Linking Spells

Linking spells allow witches to establish a magical bond between two or more people, connecting mind, body, soul or even life force. Blood is often used to perform linking spells as it aids in strengthening the connection between the people that are being bonded together. Unlinking spells servers that bond, voiding the connection.

Linking Spell: The spell is used to link two or more beings together, such that any harm comes to one, it is also inflicted upon the other(s). The spell can be used to link similar species, i.e. witch to another witch, or to different species, i.e. human to vampire.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Spirit Magic (varies per spell)

Used by: In Masquerade, Lucy Bennett used this spell to link Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce together to ensure that Katherine wouldn't be killed because whatever harm came to her, Elena would be harmed as well. In Because the Night, Aja called out to her coven for help to cleanse Bonnie of Expression magic. They channeled each other one by one using spirit magic until they linked to their leader. They accomplished this without the use of a verbal incantation. With the process complete, Aja, was one witch with the power of a full coven. However, since the witches were linked as one, when Aja was killed, her coven died in the process as well. In Best Served Cold, and proved in Mommie Dearest, the Heretics bound Julian's life to Lillian Salvatore. Lily stated that if he dies, so would she. She also states that this spell took the cooperation of the entire family implying that it took a lot of magic for the Heretics to enact. In Phantomesque, the Hollow cast a linking spell on the recently resurrected Davina to ensure her survival, and to gain Kol's obedience with her, so that if she died, so would Davina.

Life Force Binding Spell: A spell that binds the life energy of one person to that of another person. This allows a person to be revived from death without upsetting Nature's cycle of life and death.

Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum Melan Veras Raddiam Onu Pavadus Ponemus.

Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, it is revealed that Emily Bennett used this spell to bind a woman's life force to her child's. The child died, but the mother's life force flowed through which restored her life, but caused the mother to die. Emily's descendant, Bonnie, also performed this spell to bind John Gilbert's life force to Elena Gilbert's so that Elena would come back to life after being sacrificed. In We All Knew This Day Was Coming, this is one of the spells that Dorian listed in preparation for the Merge. He believed that if that day ever came, Alaric wouldn't be thinking straight and he'd be fighting until the last second to try and save them.

Original Linking Ritual: A spell used to link the Original vampires together so that if one of them were to be killed, the others would die as well in the process.

Incantation: Phasmatos Inta Grum Vin Callus Amalon Callagius Accodum. Cosom Naben Dox Callagius Amalon Gaeda Callagius. Ceremum Descendium Vinum. Phasmatos Inta Grum Callus. Cosom Naben Dox.

Directions: The spell called for a drop of doppelgänger's blood and allowing the Originals consumed it at the same time, they would then be bound together as one.

Used by: In Dangerous Liaisons, Esther Mikaelson performed this ritual to link all of her children together in an effort to kill them, including Klaus. She laced champagne with Elena Gilbert's blood to create the link between Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, and Rebekah Mikaelson.

Expression Linking Spell: A non-verbal spell that allows the witch to link two people, including themselves in a matter of seconds simply by focusing. The witch will then be able to restrain the target's movements and distance which they can go to however far she pleases, acting as a leash. However, like any linking spell, whatever happens to one is also inflicted on the other.

Requirements: Expression

Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell to link herself to Katherine, to keep her away from Silas.

Expression Triangle Linking Spell: A non-verbal spell that uses Expression to charge and link three sacrificial hotspots. With all three hotspots linked, a spell can be used to drop the Veil as the caster sees fit, such as inside the Expression Triangle.

Requirements: Expression

Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell to charge and link each hotspot of the Expression Triangle to drop the Veil. Seemingly, since this link was established with Expression, upon Bonnie's death, she could no longer channel the Expression Triangle to restore the Veil and, in Graduation, had to subsequently use the Full Moon to gather enough power to perform the spell.

Qetsiyah's Mind-Linking Spell: A powerful linking spell that connects the mind of a doppelgänger to that of their immortal, using the doppelgänger's energy to fry the doppelgänger's conscience mind to damage an Immortal's brain and render their mental abilities useless. As the doppelgänger's damaged brain will not heal from the spell, the linked Immortal's brain will not heal. If the spell is not lifted, the only loophole for the Immortal is to temporarily kill their doppelgänger to regain their psychic powers until the doppelgänger revives.

Incantation: Adatu Khan Leala Ghan Breatvis Shemil.

Requirements: Circle of herbs, Immortal's doppelgänger

Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah performed this spell by channeling the power of the herbs she surrounded herself with to connect Stefan to Silas and neutralize his mental abilities.

