Newona was once a thriving settlement, or so the oral traditions of the Northmen claim. But prosperity came at a cost. When the Great Famine of the Iron Age struck, the elders didn't look to the heavens for mercy; they looked to the earth for a bargain. They found Frey, stripped of his nobility, hungry and hollow.
Usually obtained from high-tier elite enemies in the Sunless Valley . Newona- Ritual Offering to The Depraved God Fre...
While many ancient Near Eastern rituals used food or animals to placate deities , Newona demands offerings of "lived experience." This often takes the form of artifacts representing personal milestones or symbols of unfulfilled desires, which are cast into the Great Maw (a ritual pyre or pit). Newona was once a thriving settlement, or so
A cold numbness that prepares the soul for the void. 2. The Anointing of the Depraved They found Frey, stripped of his nobility, hungry and hollow
Linguistically, Newona translates from the Old Cthonic dialect as or, more crudely, "The Hollow Vessel." It is not a place, but a state of being that the ritual's subject must enter.
The high priest, his voice like a rusty gate as he spoke, began the incantation. "Oh, Fre, Lord of Decadence, hear our plea. We offer unto thee this pure and unblemished soul, that thy power may grow, and our desires be satiated."