Lokas

Lokas

 Overview

The lokas(worlds) are the four pillars of the itarajana and proto-thanatoic/chakravanti cults

Perhaps the Craft’s ancient beliefs presaged contemporary
Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, or the Itarajana are not as
pure as they believe and borrowed these religions’ structure
to describe their discoveries. They call their Pillars Lokas:
“worlds” that represent realms of existence, incarnations,
and spiritual states. In addition to the four Lokas of the
Pillars, Itarajana recognize the Manusya Loka of human
existence and the Asura Loka, where it consigns the karmic
states of earthly supernatural beings, including vampires.
Bereft of the broad perspective that more evolved magi
learn, Itarajana magic lacks several capabilities. They
cannot easily reshape lifeless matter (including Cainite
bodies) or peer into the future, depriving them of easy
access to wealth and supernatural foresight. That’s the
price of dedication to the ancient ways, and it shapes their
worldview and relationship with the True Hand. (Note
that these pillars are not in alphabetical order, to replicate
the hierarchy of worlds in the cosmology.)

Naraka (the torment world)

Imprisoned in the Naraka realm, these creatures are the darkest incarnations of the Wheel. They suffer and inflict suffering in realms of fire, frost, and pain. The Naraka hells aren’t just places, but accursed spiritual states. The sorcerer takes on infernal karma for a time, utilizing dark powers to flay imperfection and sin from the world.

• • The sorcerer can sense infernal influence, malefic magic, and imminent destructive forces such as bombs and oncoming storms. He can bulwark his consciousness against possession and his body against the elements, though not open flame and the most extreme cold.
• •• Itarajana can call the fiends of Nakara but can’t compel them to appear, and the fiends may not be free to answer. They inflict minor curses capable of hindering enemies or inflicting bashing damage, and can generate uncomfortable levels of heat and cold. Such a sorcerer senses the weak points of objects (where they’re easy to destroy) and people (where their Natures fail them).
• ••• The sorcerer can convert any heat source into open flame, or intensify cold to create killing frost. This inflicts lethal damage, though without a source of heat or cold to work with (Itarajana magic treats cold as a force, not an absence of heat), they must be created using the ability of Deva •• to create elements with Quintessence. He can summon a fiend if he knows its name, and unless it is chained, the monster must appear. He can inflict curses that affect objects, so machines fail catastrophically and blades break.
• •••• An Itarajana can now convert any significant source of energy into intense fire and cold. He can command it to rain fire or ice spikes. He can bind a fiend to a place, force it to possess a particular person, or command it to do his bidding. He can inspire self-destructive behavior in others so that they act on their darkest impulses. His curses wither limbs and crops, and even kill with disease, inflicting aggravated damage. He can break nigh-unbreakable objects.
• ••••• The sorcerer can summon metal-melting firestorms or freeze air. He can release fiends from divine imprisonment and visit locked hell realms. He can formulate abstract curses such as “May you never find love,” or cause a curse to affect generations. His destructive capabilities can affect concepts, though killing an idea held by millions would require more power than any mortal can muster.