Ritual of Rejuvenation

The Ritual of Rejuvenation takes place at the spot the Mahjarrat race refer to as The North. It's referred to as such because of the simple fact that it lies North, in the icy parts of the Fremennik lands.

In The Ritual, the Mahjarrat revive themselves by fighting each other in The North. The reason for doing this is that, over the years, the Mahjarrat get continually weaker and more "skeletal" as they use their magical abilities. This is exemplified of when you find the Mahjarrat Jhallan frozen, shapeshifted into a mythical creature called a Muspah and unconscious in a magical block of ice during the quest Tale of the Muspah. When you free him he is almost totally devoid of any power because of being trapped in a shapeshifted form for so long, and is too weak to fight in the Ritual. The loser of the fight in the Ritual is killed, and is used to refuel the remaining Mahjarrat with their power. Therefore, the player helps Jhallan freeze himself into another block of ice in a cave directly below the Ritual site while waiting for the Ritual, seeing as anyone nearby when the Ritual happens will be refueled.

There have currently been 17 Rituals in Gielinor, with the 18th apparently drawing near.

According to the Chaos Elemental, the Ritual happens during syzygy (when stars are aligned).