====== Magic Spell, Concepts & Spell Books====== This is a combined list snapshot of all of the spell books, magical concepts and any spells cast in the Mercyverse across all classifications. ===== How to Read Format ===== **Name of Magical Spell**: Alphabetical plus **Classification** that created and/or used the spell - Link will lead to page of expanded classification details. Major spells will have an individual page with expanded details.\\ * **IA**: Initial Appearance of Spell (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot\\ * **Characters Affiliated** with the spell: Link will lead to character pages with expanded details. * **Spell Description and Effects** (If Known) ===== A ===== ====Attack Spell==== **Attack Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Lin Keller]] **Deceased** \\ [[Tom Franklin]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * a vile spell that would have induced terrible pain and permanently damaged the person it hit167 * takes a lot of power to feed the spell167 ====Avoidance Spell==== **Avoidance Spell** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Uncle Mike]]\\ [[Uncle Mike's Tavern]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * a spell on the tavern to that makes mundane humans avoid it * not sure if magic keep graffiti artists away; exterior of the tavern was always pristine [[Blood Bound]] * a subtle spell hurries people along if they stop to outside the tavern ===== B ===== ====Binding Spell==== **Binding Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #5: [[Burn Bright]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Anna Cornick]] \\ [[Grandma Daisy Hardesty]] **Deceased** \\ [[Wellesley]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Burn Bright]] * blood magic; a cage wrought by witchcraft191 * broken with a kiss203 ===== C ===== ====Call Down the Moon==== **Call Down the Moon** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Pack Magic]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * Alpha throws back his head and howls; a wolf's song rising from his human throat268 * the eerie sound rose, echoed, and died away into silence, but not an empty silence268 * more like the deadly quiet that precedes the start of the hunt269 * howled again and answered by every werewolf within hearing distance269 * called a third time; the moon's call sang through the trees and it caught the rest of the wolves and forced them into their wolf form269 * cries of agony of those who fought it and the groans of those who didn't269 * Adam stood in the moonlight, which seemed somehow brighter than it had moments ago; opened his eyes and looked at the moon's face; spoke using words269 * didn't speak loudly, but his voice, like his song, spread through the area like a roll of thunder, powerful and unavoidable; and the wolves came269 * less dominant wolves answered the power of the call269 ====The Change==== **The Change** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Pack Magic]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * any person bitten by a werewolf doesn't turn into another werewolf * it takes an attack so vicious that the victim lies near death to allow the magic of the wolf to slip pas the body's immune system * usually the victim dies of the wounds or of the Change * if they survive then the next full moon find they survived but not as they had been [[Blood Bound]] * give him the power to force his domninion on another group of werewolves100 ====Cleansing Spell==== **The Change** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Elizaveta Arkadyevna]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * spell to wash away evidence of a crime * clean away blood ===== D ===== ====Death Spell|Fae==== **Death Spell** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] ====Death Spell|Witch==== **Death Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Robert Arkadyevna]] __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * spell gathering death and it bore Adam's name * the spell was set in motion; Mercy threw herself in front of it; it shouldn't have worked * once a spell is given a name it's sort of like a guided missile rather than a laser beam; it should have moved around her * Robert changed the spell to name Mercy; Mercedes whispered the spell satisfied * she heard a song; a rhythm to his spell; found herself moving with it, humming the tune softly; music filled her lungs, then head, banking the fire of the pain ====Demon Magic==== **Demon Magic** | [[Demon]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Blood Bound]] * made it impossible for them to escape the cages ===== E ===== ====Enthrallment==== **Enthrallment** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Lilly]]\\ [[Samuel Cornick]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * marked by a vampire ====Enthrallment Break Spell==== **Enthrallment Break Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Asil and the Not-Date]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Mariposa]] **Deceased**\\ [[Tami]] **Deceased**\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Asil and the Not-Date]] * a spell to break an enthrallment226 * this breaks the hold of a black witch but works on other enthrallments; vampire, wyrm226 ====Expectation Spell==== **Expectation Spell** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Adam Hauptman]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[River Marked]] * let people see what they expect to see; saw a werewolf they would think it was a dog76 * darkness helps but the pack magic works in broad daylight too79 ===== F ===== ====Finding==== **Finding** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #2: [[Hunting