Substance, now shifted into a form mirroring her master, kneeled reverently before Merciless. Her posture was low yet steady, awaiting the final steps of her transformation.
To the untrained eye, the process of creating an apostle might appear simple. But to those who understood the significance, it was an act steeped in sacred meaning; a ritual that bound the fates of master and apostle for eternity.
In the culture of the Spawn, the act of feeding one's essence to another was no mere transfer of power; it was a profound and sacred bond. Comparable to the blood bonds of vampire clans, it went far beyond mere ritual; it was a fusion of beings, an irreversible covenant, basically.
When an arbiter shared their essence, the recipient became an inseparable part of their master's aspect, so much so that if the ritual is done undone, it will cause serious repercussions on the apostle's end.
