitable gem. Where one could find a suitable gem down here though... well, technically the blood prison is a very ancient and archaic gem used for soul captures... perhaps you could use that?
[1] You find nothing suitable for chaining anybody up, darn, this was about to get fun too
Heal the priestess this time, and see what non-magical means I can use to stop the bleeding.
[4] [3 health healed] You heal the priestess, artificially extending her life buying some time for the others to think, and act.
[5] You take Khan's shirt of auto-reviving and tear it into a rather crude bandage, it slows the bleeding down and should still revive her when she reaches death.
put my shirt of auto reviving on the preistess, get the chalk, prevent anyone from chaining anyone up. Use the chalk and mana enchanting to create a magical rune circle to both remove the demon from the preistess and entrap it in another rune circle beside the first one.
With your shirt being used as a bandage, you decide to try and find some chalk. [2] It appears that there is no chalk around, and you know your mana reserves are still too low to even attempt to create some sort of demon removal enchantment. Not that any attempts before have even been successful.
Chastise everyone for not saying bless you and other than that wait to see what happens.
[4] You chastise the entire group for not saying bless you. Nobody really seems to care but you feel better about yourself now. You watch with mild interest as people try and save the priestess. "She won't survive this." You think to yourself, but you don't let your thoughts be known and continue looking on.
Enemy StatusPriestess: 5.5 of 20 health (2.5 lost per turn)
Status Changes:
Health: 5 of 19
Mana: 5 of 5
Location: The Gaping Abyss
Status: Broken Ribs, +1 to damage recieved
Health: 20 of 24
Mana: 7 of 7
Location: Gaping Abyss
Health: 23 of 24
Mana: 4 out of 5
Location: The Gaping Abyss
Health: 21 out of 26
Location: The Gaping Abyss
Health: 18 out of 19
Mana: 7 out of 12
Location: The Gaping Abyss
Health: 7 out of 17
Mana: 7 out of 14
Location: The Gaping Abyss
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