Traveler Mind-Linking Spell: A spell that is able to connect mind of two people (presumably, two doppelgängers) allowing the receiver of the spell to have visions of the target's life.

Incantation: Odka na vonas czech nat, Misteni

Requirements: Traveler Magic / Coven of Travelers, Doppelgänger blood, Barrels of fire, The target's doppelgänger

Used by: In While You Were Sleeping, the Travelers used this spell on Stefan to find the location of the most recent Salvatore Doppelgänger, Tom Avery. This spell appears to be a more crude and weaker variation of Qetsiyah's, as it required doppelgänger blood and an entire coven of witches

The Merge Ritual: The Merge is a powerful ritual and a practiced tradition of the Gemini Coven. It works by merging the strength of twin witches. The twin who is naturally stronger absorbs the other twin's magic and the weaker twin dies. The spirits of both witches merge in the process to create a new being with traits from both witches in the body of the survivor. The witch who survives typically has their personality more dominant, but with changes from the deceased witch's personality. Successfully completing the Merge also bestows Leadership upon the Coven as well as reestablishes the linking spell that binds the coven as one.

Incantation: Sanguinem desimilus... Sanguinem generis fiantus.

Requirements: Celestial event, Blood drawn from both witches

Used by: In Fade Into You, Jo and Kai performed the Merge, though Jo had already relinquished her magic and Kai was banished to a prison world. When Kai escaped, Joshua Parker attempted to force Luke and Liv to Merge In Prayer For the Dying, though Tyler intervened. Jo accepted her duty, and attempted to Merge with Kai, though again Luke intervened. Between Luke and Kai, Kai resulted in the successful witch, gaining Luke's magic. In Let Her Go, Kai confirms that his new status as the Gemini Coven Leader, his life is linked to both his coven and to their Prison Worlds and that should he die, they too will die and the dimensions would be destroyed. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie's dark magic alter-ego decided to perform the Merge five years ahead of their 22nd birthday, citing that their coven's tradition was only a guideline. Lizzie eventually concedes to Josie's demands and participates in the ritual. Fortunately for Lizzie, who lost the battle of wills, Hope's Plan B of being temporarily linked to Landon caused her to resurrect upon Landon's death with her mind protected from the Merge.

Confirmation-Representational Linking Ritual: A complex ritual used to confirm whether if another person is pregnant while using representational magic, which uses the concept of "like attracts like" to link the pregnant person to another.

Incantation: Non-Verbal

Requirements: Ancestral / Representational Magic, Target's hair, Goblet, Candles, Salt Symbols, Wooden surface, Herbs, Target's hair, Full Moon (Possibly)

Used By: In The Originals, Jane-Anne Deveraux performed this complex representational ritual upon Hayley and her surrounding environment to ascertain that she was in fact pregnant with Klaus' child. The intricate ritual ties the targets hair to the spell while each item represents a certain environmental or physiological change such as the following: lighting a candle wick to simulate flames on a map, a bubbling goblet to simulate a salted vehicle, a humming witch to cause litany interference on a mobile phone and finally a blown out candle to cause the target to fall unconscious. Presumably, the unknown salt symbols linked Hayley to Sophie, as Jane-Anne knew of the consequences of practicing witchcraft in the Quarter under Marcel's rule. With Hayley linked to Sophie, the fate of Klaus' child was now controlled by the witches in the hope to overthrow Marcel and reclaim their magic and city.

Genevieve's Mind-linking Spell: The spell allows a witch to connect two minds together. A potion concocted using herbs, the witch's blood and host's blood, which will then be drunk by the target. Doing so allows the drinkers to see into the host's mind and access their memories which the witch can then guide through.

Incantation: -TBA-

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Blood of target to be drunk, Herbs

Used by: In Long Way Back From Hell, Genevieve performed this spell on Klaus and Rebekah Mikaelson to show him her betrayal, getting her revenge on Rebekah for killing her in her previous life.

Connective Magic: A powerful spell that bonds a supernatural creature to a witch, allowing her to draw on their strengths to gain more power without harming the target.

With a Witch: The spell connects the power of two witches allowing one witch to draw power from the other, while augmenting the latter's power. It is unique such that the former was able to fully channel power even when the latter is miles away.

Incantation: Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen.

Requirements: Five Torches, Circle of salt, Runic Symbols, Waning crescent moon at its apex (possibly)

With an Immortal Being: The spell connects the power of a witch to an immortal allowing the former to draw on the latter's strength to achieve true immortality in conjunction with the immortality slumber spell. However, neutralizing or killing said immortal being would similarly affect the witch.

Incantation: Med arveno som et svar. Med arveno som et svar.

