The mage can summon a ghost from the Underworld, making it appear next to him within Twilight. The Underworld is a dread place where, according to most mages, ghosts without anchors are banished. The caster can use other spells to compel the ghost to manifest, or can provide ectoplasm for its manifestation. This spell is most often cast to learn the secrets of the long-departed, such as the locations of lost treasures or the existence of lost heirs.
The mage can ask one question of the ghost per success. After it has answered it departs, returning to the Underworld. (The mage cannot delay for more than five turns between questions, or else the ghost departs.) The entity’s answers are truthful and straightforward, although if a question is not clear and concise, the ghost might misinterpret it and give a misleading answer.
Silver Ladder Rote: Demanding an Audience of the Departed
Even the denizens of the Underworld are not forbidden to one who attains mastery of the Arcanum of Death. Mages of the Silver Ladder are known to gather all kinds of information with this rote, often of the sort conducive to the accrual of temporal power.
Mysterium Rote (Unnamed)
Mages of the Mysterium most commonly cast it with the intention of learning more esoteric lore.
Ancient Lands Pentalogy Rote: Plumb the Blackest Depths [1]
Trickery
and a smooth tongue are used in this Free Council spell to
call upon the dead who have passed even beyond the ken
of normal necromantic spells, reaching into the depths
of the Underworld, as Soter did when he called upon the
Storm Outlaw.
