>[!quote] *In order to ascend from their mortal flesh into [[tutelary deities]] of the land, they heighten their spirituality through severe ascetic training.* ([[Ascetic's Set]]) Ascetics who fail to become [[Tutelary Deities]] instead become [[Curseblades]]. Long ago [[Curseblade's Cirque]] was employed by ascetics, as a "ritualistic object in their self-flagellating dances," but it's not clear when that stopped being the case. Or if it did, necessarily. #elden_ring #subject #shadow_of_the_erdtree #group