It is the 6th day of the 8th month in the year of 1503 and I, my descendant, have made a discovery. It has been years of frustrating research alongside my trusted familiar Hades, but at last my grim and I have found a way to communicate.
12 days ago I was perusing ancient tomes in the magical catacombs of Alexandria. I am not certain if this information will be lost to the grains of time, but beneath where the famous muggle Library of Alexandria stood, there lay large passage filled with the knowledge of our people.
As I had been doing every rainy day since receiving the company of Hades, I perused the words of ancients. Many times I have thought to give up and many times I told myself just one more day. My stubbornness paid off. Buried in a back corner of a tunnel that was covered in dust, I found a book of rituals.
Naturally, I will not be putting all of those rituals into this book. We Peverells believe in making our own discoveries and would never dream of copying down public knowledge into our esteemed text. Should you wish to know the contents of the book I found, you must discover it for yourself.
But in that book, there was a ritual that caught my eye. The ritual was long forgotten, I suspect some time during the 12th century, though why it fell out of use is beyond me. The ritual forms a deep connection with one's life partner. It is called the Ritual of Unity.
Perhaps people feared impure thoughts would cross over the bond upon the rituals completion, that the ritual would allow their partners to learn of their inner most demons. Such things matter not to me. Indeed, had my dear Allysia been alive today, I would have performed the ritual with her.
But you will not be reading about that. The Ritual of Unity boasted such a strong connection between man and wife, that they could hear the other's every thought. Because I wished to communicate with Hades, this piqued my interest. Perhaps, if we could not communicate with out voices, we could use our thoughts instead.
So I altered the ritual. I now call upon the Peverell family magic that binds us all. You may not speak of this ritual to anyone but family. The Peverells have a long history of finding familiars and, like all family magic, we must use this to our advantage.
I call it the Ritual of Bonding. Upon modifying The Ritual of Unity, I performed my brain child with my dear familiar expecting to meat failure like so many times before. But today was different. Even now, Hades and I communicate and when I am at a loss of words for describing my experiences, he will supply them for me. The feeling of the Ritual is something I do not feel can be described. It must be experienced. So I will not bother. Instead I will tell you what to do.
The brilliance of the ritual is in its simplicity. All you have to do is carve the rune 'together' into the ground. If, for some reason, this rune has been forgotten, please check the runic section. It will surely be there.
Within that carved rune, you must pour your blood. This is perhaps, the only reason why this ritual may be difficult to execute. The carving must be filled to the brim with precisely one liter of your blood. It will take a couple of attempts, but you will persevere I am sure. Now, all you have to do is take a part of your familiar. I used a tuft of Hades' fur. Put that piece into the center of the rune. With one hand, cover that piece, and with the other, grab a hold of your familiar. Then channel your magic through both hands.
I hope, my descendant that you make good use of what will likely be my final entry into this grimoire. I am old, and it is time for me to pass down the family knowledge to my son. May you prosper and may the Peverells live on.
~Ares Peverell II