Before the rite

Enchantress Kalina donning her attire for the Rite of the Weald. It was a dangerous ritual meant to appease the restless forest spirits after the period known as the Long Night. Many cultures of the eastern parts of the Rosen Imperium lived according to old traditions and revered old forest deities, although often in secrecy, as the Horned Ecclesia outlawed all old faiths.

Whether the danger during the ritual came from the local fauna coming to life or actual forest spirits is uncertain but the fact remains that many enchantresses would come back from the ritual scarred or maimed, some not coming back at all.