Ganoes Paran: 'Ascendants who find worshippers become gods, and that binding goes both ways. Ascendants without worshippers are, in a sense, unchained. Unaligned, in the language of the Deck of Dragons. Now, gods who once had worshippers but don't have them any more are still ascendant, but effectively emasculated, and they remain so unless the worship is somehow renewed. For the Elder Gods, that means the spilling of blood on hallowed or once-hallowed ground. For the more primitive spirits and the like, it could be as simple as the recollection or rediscovery of their name, or some other form of awakening. Mind you, none of that matters if the ascendant in question has been well and truly annihilated ...ascendants, whether gods or not, seem to possess some form of power. Maybe sorcery, maybe personality, maybe something else. And what that seems to mean is, they possess an unusual degree of efficacy...They’re trouble if you mess with them, is what I’m saying. A mortal man punches someone and maybe breaks the victim’s nose. An ascendant punches someone and they go through a wall. Now, I don’t mean that literally — although that’s sometimes the case. Not necessarily physical strength, but strength of will.When an ascendant acts, ripples run through...everything.' (BH, UK Trade, p.381-2)

'Sorcery could be the ladder to Ascendancy - a means to an end...' (DG, UK MMPB, p.325)

Oponn(female):'The trouble with Ascendants is that they try to rig every game'(GotM, UK Trade, p.100)

Nil: 'The flesh of an Ascendant holds much power. They (the spirits of the land) all hunger for a piece.'(DG, UK MMPB, p.429)