Ground]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Anna Cornick]]\\ [[fae_stratification#gray_lords|Gray Lords]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Hunting Ground]] * a gift of Finding280 * the ability to locate a person ====Find Me Spell==== **Find Me Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Moira Keller]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * set out "find me" spells so that mundane customers in distress could find her since she didn't advertise138 ====Fireproofing Spell|Fae==== **Fireproofing Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Ariana Cornick]] \\ [[Adam Cornick]] \\ [[Honey Jorgenson]] \\ [[Mary Jo]] \\ [[Paul]] \\ [[Samuel Cornick]] \\ [[Warren Smith]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Night Broken]] * she can command earth, air, fire, and water; that she can command fire means she can protect some305 * doesn't know how many she can spell; unlikely no more than ten but at least five306 * can make the invulnerable to heat306 ====Fireproofing Spell|Witch==== **Fireproofing Spell** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Elizaveta Arkadyevna]] **Deceased** \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Night Broken]] * could have made a spell to make one werewolf resistant to elemental fire magic—would have needed a piece of his hair or fingernails305 ===== G ===== ====Guard Spell==== **Guard Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * for keeping things they valued safe; sometimes used in conjunction with power circles234 ====Guardian==== **Guardian** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Mariposa]] **Deceased **\\ [[Sarai]] **Deceased** \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * the [[Mariposa Family Witches]] greatest spell; thought to be lost when when they were eliminated * to have guardians on their grounds, great beasts who patrolled and killed for them—but never needed food or drink * rumored that they made them from living creatures—they had a menagerie * such powerful spells are never made without blood and death * guardian is a charismatic name for such abominations * even at the peak of their power they'd never been known to make a guardian from a werewolf241 * they were destroyed every seven years to prevent them from having a presence outside of their creator's call * using a werewolf resulted in not a true guardian spell; a binding that allowed the witch to share in the werewolf's immortality * guardians were supposed to be obedient, incapable of thinking for themselves * did not survive their creator's death ====Glamour==== [[Fae Glamour]] **Glamour** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] ===== H ===== ====Hide-me Spell==== **Hide-me Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * witches could hide in plain sight if they had some sort of hold on you238 ====Hot and Cold Spell==== **Hot and Cold Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Moira Keller]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * closing senses to the outside world, she reached into her well of power and drew out a bucketful an threw it out in a circle around and called to the essence of the person she was looking for151 * vibrations of power151 * left hand working the spell151 * could see the faint traces that the person left behind151 * finding something of the person with traces left on it, like gum and saliva, pulled toward their source159 ====Hunter's Magic==== **Hunter's Magic** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Silence Fallen]] * met eyes with prey; caught them in order to feed335 ====Hunting Song==== **Hunting Song** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Fire Touched]] ===== I ===== ====Illusions==== **Illusions** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * were among the very basic tenets of witchcraft174 ====Imprisoning Spell==== **Imprisoning Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * are pretty basic189 ====Influence Spell==== **Influence Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Sheldon Underwood (Dr.)]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Wild Sign]] * a weak construct214 * precast; used often enough to make up the trouble of setting runes under the oriental carpet or on the client chairs; but not strong enough to penetrate the protections [[Charles Cornick]] set220 ===== J ===== ===== K ===== ====The Kiss==== **The Kiss** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Marsilia]]\\ [[Samuel Cornick]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * bespelled by a vampire bite * some do die of the Kiss; probably no permanent harm to a werewolf * a tranquilizer215 * possible that a submissive werewolf might have come out of it like any other tranquilized animal, groggy and quiet215 * only some wolves became problematic; came out fighting with their wolf ready to attack, just as if they'd been trapped215 [[Silence Fallen]] * the Kiss doesn't always work; it was almost impossible to take a werewolf the way they could humans because of the pack bonds71 ===== L ===== ====Look-Away Spell==== **Look-Away Spell** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Stefan Uccello]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Silence Fallen]] * keeps people away35 * most vampires can cast something something like that35 ====Look-Past-Me Spell==== **Look-Past-Me Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Moira Keller]]\\ [[Tom Franklin]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * murmured a few words and then put her fingers against his throat161 * a sudden shock, like a static charge on steroids hit him—when it was over, her fingers were hot on his pulse161 * won't make someone invisible, but it'll make people