Would suggest not taking violate infection and plague of mending and use the talents for r3 blood ties and one of your tear abilites instead. In doing this only take r2 ritual of pain as you don't need the violate infection and costs less blood which you need to use howl. with your spare rubie from taking off r3 ritual of pain id suggest putting it into either seething blood or r2 blood ritual. But that's just my prefence if it's working for you atm then that's all that matters, hope this helps ...