SOUL’S RANSOM

Cost: Imbue 1 Legend
Duration: Indefinite (Special)
Subject: A person you have drawn blood from this scene
Range: Close
Action: Simple
You may seize the souls within blood you have spilled, trapping them and gaining power of your foes. The souls are placed inside an onggon talisman (which you are assumed to have on your person already). The target gains the Soulbound condition at an equal level to their current highest Injury Condition. You may choose to release the target’s soul at any time, ending the victim’s Soulbound condition without resolving it. However, regardless of how the Soulbound condition ends, you do not regain your imbued Legend until the end of the story in which it happens.
This Boon is not the only way that someone’s souls can be stolen. Shamans and sorcerers wielding the magic of the Tengri are able to perform similar feats, given access to someone’s blood or ghost – it just generally takes them longer and more effort, especially if they lack Legend. In these cases, the Soulbound condition inflicts Complication 2 by default.

If someone dies while their souls remain trapped, their souls are not freed. They still need to be rescued. Similarly, a ghost can be trapped and bound into an onggon to force it into servitude. Tengri Heroes are often called on to rescue late family members held prisoner in this way. It should also be noted that because the Tengri say you have multiple souls in your blood, having part of your souls trapped this way does not make you soulless.