Opponent's ritual

A person performing a ritual in a dimly lit room, dressed in a deep crimson robe with intricate gold embroidery. They are standing before a wooden table strewn with various ritualistic items - a silver ceremonial dagger with a hilt adorned in precious jewels, a heavy, leather-bound book with worn edges, a simple golden chalice filled to the brim with a dark, opaque liquid, and three wax candles casting long, dancing shadows against the room's stone walls. The individual's face is concealed by a hood, their hands raised in a dramatic gesture as they recite an incantation.