Requirements: Salt drawn in an infinity symbol, Candles, Blood of targets, Chalices

Used by: In Save My Soul, Dahlia performed this spell with Freya's aid to connect their magic and draw from Freya's power while augmenting the latter's magic. In Ashes to Ashes, she performed it once more with Klaus to free herself from the immortality slumber restriction of being limited to only a single year awake, per century. Unlike with Freya, by binding herself to Klaus, whose strength as an immortal allowed her to break this restriction, his weaknesses were also shared with her; i.e. being daggered with the Golden White Oak Ash Daggers. She would later break the connective magic bound to both Klaus and Freya via the Melting Spell through representational magic and while utilizing a waning crescent moon at its apex, respectively.

The Rite of Nines: A ritual that augments an ancestral witch's power through the linking and subsequent sacrifice of one witch from each of the nine covens of New Orleans — preferably young and prodigious. The immense amount of magical power gained by the witch performing the ritual is believed to elevate them to a level of strength unlike any other witch in any of the New Orleans covens.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: 9 children from each of the nine covens

Used by: In They All Asked For You, it is revealed that Eva Sinclair attempted to complete the Rite of Nines, but was stopped before she could complete it.

Link Exploitation Spell: A spell that exploits the shared 'link' between witches under a unified coven through the magic they practice collectively, from leader to members and vice versa. Through their magic, witches can spy upon other members of their coven, hearing them as if they were present in the same room and, additionally, by forcing enough magic through the 'link', can cause all witches to fall unconscious.

Incantation: Non-Verbal

Requirements: Collectively practiced magic (Dark Magic); Source of Power (Hand of Glory), optional.

Used By: In Heart Shaped Box, one of the witches of the Sisters' coven was able to tap into this shared "link" to listen in on Davina and Kol's conversation about the Sireline Unlinking spell she was developing. The witch listening in went into a trance-like state to focus while scribbling down the conversation. Aya claimed that since Kol was linked to the Hand of Glory, whatever he and Davina said, the Sisters would be able to hear it. This was possible because the same magic that the Sisters and Davina practiced was the same magic that called forth Kol's spirit from the Ancestral Plane via the Hand of Glory. Later, Kol and Davina, channeling the magic in the Hand of Glory, exploited the same "link" and were able to knock out Davina and subsequently the remaining Sister witches before they were able to kill Hayley. Furthermore, it is unknown how this "link" was established as there was no initiation ceremony or ritual and seemingly was established when Davina took command of the coven. Also, while the magic that was practiced among them was "linked", they were not linked together through a traditional linking spell, i.e. when one witch died the others continued to live. Furthermore, it does not seem to be a leader dependent spell to establish this "link" as both Ariane and Madison were killed while leading the coven, though the members did not die along with them, which would hint towards some kind of empathetic link via their collective or shared magic.

Sacrificial Anchorage Spell: A spell that uses sacrifices to anchor a spirit to the living world. Targets are placed atop a large ornate altar affixed with bones and skulls on which is inscribed with the marking of the "Ouroboros". Once the spell is enacted, it creates a fire boundary spell around the targets to prevent the sacrifices from being removed. The spell then brings its targets into the veil as the spirit latches on to them.

Incantation: Vinculum mond sa.

Requirements: Sacrificial Anchor(s)

Used by: In Keepers of the House, Will, as a conduit of the Hollow activated this ritual to draw out Klaus and Marcel by using four children as anchors, though they were the intended targets.

Chain Spell: A linking spell that is about the fluid movement of energy from witch to witch.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Two or more witches

Used by: In We're Being Punked, Pedro, Dorian was teaching a class on how to perform a chain spell; Hope, Lizzie, and Josie were present, among other students, while Penelope was missing due to personal reasons. While preparing the spell, Hope, Lizzie, and Josie were called to Alaric's office for performing dark magic and starting a fight at the game, respectively.

Mimic Spell: A simple spell that causes the target to mimic the actions of the casting witch.

Incantation: Imitantor Pupulus

Requirements: Target

Used by: In There's Always a Loophole, Hope performed this spell on Ryan Clarke after she learned that he wanted to test her theory about being the loophole to end Malivore. If she was right, she'd sacrifice herself and Ryan would be from his father. After casting the spell, she and Ryan, who was forced to do the same action, jumped into Malivore. In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell again on Ryan to make him stop talking and to walk in the opposite direction of her to be alone while trapped in Malivore. In Fate's A Bitch, Isn't It?, Hope performed this spell on Ryan, again, believing that he was hiding something from her after she agreed to work with him to find the Malivore portal. Bound to the spell, she forced Ryan to bite open his wrist to drop some of his Malivore mud to locate the portal, however, she learned that his has changed—he was human.

