These special Songs are Saminga's pet project into the Word of Death,
and he's been spending all his free time trying to find these songs,
which he entrusts only to those Servitors whom he sees as truly loyal
to Death (read: as crazy as he is).
Thus far, he's only been able to find the corporeal version, but he's
currently doing a lot of research in the Marches in an attempt to
discover the ethereal version, mainly by dissecting ethereals until
they come apart at the Forces. To those few who're aware of Saminga's
research, the implications of Saminga's future research into the
celestial version are somewhat disturbing... Saminga already claims
that Death is the ultimate evil; once he masters the Songs of Death,
will he try to back this claim over Lucifer's dead body?
Corporeal Song of Death: The performer can focus the power of this
song to bring a single corporeal being's life to an end, or to send a
celestial into Trauma via vessel death, provided the victim fails a
Will roll; This costs 1 Essence per total Forces the victim has: It
costs 2 Essence to kill a cat, 4 to kill a big dog, 5 to kill a mundane
human, 6 to kill a starting soldier, 9 to kill a newly fledged
celestial, etc. If the performer doesn't have the Essence to match
the victim's, then the Song fails. Thus far, Saminga hasn't tried
it on another Superior.
Bonus: Death
Available: Saminga
Essence Requirment: 1 per Victim's total Forces
Degree of Disturbance: Check digit plus total Essence spent.
Ethereal Song of Death: Hasn't been discovered yet, but early results
from Saminga's research suggest that once it would allow the Performer
to slay ethereals much like the corporeal Song can kill organic life.
Celestial Song of Death: Saminga hasn't even begun researching this
song, but speculators believe it would allow the Performer to reduce
celestials into mere Remnants (or scatter their forces if without
vessels).
Needless to say, those Superiors who are aware of Saminga's research
project are starting to consider whether or not Saminga isn't becoming
too big a risk for everyone...
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