Suraciri
Pain is an ever-present existence among the living. It was born with man and nature, and it is with them it will die at the end of time. Suraciri is a tradition and a spell formed by the ancient eltiri and practiced by the northern peoples so Suranar would come and take away their pain.
The exact rites and tradition differ in all corners of the northern continent, united only in their purpose and strange old words surviving only in spells such as this. Only the beginning of the spell, where a sage calls and pleads to Suranar for aid, remains the same. But the words alone will not bring help to the suffering.
Other parts of suraciri tradition consist mostly of herbal remedies and poultices prepared by the clan's wiseman or -woman. Words and earthy scents of the medicine melt together in a chorus to take away ache and sometimes to bring peaceful sleep in its stead. Like all magic in the north, suraciri is a private affair where only the sage and the patient may be present. This is not only to protect the precious secrets of the sage, but also to prevent any interruptions or accidents during a time where precision is of great importance.
There are those whose situation is too fragile to call for aid from Lowï, where Suranar dwells. Though any child and adult, even the elderly, have the protection of a luwa who keeps away malicious spirits and creatures, the newborn and their mothers find themselves much more vulnerable before, during and even days after the birth of the child. As such, not only is suriciri something practiced on the mother during the birth, but no one in the clan is allowed to do magic at all during those few days of threat and danger.
Alternative names: surakiri, sura'iiži, soregërë
Translation: pain-export, taking away pain
Origin: northern magic tradition
Practitioners: Eltiri and descendants