Grimoire

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**Grimoire** also known as a Book of Shadows or Spellbook a Grimoire is a living record of every spell a user and their familiar has learned. It contains knowledge about all types of magic and potions as well as Covenstead locations. Every grimoire is unique and personalized to the user's personality and identity, it is the duty of a user to fill out their own journey between these pages.

They are ancient books filled with instructions on how to raise a spirit, how to create wands and other magical items as well as how to cast spells in general. Anyone wanting to learn magic in Dreamland should invest in getting one. Learning the spells inside the book is a collaborative effort between the wand user and their bonded spirit.

## **Acquiring one**

### **Shops**

Blank grimoires are sold at every single magic shop and almost every general store, they are also given out for free to students of magical academies and members of Covensteads.

### **Making One**

If you cannot find a copy it is also possible to make by taking a paper and copying the text onto the pages, it will magically become a grimoire if a cover is attached to it.

### **Prayer**

It is also something you can pray for, ask Sancus and in obscure situations he will gift a grimoire to you.

## **Stats**

### **Entity**

Every grimoire has a dark aura around it that will scare away any light energy surrounding it. If in distress the book will release even more darkness to try and keep enemies away from itself. A password can also be put in place by the user and spirit, the grimoire is a lot like an entity of it's own.

## Grimoire Navigation

### Next Page

Swazes

The contract is the first page in the grimoire besides the table of contents, it is a signed agreement between the grimoire's user and spirit to work together in harmony. It must be consensually signed by both parties in order to unlock their full potential, spells can be learned and used without the help of the book but they are easily forgotten without the official records kept by the magical book. It is said to have connections to the god Sancus.The contract is located on the first page with a message in Latin from the gods, below the message there are two lines, one for the user to sign and the second for the spirit to place their mark.

#### **Text**

~ Tuus vero, dii Agila.
~ Yours truly, the gods of Agila.

#### **Meaning**

The meaning of the contract is a list of rules and warnings for things that could befall the user and their spirit if something goes wrong while in contract with one another. The rules as seen in the text are:

* The contract must be signed with full consent
* Both parties cannot hate or even slightly dislike each other
* Fight for the gods to kill the evil light
* Once signed the user and spirit are bound until the user dies
* Do not sign the contract with a second spirit or your first will die

### **Spells**

Spells and incantations are performed by a person stating a nonsense word while their spirit performs the corresponding incantation. If the spirit and person are in perfect sync the spell is more likely to land on an opponent. Depending on the nonsense word used the magic will do different things. There are 100 however as of August 14th 2023 only half of them have been named.

#### **Types Of Magic**

There are 13 types of magical spells, and every user has two mains that they specialize in but there is no real limit to what spells can be learned. The types are listed below and are color coded with the spells.

#### **List of Spells in Page Order**

Below is a list of all 100 spells what they do.

* **Swazes**
* **Quaywres**
* **Diodium**
* **Douglaundef**
* **Canous**
* **Spectronalizes**
* **Wordion**
* **Ricapationisly**
* **Barbuli**
* **Misling**
* **Lonian**
* **Faultiened**
* **Cretarts**
* **Fleemirermings**
* **Awleray**
* **Disparusherst**
* **Baptarients**
* **Rehonesect**
* **Phemarits**
* **Intracieffers**
* **Truseris**
* **Sustritors**
* **Stifia**
* **Sketbowswels**
* **Destoneeing**
* **Reunlession**
* **Mummodat**
* **Wrecta**
* **Raulosinat**
* **Uratiots**
* **Flicallobefans**
* **Jonater**
* **Spardicurs**
* **Curaturkedes**
* **Heculobbine**
* **Interefentings**
* **Packlopies**
* **Wishlis**
* **Couniven**
* **Penuclinity**
* **Elizesticageor**
* **Prechowedge**
* **Bratess**
* **Debauggled**
* **Ocally**
* **Picating**
* **Equityles**
* **Oreachokoft**
* **Stoccula**
* **Delumberg**

### **Tarot Cards**

These are magic cards that can be used to play three tarock (card games) with your spirit to strengthen your bond. The games include:

* **Tarocchini**
* **Grosstarock**
* **Konigrufen**

Of course this is not the only way to bond with your spirit but it is a fun way. And these games are very complicated so the versions used in the story will have to be more simplified so even the protagonists can play it without being confused. The cards can also be used by a witch to predict the future, at The Hood it only costs a few pieces of gold to get a reading. The cards are separated into four suits with an additional group for the trump cards, also below is a list of all of them. To learn the meanings of the cards visit tarot.com.

