In more than a few ways it is not unlike some of the methods utilized in the world where I come from.

[ though one wonders if these wizards have the equivalent of the spirit charmers of distant lands past... or about how and if the practice has evolved over time.

after all, nosferatu was once considered the domain of clerics, not dark mages. but back then, magic was also paid for in blood. ]

I suppose it could be said that I have a head start?