Magic – Spells and Artifacts

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## Spells

### Killing Spells

* La Main de la Mort is a three word spell (*a la mort*) that can kill a roomful of people

### Mend-and-Make

One of the most common charms used by the students at the Scholomance and taught in first year shop class.
It has a lot of variance depending on what material needs to be mended and how complex the fix is, only the Artifact track students really learn it completely.

### Song-Spells

Song-Spells are cast via singing and can be accompanied by musical instruments such as sirenspider instruments. Unlike most spells, a song-spell can be translated from one language to another, but it isn't a straight translation. A new spell with the same intention is written in the new language and set to the same music. If the translation succeeds, the spell is often weaker than the original. However, the spell can have both the effect of the new spell as well as the power and effects of the original song. Translations can sometimes cause song spells to be easier to cast.

### Mortal Flame

Mortal flame isn’t a mal: it consumes mals, it consumes anything in its path that has mana or malia to burn up. It is a sliding scale type of spell depending on how much power it is fed and what a person's affinity is, most people can not create the same level of Mortal Flame that is used by the school for it's cleansing.

### Shield

There any different kinds of shield spells that can be cast. Some spells can be cast by an individual and others are designed to be cast by a group. Shield spells have varying strength depending on the quality of the spell and how much mana is used to generate it. Gwen Higgins created a powerful shield spell that she gave away freely.

A group Shield spell is usually held by one person while the others feed that person the power to hold it. If the person holding the spell goes down, the spell disintegrates.

Clarita Acevedo-Cruz, the Valedictorian for her class, created a new group shield spell that operates differently than a typical group shield spell. Each member has a part as though they are in a play or a conversation. A person can leave the group without impacting or ending the spell, in the same way a conversation can continue if one person leaves it while the others continue to talk.

### Yanker Spell

A spell that pulls someone from one place to another, applied to an item such as a belt worn by the person. The place being pulled to is referred to as the Anchor. If the spell is for a group, they all must be physically touching when the spell is activated.

## Artifices

### Fire Whip

A versatile weapon that can wrap around objects or people to hold them in place, pull them along, or set them on fire. It can also be used to knock things aside to clear a space, or to cause general damage. One of the seniors who tries to prevent El and her friends from fixing a stairwell in A Deadly Education uses a fire whip.

### Trans-Atlantic Gateway

The artificers in New York and London enclaves built a gate to travel between New York and London with just a step through.

### Power-Sink

An artifact that each enclave has hidden in the school somewhere that absorbs and stores mana from whoever is wearing a Power-Sharer tied to the Power-Sink. Usually only the Seniors of an Enclave know where their Power-Sink is hidden.

### Power-Sharer

An artifact that allows wizards to collectively store and share mana. Enclavers usually have Power-Sharers tied to a massive Power-Sink that ensures they always have enough mana to draw on.

An artifact that enclave kids use to always have enough mana available to them. They have to feed in Mana to their Power-Sink, then the Power-sharer pulls the mana from it to give to the user of the Power-sharer

### Shield-Holder

A shield Holder holds a pre-prepared Shield spell so that the user's hands are free. This ensures that if they need to use both hands for a spell, they don't have to drop their shielding spell and become vulnerable.

## References

1. ↑  Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance) (p. 195). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 8:20:15). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
3. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance) (p. 45). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.