want to overlook you161 * any witch with a a modicum of sensitivity to auras would have felt him; but no one seemed to notice him165 ===== M ===== ====Master Vampire Rage==== **Master Vampire Rage** | [[Vampires]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Marsilia]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * high pitched noise and a hand gesture; inhuman motion and scream * causes vampires and others in proximity to fall to the floor incapacitated * magic results in stealing breathe and motion and causes hurt ====Moonstruck==== **Moonstruck** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Werewolf Moonstruck]] **Deceased** \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * can feel the full moon coming26 * when the moon comes you can't stop the change; dreamy; sways back and forth26 * can happen to newly made wolves who lose control26 * held in moon dreams26 * if you were a dominant wolf and you did go moonstruck, you took everyone who was less dominant with you76 * no control; would kill anyone near them188 ===== N ===== ====Necromancy|Vampire==== **Necromancy** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Fire Touched]] ====Necromancy|Witch==== **Necromancy** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Fire Touched]] ===== O ===== ===== P ===== ====Power Circles=== **Power Circles** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Cry Wolf]] * some witches used them to set guard spells to keep things they value safe, and others used them to store power for drawing upon later234 ====Privacy Cloak==== **Privacy Cloak** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Stefan Uccello]] __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * made a gesture like a grand stage magican; throwing his hands up and tossing his head165 * a fine cloak of real magic settled around them; tasted of earth and darker things165 * the spell shields a conversation for privacy; because there are things that hear very well in the night166 ===== Q ===== ===== R ===== ====Restraining Spell==== **Restraining Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Daniel Green]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Wild Sign]] * tattoo; inked spell * brutal magic used to subdue and restrain with greater sureness than a steel chain210 ===== S ===== ====Shield==== **Shield** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Moira Keller]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * a magic shield165 * can tie someone else's essence to it to take the damage of a spell165 * spells slid off the protections without harm166 ====Silence==== **Silence** | [[Werewolf]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Columbia Basin Pack]] | [[Pack Magic]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Moon Called]] * wolves have little magic; a few magics that allow them to stay hidden202 * eyes closed and their mouths moving in the chant that brought Silence upon all that stood within their circle202 * to keep a battle from disturbing anyone; the pack would not willingly break the Silence202 * moving or stopping the chant would have ruined the spell of Silence204 * it allows sounds to be absorbed by the pack's spell casting204 ====Stealing Will==== **Stealing Will** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[In Red, with Pearls]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Nadia Popov]] **Deceased**\\ [[Harper Sullivan (Dr.)]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[In Red, with Pearls]] * enforcing their will on a person347 * black-magic voice347 * broke something inside a person347 * suggestions planted might fade but the she'd broken him, and that was permanent348 ===== T ===== ====Translation Spell==== **Translation Spell** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Aiden Hauptman]] \\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Fire Touched]] * someone, he doesn't know who because it made him dry heave, inflicted a translation spell on him168 * they needed to talk to him, and he refused to understand any of them no matter what language they used168 [[Smoke Bitten]] * when Aiden escaped Underhill into the ungentle hands of the [[fae]], they'd gifted him with a translation spell74 * even the most finely crafted translation spells are traumatic74 * they ruffle through memory and thought for the meaning of the word that needs translation74 * the one they'd imposed upon Aiden had been the quick-and-dirty variety74 * the translation spell did not help him read or write in English319 ====Trasmutation Spell==== **Transmutation Spell** | [[Witch]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Seeing Eye]]\\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Coranda Family Witches]] \\ [[Moira Keller]]\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Seeing Eye]] * most of the good transmutation spells had been lost with the Coranda family in the seventeenth century; rude people neeed to be turned into frogs; or pigs138 ====True-Named==== **True Named** | [[Fae]]\\ **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #2: [[Hunting Ground]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Angus Hopper]] \\ [[Dana Shae]] **Deceased**\\ __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Hunting Ground]] * can bespell a person with their true name220 * must follow orders; fae compulsion220 ====Truth Spell==== **Truth Spell** | [[Vampire]]\\ **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]] \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\ [[Wulfe]] __**Spell Description & Effects:**__ \\ [[Blood Bound]] * appropriate that the vampire's truth spells would demand blood ===== U ===== ===== V ===== ===== W ===== ===== X ===== ===== Y ===== ===== Z =====