Anathema Codex

# **Summary**

**The Anathema Codex** is a grimoire which contains various spells, runes, rituals, potions, etc. all related the summoning and usage of Wild Magic - specifically Dark Wild Magic. The magicks - referred to as **Anathemagic** - contained within the Codex have been deemed entirely too dangerous to all society should they become public knowledge. Knowledge of the Codex is safeguarded by the Ancient and Noble Houses, passed down by the Druidic Mystagogues in exchange for a permanent ceasefire of the invading Roman families.

There is one known antithesis called **The Elysium Opus**, which contains Wild Magick spells of equally sacrificial intent aimed at protecting life instead of destroying it. These magicks are believed to be from the **Divine Wild** and the **Wild Unknown**.

## **History**

Not much is known about the origin of the Anathema Codex save its knowledge being safeguarded by the Druidic Mystagogues of olde. All the spells contained within them are believed to summon and/or utilize magic from the Dark Wild.

# **Known Keepers**

Only Ancient and Noble Houses possess knowledge and copies of the Codex. Noble Houses, as part of the newer invading forces, were not included in the safeguarding as the Unspeakables and Ancient and Noble Houses deemed it too risky. It is the duty of the Sitting Lord or Lady to impart knowledge of the Codex to his or her Heir. There are several oaths that must be sworn before the knowledge is passed down.

* **House Black**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Arcturus Black III, Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Dorea Potter (née Black), Cassie Black (presumed)
* **House Bones**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Amelia Bones (presumed), Edgar Bones
* **House Crouch**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Barty Crouch Sr., Augusta Longbottom (née Crouch), Barty Crouch Jr. (presumed)
* **House Doge**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Elphias Doge
* **House Greengrass** - N/A, recently elevated to A&N, unknown if they've been granted a copy of the Codex.
* **House Gaunt**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Priscus Gaunt, Valdis Gaunt (presumed), Morsus Gaunt, Achlys Gaunt (presumed), Tom Riddle, Libra Gaunt (née Kolumbiko) (presumed)
* **House Longbottom**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Archibald Longbottom, Frank Longbottom (presumed), Augusta Longbottom (presumed)
* **House Malfoy**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Corvus Malfoy, Nicholas Malfoy, Danica Malfoy, Hephaestus Malfoy I, Ismelda Malfoy, Hephaestus Malfoy III, Abraxas Malfoy, Claudius Malfoy (presumed), Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy (presumed)
* **House Potter**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Nathaniel Potter, Hardwin Potter (presumed), Josiah Potter (presumed), Benjamin Potter (presumed), Henry Potter (presumed), Fleamont Potter (presumed), Charlus Potter (presumed), James Potter (presumed)
* **House Nott**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Tiberius Nott (presumed), Alex Nott (presumed)
* **House Selwyn**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Adramelech Selwyn, Cassilda Selwyn, Merihem Selwyn, Camilla Selwyn
* **House Wilkes**
	+ Knowledgeable Members: Erasmus Wilkes (presumed), Linnea Wilkes (née Rosier) (presumed)
* **Other Members**:
	+ Albus Dumbledore - general knowledge and existence
	+ Lily Evans - existence, by way of Tom Riddle
	+ Severus Snape - existence, by way of Tom Riddle
	+ Harry Potter - existence and general knowledge, by way of Regulus Black (as Gilderoy Lockhart) and Pandora Lovegood

# **Known Spells**

## The Rune of Singular Hate

### Usage

Utilized by Obediah Prewett on 22 December 1993 using Viggo Scabior as the anchor/conduit to summon Tulzscha - The Singular Eldritch Flame. Its purpose was to trap and burn Harry and Theo alive whilst brainwashing the muggles to murder and cause violent havoc.

## The Hounds of Tindalos

### Creation

Also known as **Devourers of Time**, the Hounds are sentient manifestations of anti-temporal matter borne of the ruined time-flesh of the First of the Eldest Gods aka Time Himself. They'd first manifested when Mehet-Weret had taken her Primary Form, wiping and recreating Reality on an unending loop. They'd once more appeared when Those-Who-Lay-In-Darkness were banished from the mortal realm, and once more when Sardeth invoked the Rite of Holyfyre to wipe all of the Paar'zheal from every iteration of Reality.

### Appearance

A massive and grotesque three-headed canine that resembled a flayed and ichor-drenched hybrid between a Cerberus and a Hungarian horntail, with a large proboscis on each head.

### Usage

The Hounds can only be summoned if **Time Relics** are used, including the Cryptohedron and the Time Turner. On 28 March 1994 at approximately 3:33AM, the Hounds were summoned by Astoria Greengrass and Penelope Clearwater when they utilized the Time Turner, with Harry Potter summoning the creatures in his timeline when he used the Time Turner. Luna Lovegood is the only individual known to see them in her dreamscape, before she was 'eaten' by them along with the timeline.