This Ceremony allows the Oblivion user to infuse a location with the numbing aura of the dead lands, concealing it from mundane notice.

Ingredients: Mushroom seeds, moonflower seeds, and  a building empty of all inhabitants

Process: The necromancer must steep mushroom and moonflower seeds in his Blood. He then plants them around the perimeter of a target building. They do not have to be planted in contiguous lines; one or two plants on either side of the building is enough.

System: At night the mushrooms will glow with a faint bioluminescence, and the moonflowers will bloom. Regardless of its actual current state at sunset, the building itself will appear abandoned and closed up, “dead” as far as that applies to a building. The windows will appear boarded up or covered over; the doors will appear locked or chained shut. Listening at the door will provide no auditory evidence of any inhabitants. For all onlookers, regardless of what is happening inside the building, the building looks completely abandoned from the outside. Heightened Senses and similar powers will not pierce the effect of this Ceremony, but powers such as Sense the Unseen will detect its usage.

The necromancer must take care to not cast this ritual on well-trafficked buildings. While the ritual protects people from hearing or casually observing what’s happening inside, it does not prevent anyone from entering. A curious mortal, wondering why his favorite late-night coffee store has suddenly closed, might decide to try and look inside. They will simply see the insides of the building, appearing as normal, but unoccupied and unused. If someone enters the building, the Ceremony does not end, but the entering person is no longer affected by it. You may only have a single active instance of this Ceremony active at a time. The use of this Ceremony lowers the Veil Density to Frayed (see Oblivion’s Sight, page XX), which does have a tendency to attract wraiths to the area. 

Duration: One month