Ritual of Purification

[[Ritual of Purification]]

The Ritual of Purification was presented in the game "Neverwinter Nights 2" as a "safety ward" developed by the Illefarn Empire to destroy, or severely diminish it's guardian, who became the evil King of Shadows. The Ritual of Purification was created by the dwarven priest Annaeus, who was credited as the creator of the Guardian. The Ritual of Purifcation is granted by 5 different statues, 4 being situated in the now ruined city of Arvahn. and one being located in an Illefarn temple in the Mere of the Dead Men. Each statue grants a powerful ritual blessing, that is designed to fight the shadow that the Guardian casts, each ritual power is capable of causing great harm to him, and able to undo the damage that he inflicts. Also, when the complete ritual is preformed as close to him as possible, it is capable of undoing his basic design as the Illefarn Guardian, thus making him vulnerable to permanent destruction. Annaeus led the priesthood and sorcerers and Wizards of Illefarn to preform the ritual to destroy the Guardian, however, this failed, as the entire group was not "united in purpose", as some members, old friends of the man who became the Guardian, tried to reason with him, despite what they believed, the Guardian was not the man whom they knew. With this division in the group, the Guardian was able to destroy his assailants. The ritual was then preformed by the Knight-Captain of Crossroad Keep and the Warlock Ammon Jerro against the Guardian, who was then soundly defeated and destroyed for all time.