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@Oranitha

Ah, thanks, they're both really well written and interesting! I'll be putting them in some of my dragons bios, if that's okay.

@BillyRuffian I'm glad you like them!

Here's a spell for imbuing cloth with the essence of comfort! A sewing circle with some magical ability can pass this from person to person, with each one adding another couplet and the whole group chiming in on the refrain. A solo tailor can do it too, though of course that requires a bit more focus (or just repeating a few remembered couplets).

The longer the chant, and the more treasured and varied the memories invoked, the more powerful the enchantment. One made with love--the proper fairytale stuff--is permanent, and carries a bit of an aura (a little embarrassing to wear in public!)

(First time I've written a chant...thanks for a new experience!)


The road that curves forever home
I hold, I stitch, I bind.
Spring rain, earth, and fresh-turned loam
I hold, I stitch, I bind.

The smell of pine trees by the lake
I hold, I stitch, I bind.
Minds embracing, souls awake
I hold, I stitch, I bind.

Friends you feel you've always known
I hold, I stitch, I bind.
Nights not lonely, though alone
I hold, I stitch, I bind.

...

@melbelletrend

There's wards for nearly every purpose. Most are easy to cast, but require upkeep, and drain a caster's magic reserves proportional to the area warded. As dragons are innately magical, attempting to maintain too many wards at once will exhaust them to the point of physical collapse (somewhat common in guardians, unfortunately).

A general "wall-ward". Cast it by walking the perimeter of the area to be warded and repeating it, imagining the words forming a physical barrier as they're spoken:

This
is
MINE.
It
isn't
TOUCHED,
in
as
MUCH
my
words
ALLOW.
My
will
ENDURES;
THESE WORDS ARE HOW.

@Oranitha

Perfect! Thanks so much!

@LapisDragon17718 @DarkwingDove Absolutely, enjoy!

@Failuresaurus

Transforming a mortal being into a god is in the same category as achieving eternal life, or creating a philosopher's stone--entire lives are thrown away in pursuit, with nothing to show for it except some spectacular deaths. The current theory is that nothing Draconic will do. There are older languages that echo through rock and sinew, and whose formless syllables are said to have carved the fledgeling universe from chaos.¹

There are some lesser Draconic spells, though. This one is performed at the end of a convoluted process (involving, among other things, ritualistic dehydration and funereal preservation of a still-living participant) that can separate out the "living essence" from the mortal body. Basically, you become a being of pure magic and soul-power. The effects on one's sanity...aren't great.

Tear down the heady veil of flesh.
The aether sea, the thrum and crash,
and breaking waves of sanity
inside of thee
resound.
For veils are burnt and cast aside
before the altar, and the bride
must be burnt, too, to rise again,
to crumble and
rebound.
You will not walk the valley dark
except to bear your failing spark
as your own god, as your athame,
or else the flame
be drowned.


For sending wishes to a god, depends on the god! What did you have in mind?

EDIT: Thanks for thinking of me! You don't have to tip, though, I really just mention that so folks don't feel awkward about this :P

¹ Relevant XKCD

@Oranitha I love your writing! May I have a simple lullaby-like chant to cast a temporary veil of "I-am-unimportant-notice-me-not" around oneself? I'd like it to be somewhat shadow-themed, as it is for this guy (he strongly prefers to be in the background and would probably use this regularly). Thank you for writing all these spells! [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=35343628] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/353437/35343628_350.png[/img] [/url]

@riseandshine My pleasure! One shadow-song spell for fading into the background, coming right up:

These are things that we forget:
the nights that haven't happened yet,
the ferry-man, the face in dreams,
posting letters, mending seams,
shadowed arches, gloomy halls,
wisp-light dances, fairy balls.
Like all of these, I slip through cracks.
Now look away. Now don't look back!

@NotQuiteToxic Glad you liked it! :)

@Oranitha wow, thank you! The chant is lovely, I'm gonna put it on Mulir's page <3

@Oranitha

Eeeee thank you! It's perfect! Cx
And thanks for the compliment! Nice to know peeps like my lore <3