God of Thunder

God of Thunder — the penultimate stage, where the bearer already possesses thunder, wind, and calamities all at once.

Its new ability — Embodiment of Light: he turns himself into an energy body and moves or strikes at a speed approaching that of light, though without ever reaching it.

The ritual of advancement to this stage deserves particular attention, for it strikes at others' ascensions: one must find a lightning bolt, subdue it, and disrupt the advancement rites of no fewer than three angels of the Second Sequence who are ascending to the First. Ideally, these angels should belong to the paths of the Hanged Man, the Apprentice, the Seer, the Sun, or the Tyrant himself.

The composition is telling as well: a shard of lightning from the Astral world, the corrupt nature of an angel of the Hanged Man path, and a stone from the underground Nightmare Swamp. As for the stone, the canon notes that it was born of the Sea of Chaos's influence and is found widely underground — but approaching it means dangerously approaching the Sea of Chaos itself, which is why mighty Beyonders of high stages cannot reach it personally.