Mimic Reversal Spell: A spell that reverses the effects of a mimic spell.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Target

Used by: In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell to remove the effects of the mimic spell she previously cast on Ryan. When Malivore attempted to expel her, Ryan convinced Hope to break the spell so he could "save" her, though in truth he wanted to be expelled along with her. However, as much as Malivore wanted to expel Hope, he wanted to torture Ryan more and would stop his attempts whenever Ryan grabbed hold of Hope.

Object Linking Spell: A spell that links two or more objects, spells or people together.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Target(s) and Object(s)

Used by: In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, it's revealed that Alyssa Chang performed this spell several years prior on Lizzie's notebook and Lizzie. In the Library, Alyssa set the notebook on fire causing Lizzie to suffer severe burns, sending her to the hospital. Again she performed a similar spell on the 2018 ascendant and the newly created one. When Lizzie and Josie sent the Sandclock to the prison world, they were also sending themselves and Alaric along with it. However, they didn't send it to the 2028 prison world, instead it was sent to Kai's 2018 prison world. Alyssa also added a time delay spell so that no one would realize what happened until it was too late. In Hold on Tight, Alyssa linked the Malivore pit to the Necromancer's location. As monsters were raised from his blood sacrifices, they would appear at this location at Mystic Falls High School. After she decided to do what was right and save MG, she worked with Lizzie and Josie to create a new prison world. Together they moved all the spells Alyssa linked from their world to the prison world and banished Hope, Landon, the Necromancer and all the monsters with him to the prison world. With the spell complete, Alyssa and MG were free.

Unbreakable Covenant Spell: A spell that forms an unbreakable agreement between two parties, so that should one break the agreement, the exchange becomes null and both lose what was intended to them — no exceptions.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Target(s)

Used by: In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, the Necromancer proposed this spell to Alaric since the latter couldn't trust him. The Necromancer explained that if both of them don't hold up their end of the bargain, neither of them will gain what they want. The Necromancer wanted the dark magic within Josie and Alaric wanted Josie returned safely. Alaric also bargained for Rafael, Alyssa, and Chad's resurrection with the ties between them and the Necromancer, as 'puppets', to be severed. He also wanted Landon to be brought back as well. Alaric eventually agreed to the bargain which prompted Lizzie siphoning the dark magic out of Josie and transferring it into the Necromancer. Upholding his end of the bargain, the Necromancer resurrected Rafael, Alyssa, and Chad. Landon, however, never awoke from being stabbed with the Golden Arrow. In We're Not Worthy, the Covenant spell was yet to be completed as Landon refused to be resurrected, in spite of everyone's willingness to give the Necromancer the dark magic. The spell, as he described, prevented the Necromancer from using the dark magic until Landon was brought back. In Goodbyes Sure Do Suck, as a consequence of Alaric's wording with the Covenant spell, the Necromancer exploited a loophole and, upon severing his ties, Chad, Rafael, and Alyssa began to die as the Necromancer was the one who had brought them back. In This Feels A Little Cult-y, Andi recalls that 18 months prior she brokered a deal with Ryan Clarke and bound it with a Covenant spell. Though Ryan was forgotten after being consumed by Malivore, she recalled the specifications of the deal. Should she fail the summoning ritual, which was to resurrect him as a human, she would die. After attempting the ritual, she used herself as the sacrifice as she would die regardless. In Someplace Far Away From All This Violence, MG, Josie, and Cleo collectively performed this spell with Hope so that she would stay at the Salvatore School and listen to their ideas in their attempt to bring back her humanity. In exchange for no physical harm to them or any of the students, they would give her any of Alaric's weapons from his cabinet. Any slightest act of violence, however, would break the covenant spell. In You Will Remember Me, Hope confronts Agatha St. Clair, having learned that she bound the magic of the covenant spell to those loyal to Triad. To keep it an unbreakable alliance, any act of treason was punishable by death with fire. Hope believed she was bluffing, though when she began to tell Hope where to find the others, she burst into flames and died. Likewise, Greg, his pack, and Aurora de Martel are all bound by the same spell. In Was This the Monster You Saw?, Aurora and Lizzie agreed to perform this spell on themselves so that they could trust one another on their quest to raise a god. Lizzie's Triad brand is on her right forearm. In I Wouldn't Be Standing Here If It Weren't For You, Lizzie explained that her brand disappeared, meaning either Aurora found a way to undo the spell, or the purpose of their covenant had been completed, i.e. someone raised a sleeping god. Ben successfully raised his father to gain his boon.