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== Ritual ==
The ritual is an event that takes place during the second Maelstrom, in which two [[teams]] of six (or more) individuals are fighting to summon a [[Patron]],<ref name=":0">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_79.mp3|transcription=For decades, contact with The Patrons has not only been impossible, but forbidden. But with the Maelstrom upon us that may change!}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> an [[Outer Planes|extraplanar]] elder god,<ref>{{PageRef|name=Lash}}'s in-game [[Lash/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Bebop): ''"Sun is shining. Bebop's dead. I'm about to summon an elder god. Boom."''</ref><ref name=":1" /> who can grant them a wish. The ritual can only be completed once the enemy team's Patron is destroyed.

Fonts of power all over [[The Cursed Apple|New York City]] are being tapped as part of the ritual.<ref name=":2">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_25.mp3|transcription=Tensions mount as fonts of power all over the city are being tapped in an attempt to contact a powerful extraplanar being known only as The Patron.}}</ref> [[The New York Oracle]] is providing live coverage of the ritual.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_55.mp3|transcription=As the Maelstrom rages on, The New York Oracle is proud to bring you live ritual coverage.}}</ref>

{{HeroIcon|Haze}} has prepared extensively for the ritual by performing drills, research, stretching, divination and fortune telling.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Victor|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Are you kidding me? There's a mountain of things you can do to prepare. Drills, research, stretching… and that's not even dipping our toes in divination and fortu-}}</ref> {{PageRef|name=Warden}} has trained his whole life for the ritual.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Warden}}'s in-game [[Warden/Quotes#Killstreak|voice line]] (killstreak mid): ''"Don't feel bad. I've trained my whole life for this."''</ref>