The Black Book

## About

**The Black Book** was a spellbook of immense power wielded by the **Night Brothers.** It contains spells woven by Sergei Vladimir, one of the Night Brothers. A magician has to be incredibly powerful to wield any of the spells contained by the Black Book. They were usually executed by Raoul Moreau, the other Night Brother.

## History

These spells were woven by Sergei Vladimir, born magician and Night Brother to carry immense strength. The spell that saved Amari Peters' life, Knights of the Round, was woven by Vladimir with the help of Cosimo Galileo Leonardo de' Pazzi (or Cozmo for short) 's ancestor. Vladimir's spells allowed one to even conquer death. After Vladimir's death at the hands of Abraham Van Helsing, the Black Book was confiscated by the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and locked away in the Great Vault at the Department of Supernatural Investigations. But, even with the high number of security measures, Dylan Van Helsing was able to penetrate the Vault and steal the Black Book, all while crafting an illusion to make it seem like his sister, Maria Van Helsing, also a magician, stole it. After Dylan's capture, there is no mention of the Black Book.

## The Black Key

> If a spare few know about the Black Book, even fewer are aware of the key necessary to open it. After Vladimir's death, the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs was tasked with protecting the Black Book from Moreau and those magician apprentices who avoided capture. Not trusting humanity to possess both the Black Book and the Black Key, the inaugural Supernatural World Congress bestowed the Black Key upon an anonymous Key Holder whose duty it was to hide and protect it. This duty is to be passed down through generations, with each Key Holder honour-bound to never reveal themselves.
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The Black Key was a key necessary to open the Black Book, much like the keys of personal diaries in the known world. See the full article here.

## Known Spells

### Death's Door

This is the second blood magician's spell featured in Amari and the Night Brothers. It allows the magician to resurrect a person from death, but the life essence of innocent people is needed to completely execute the spell. If the person being resurrected is a magician, he/she will need to steal the magic of another magician with the same or increased amount of magic to return to full strength. Moreau used this spell to try and resurrect Vladimir using Quinton Peters' life essence and Amari Peters' magic but failed when Dylan Van Helsing stole his magic.

### Knights of the Round

This is an Illusionist's spell. When used, creates an illusion of many duplicates of the magician standing around another duplicate covered in armor. Amari Peters used this spell to defend herself from Dylan Van Helsing . In her case, her armored illusion called down and imprisoned Dylan in a cage of lightning using the spell Finis since she was a Weatherist. It (Knights of the Round) was woven by Vladimir with the help of the ancestor of Cosimo Galileo Leonardo de' Pazzi, the steward of the International League of Magicians.

### Vampir

This is a blood magician's spell. It allows the user to prolong life and defeat death, but at the cost of drinking the blood of innocent people. Woven by Vladimir and used by both the Night Brothers, this spell allowed Moreau to conquer death even after Vladimir's death at the hands of Abraham Van Helsing.

## References

1. ↑ *Amari and the Night Brothers (2021, Farshore), Chapter 29, Pages 327, 328 & 329*
2. ↑ *Amari and the Night Brothers (2021, Farshore), Chapter 32, Pages 356 & 357*
3. ↑ *Amari and the Night Brothers (2021, Farshore), Chapter 32, Pages the 359 & 360*
4. ↑ *Amari and the Night Brothers (2021, Farshore), Chapter 10, Pages 85 & 86*