The mage alters the appearance of death by adding or subtracting features from a corpse. The mage could, for example, make the small pile of ashes left behind by a person killed by fire look as though she died from a stab wound to the neck. In this fashion, mages have turned murder most foul into seeming accidents or the product of natural causes, or taken a perfectly innocent circumstance (quiet heart failure in the night or a tumble down a flight of stairs) and used it to frame someone for a killing she never committed.
The mage can add or subtract one feature per success. A feature represents a single wound or disease condition, such as a laceration caused by a knife, burns caused by exposure to a conflagration, or a cancerous tumor in the target’s liver.
Guardians of the Veil Rote: Mortician's Touch
Even the most savvy coroner can be put off the trail of a blatantly paranormal death by means of this rote. Guardians thus preserve the integrity of the Mysteries.
Adamantine Arrow Rote: The Hidden Knife
Arrow mages, in the course of their work, must also sometimes occlude the truth behind a killing, so they too make use of this magic.