#### **Major Arcana**

The Major Arcana Tarot cards reveal messages about the big picture of your life and its long-term direction.

#### **The Wands**

The wand cards are about action, initiative, and invention. They help to guide how you move through your life, advising when to move and when to hold back.

#### **The Cups**

The cup cards represent your emotions, intuition, and relationships. They can guide you in love and help you understand and process your highest and lowest feelings.

#### **The Swords**

The sword cards are all about challenges. They can tell you when conflict and heartache are looming and help you harness the strength of your own mind.

#### **The Pentacles**

The pentacle cards are associated with your work, finances, and domestic life. They can answer questions about your personal goals and your money, family, and health.

### **Terminology**

#### **Scrolls**

Spells can also be bought individually on scrolls that will be transferred to the user's grimoire after being read by their spirit. Spirits cannot use spells without the help of their bonded user's heart so after reading a scroll they will need their bonded user to memorize the activation word for each spell. A user can create their own scroll by writing down the correct incantation for a spell and then having their spirit read it.

#### **Wands**

Wands are used by novices to help communicate with the spirits and they can look like anything. They can be used to show the spirit where to aim or to ask for help. If the spirit and character are bonded enough they won’t need the wand or even vocals to communicate.

#### **Witch Bottle**

Witch bottles are little trinkets that some people use to protect themselves from witches and dark magic. If you wear one you are immune to all spells and magical effects. However your spirit will not be able to go anywhere near you.

#### **Potions**

Potions are little magic spells in a bottle and one of the few ways to use magic without a spirit. They can only be used once so try to stock up on them in case of emergencies. Their effects can be dangerous to both you and your spirit so be careful when using them, some spells can only be performed with a potion and not every spell has a corresponding potion.

##### **List of Exclusive Spell Potions**

* **Potion of Cleansing** - Made from aloe vera it cleanses a user or their home of some evil.
* **Potion of Blessing** - Made from cayenne peppers it is a potion that can remove any curse and prevent cursed spells from harming the user.
* **Potion of Romance** - A love potion made with cayenne peppers that sparks romance with the first person the victim sees.
* **Potion of Intimacy** - A more severe version of the romance potion but this time it fills the victim with sexual feelings.
* **Potion of Ghost Sight** - A potion made with lavender that allows the user to see spirits without having to befriend them first.
* **Potion of Purity** - A potion made from lavender that purifies a desired location, it will scare away spirits.
* **Potion of Freedom** - A potion made with nettles that frees a person from possession.
* **Potion of Protection** - A potion made from nettles that can protect a desired room.
* **Potion of Anti Evil** - A potion made from St. John’s wort and aloe vera that wards off all evil from the user.
* **Potion of Luck** - A potion made from St. John’s wort will give the user a burst of good luck.
* **Potion of Fortunate Romance** - A potion made from St. John’s wort that will allow the user to see their future romantic partner.
* **Potion of Health** - A potion made from thyme that heals the user.
* **Potion of Dreams** - A potion made from thyme and lavender that allows the user to have plasaent dreams.
* **Potion of Communication** - A potion made from thyme that allows the user to understand the language of spirits.

#### **Covenstead**

A Covenstead is a meeting place for those practicing witchcraft, they are organized by the witch community but everyone is welcome to visit and partake in their rituals. When Lamia went into power he organized a witch hunt and destroyed all the ones in cities and villages so now they are only found in forests and hidden locations.

#### **List of Covensteads**

* **Wistesria** - In the hidden village of witches there is the biggest Covenstead in the world.
* **Yarrow** - The city of dark magic and illegal trade has a small Covenstead.
* **Fabled Woods**- The closest one to Fairland is hidden in the forest, it has a tower where Dame Hood lives.