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To a changeling, nothing is more important than an oath. The dreaming pays close attention to those who swear oaths, and through glamour and coincidence, grants favor to those who follow their oaths and brings misfortune on those who break their word. Oaths are words of great power and are never to be taken lightly, and due to their great significance, a changeling cannot be magically induced to swear and oath. Although they may be pressured mundanely. Below is a list of common oaths, but by no means all of them. These words have been used, in many languages, for many years and by many Kithain; and thus the speaking of them calls upon the dreaming to grant special favor to the kithain making the oath. Likewise it brings hardship if that same kithain ever breaks the mystical bond. While these are the most powerful oaths, anytime a changeling says the words "I swear" with passion and conviction, the dreaming listens and takes note. Any time a changeling takes an oath, of any size, a narrator should be called to record the exact wording of the oath. Note: The dreaming enforces oaths by the spirit and NOT the letter of the law. It will not be cheated by schemers, liars or churls. |
 Oath of Clasped Hands
Blood for blood, bone for bone, life for life, until only we stride the earth. My life is in your hands, my blood is in your veins. Hold me well and I will lend you my strength; break your bond and may we both perish. Friendship I swear to you, an oath of clasped hands and shared hearts. Cost: None. Receive: Gain 1 permanent Willpower trait. Broken: Lose 2 permanent Willpower traits. Oath of Fealty, Made by a Vassal unto her Liege
I swear fealty unto you, Lady (or Lord). Your command is my desire, and your request my desire. May my service always please, and may my sight grow dark if it does not. As the tides to the moon, my will to yours, my liege. Cost: 1 temporary Willpower trait Receive: 2 additional traits used to resist mental domination by others (example. Use of the Arts of Chicanery, or Sovereign; or a Vampire's Dominate discipline). However, the leige to whom the oath is made may use those 2 traits as negative traits for the sworn should the liege wish to dominate the sworn. Broken: Lose 2 permanent willpower traits Oath of Escheat, Made by a Liege unto her Vassal
I take you as my vassal. You are of my house, even as the very stones. I pledge to hold you, to guard you, and to keep you. I pledge to honor your service as it deserves, and reward your loyalty in kind. As the moon to the seas below, my will to yours. I pledge the Escheat to you. Cost: 1 temporary Glamour trait. Receive: Regain one willpower trait per week. Broken: Gain 1 permanent trait of Banality. Oath of Accepted Burden
Lay down your burden, that I might take it up. The road is long, and I swear I shall bear it for you, until all roads end. I shall (the actual task is named here), else may the road cease to lie beneath my feet. Cost: None Receive: Both sides regain one temporary willpower trait. Broken: Lose two temporary willpower traits |
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Oath of Guardianship
As the sun guards the earth by day, as the stars by night, so shall I serve thee. This my duty I shall not abandon (object of oath) until (duration of oath), else may the stars close their eyes and sleep. Cost: None Receive: Gain a permanant willpower trait that can only be used to protect your sworn ward. Broken: Lose the permanent willpower trait and get a curse to never spend two nights in the same bed until a century has passed. Oath of Truehearts
I give a gift of myself to thee. Take it freely; freely is it offered, and until (duration of oath) comes, thou, (object of oath), shalt have me in thy keeping. I swear love unto you and pledge you my troth. May those who watch over love watch over this oath and those who keep it, and may we never find fault in their eyes. Cost: 1 temporary glamour trait. Receive: An additional trait of glamour from any rapture. Broken: Gain 1 permanent trait of Banality. The Oath of the Long Road
I swear that I shall (nature of quest undertaken) or lose my honor, that I shall (nature of quest) or lay down my sword, that I shall (nature of quest) or Dream no more. You and the sky are my witnesses, so mote it be. Cost: None Receive: 1 additional permanent Glamour trait, 1 additional permanant Willpower trait. Failure: Lose 2 temporary and 1 permanent Willpower Trait as well as 2 temporary and 1 permanent Glamour trait. Abandonment: Lose all temporary Glamour and Willpower traits. Lose 1 permanent willpower and one pertinent glamour trait and gain 2 permanent traits of Banality. The Oath of Crossed Swords
Where two stand there will be one. I swear enmity unto thee until the setting of the last sun. May my heart cease to beat and my hand lose its strength should ever I show favor to thee, as the bones of the earth are my witness. Cost: One permanent glamour trait Receive: Gain one permanent willpower trait Broken: Lose one permanent willpower trait |
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