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Magic Monday – What would you do for a Klondike Bar?
Feast of the Corrupter This is a slow, insidious enchantment that was responsible for much distrust of the magically-skilled, before the rise of the Slakiv Empire and the Order of Magi. Yet the promise of functional immortality is considered so … Continue reading
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Magic Monday – Maker’s Mark?
Making-Song (Chant of the Shaper) Craftsmen and artisans may invoke the Shaper in times of need or inspiration, pushing their bodies far beyond normal limits at the risk of their sanity. In the common imagination this chant is most often … Continue reading
Magic Monday – For a world before refrigeration
Mark of Purity (Mark of the Renewer) This spell requires a box or similar container. Food or drink is placed inside the container, which is sealed, and finally the Mark is placed or written on the outside in a ceremony … Continue reading
Magic Monday – The nuclear option
Bane-Spell (Secret Word of the Destroyer) The Secret Word can only be taught to those who make a pledge to the Destroyer (a member of The Five). This may take the form of a taboo they must obey, a ritual … Continue reading
Magic Monday – An enchantment to evade entropy
Sign of the Maintainer The Maintainer is one of a quintumvirate of deities worshiped in the Slakiv heartlands: the Shaper, the Destroyer, the Corrupter, the Renewer, and the Maintainer. The Five are believed to be personifications of the natural processes … Continue reading
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Tagged charm, Magic Monday, Maintainer, preservation, Sign, The Five
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