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The Grimoire’s pages are bound in funeral silk and black iron clasps.  
Ink runs like dried blood in the margins, shifting between elegant Elvish script and jagged vampiric glyphs.  
When opened, a faint scent of myrrh, ash, and the sea lingers in the air…

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[u]Cantrips[/u]

[b]1. Whisper to Ash[/b]  
• Visual: A swirl of grey motes that whisper faint voices before fading.  
• Incantation: *“Sileth mori.”*  
• Corruption: A momentary ringing in the ears; faint taste of dust.  
• Marginalia: *“The dead are eager to speak — yet never of what you wish to hear.”*

[b]2. Nail of the Stillborn[/b]  
• Visual: A thin black spike materializing between fingers before dissolving.  
• Incantation: *“Ferrum quies.”*  
• Corruption: Brief ache in the fingernails.  
• Marginalia: *“For locks that should never have been made.”*

[b]3. Pallid Glow[/b]  
• Visual: Sickly pale light spills from the caster’s palm.  
• Incantation: *“Lux cadaver.”*  
• Corruption: A faint chill in the fingers.  
• Marginalia: *“It comforts them, as candlelight comforts children.”*

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[u]Spells[/u]

[b]1. Binding of the Nine Nails[/b]  
• Visual: Nine spectral nails pierce the target’s shadow, pinning them in place.  
• Incantation: *“Claudo aeternum.”*  
• Corruption: Persistent ache in the chest for hours.  
• Blood Sigil: Extends duration but leaves nails embedded in caster’s own shadow.  
• Marginalia: *“Never again. The smile was not hers.”*

[b]2. Grave’s Embrace[/b]  
• Visual: Shadowy hands rise from the ground to pull the living down.  
• Incantation: *“Amplector sepulcrum.”*  
• Corruption: Fingers go numb for minutes.  
• Marginalia: *“Some wish to be pulled under. They are the easy ones.”*

[b]3. Soul Lattice[/b]  
• Visual: Threads of silver light weave around a spirit, anchoring it.  
• Incantation: *“Retine animam.”*  
• Corruption: Brief loss of balance.  
• Marginalia: *“She slipped through. This net was spun too late.”*

[b]4. Ashen Breath[/b]  
• Visual: Exhale a cloud of hot ash that burns and blinds.  
• Incantation: *“Flatus cinis.”*  
• Corruption: Temporary shortness of breath.  
• Marginalia: *“It is the taste of cremation that lingers longest.”*

[b]5. Corpse Marionette[/b]  
• Visual: Black strings tether to a corpse, moving it like a puppet.  
• Incantation: *“Funis mortuus.”*  
• Corruption: Fingers stiffen unnaturally for a time.  
• Marginalia: *“Dance for me, my [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5618477]beloved[/url].”*

[b]6. Widow’s Tongue[/b]  
• Visual: A spectral tongue speaks secrets in the target’s ear.  
• Incantation: *“Lingua vidua.”*  
• Corruption: Voice cracks for hours.  
• Marginalia: *“They always tell me what they should not.”*

[b]7. Ossuary Bloom[/b]  
• Visual: Flowers of bone erupt from the ground, cutting those nearby.  
• Incantation: *“Floreo ossium.”*  
• Corruption: Fingertips flake like dry bone.  
• Marginalia: *“Beautiful things die, and death makes them beautiful again.”*

[b]8. Sepulchral Lantern[/b]  
• Visual: Lantern of bone and flame reveals the unseen dead.  
• Incantation: *“Lucerna mortis.”*  
• Corruption: Sight of fleeting faces in the flame that distract the mind.  
• Marginalia: *“I saw her in the glass. Only for a blink.”*

[b]9. Hunger of the Barrow[/b]  
• Visual: Earth cracks and swallows the living, gnashing below.  
• Incantation: *“Fames tumulus.”*  
• Corruption: Gnawing ache in the stomach.  
• Marginalia: *“The earth is never full.”*

[b]10. Vein of Mourning[/b]  
• Visual: Black veins spiderweb through the target’s body.  
• Incantation: *“Venarum luctus.”*  
• Corruption: Veins on the caster’s arm darken briefly.  
• Marginalia: *“Sorrow is a sickness of the blood.”*

[b]11. Crypt’s Refrain[/b]  
• Visual: Low haunting music draws spirits to the caster.  
• Incantation: *“Cantus sepulcri.”*  
• Corruption: Ears ring for hours.  
• Marginalia: *“Her steps matched mine, once.”*

[b]12. Mourning Pyre[/b]  
• Visual: Black fire engulfs the corpse, empowering the caster.  
• Incantation: *“Rogo luctus.”*  
• Corruption: Hands shake from heat that is not there.  
• Marginalia: *“Sometimes you must burn what you love to keep it.”*

[b]13. Shroud of the Hollow King[/b]  
• Visual: Crown of shadow and a mantle of bone shield the caster.  
• Incantation: *“Regis inanis velum.”*  
• Corruption: Dreams filled with skeletal courtiers.  
• Marginalia: *“They bow, but not to me.”*

[b]14. Silence of the Veil[/b]  
• Visual: All sound dies, replaced with distant ocean waves.  
• Incantation: *“Velum silentii.”*  
• Corruption: Deafness for a few seconds after casting ends.  
• Marginalia: *“The sea takes voices as well as bodies.”*

[b]15. Dirge of Returning[/b]  
• Visual: A song draws a spirit back into its body.  
• Incantation: *“Carmen reditus.”*  
• Corruption: A single tear of blood from each eye.  
• Blood Sigil: Spirit returns more whole, but consumes a year of caster’s life.  
• Marginalia: *“It worked. But not for her.”*

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[u]Unfinished Works[/u]
• The Thirteenth Gate — Half-finished ritual to open a rift between life and death. Marginalia: *“When it is done, there will be no door I cannot pass.”*  
• Breath of the Hollow Sea — Spell to summon the drowned dead; unstable. Marginalia: *“The tide listens, but it does not yet obey.”*  
• Red Hourglass — Time-stop fueled by blood sacrifice. Marginalia: *“A final moment, stretched forever.”*
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