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=Sorcery=

Sorcery exists in Jhelum.

It is not common. It is not safe. It is never casual.

== The Nature Of Sorcery ==

Sorcery is not a craft taught openly.

It is:
* Bargained for in whispers  
* Unearthed in places best left buried  
* Passed from master to student under strict secrecy  

No one practices it without consequence.

== Forms Of Sorcery ==

Common workings include:
* '''Blood rites''' — power drawn through sacrifice  
* '''Incense and dreamwork''' — visions, persuasion, hidden truths  
* '''Idol-binding''' — spirits housed in carved forms  
* '''Curses and bindings''' — slow, patient, and difficult to undo  

Most practitioners know only one path—and that imperfectly.

== The Cost ==

Sorcery always takes something:
* Blood  
* Time  
* Memory  
* Pieces of the self  

Those who lean on it too often become something else.

== How People See It ==

Most folk:
* Fear it openly  
* Respect it quietly  
* Avoid those who use it too freely  

A known sorcerer is never ignored.

== Sorcerers In The World ==

They are rare, but never absent:
* Temple adepts who guard forbidden rites  
* Hermits deep in the jungle  
* Advisors who stand just behind power  
* Wanderers who have seen too much  

Some serve gods. Some serve nothing at all.

== A Final Truth ==

Sorcery solves problems.

It also creates debts that cannot be repaid.

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