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Magic
Hello, I'm one of the Children of Avalon. You can call me Merina. Please, come in to my little house...
Have you ever wonder about the unexplainable. Do you think your sister might be a Weird Sister of Avalon. Have you come to ask Puck a question. Do you wish him to tell you, right now what you want to know. Well, guess again Puck never does anything you want. So your stuck with me, I can tell you a little about Spells and Magical Items thought.
Thanks To who ever site all this great info came. from I don't remember who site it came from, please don't be mad if it your site, just tell us!
There is mortal magic which is use by humans and Gargoyles, but it must usually be performed with a conduit to allow the mage to channel the energy without harm and must be spoken in Latin for at least the Western Variety. It might be that the different language is needed to focus the thoughts of the caster and maintain proper control. Other styles of magic like circle magic, voodoo and others could have different limitations and advantages.
Extremely powerful mages like the Archmage with the Eye of Odin can use one-word commands for their magic which could indicate a more internal mental control and without an obvious focus. So one way of measuring the power of a magic user could be to see just how much external supports the mage in question needs, ranging from the young Magus in 994 who needed to directly hold a conduit and read out a spell to do magic to the Eye of Odin Archmage with the aforementioned abilities.
Children of Oberon, on the other hand, can manipulate magic by themselves and usually speak in the vernacular. Oberon and Tatiana, the Lord and Lady of Avalon on the other hand only need their mental will to use their powers except for really major spells as in when Oberon rendered almost all of New York City unconscious by saying only "Sleep!".
Magic Items
Eye of Odin
A eye shaped amulet that has the power of granting or amplifying powers to
whoever wears the item. It is also useful as a regulator that allows powerful
mages to control massive amounts of magical energy safely.
However, the item also exaggerates the negative aspects of the personality of the wearer to the point where they become dangerous. The examples shown in the series were Fox becoming a powerful but violently animalistic werewolf, the Archmage becoming a megalomanical conqueror and Goliath becoming a supergargoyle with a tyrannical control freak personality. Yet, this was intended as the eye's chief purpose is to expose the wearer's dark side and enlighten him/her of what they are capable of.
The eye was eventually returned to Odin, the Norse god and Child of Oberon. He is the only being who can bear the eye without its corrupting influence.
Phoenix Gate
A small shield shaped plate that enables a wielder to travel through time when a
certain spell is said. However, changing history is difficult as the time flow
tends to correct itself and resists attempts to alter it. Even when it succeeds,
it creates a causal paradox that makes it difficult to see whether there was any
change in time at all. Piloting the gate requires a sapient mind to control it
and apparently there is no location in any time that the gate cannot send
someone.
The gate has been used by Demona, the Archmage and Goliath for their purposes and Puck made an attempt to get it from him. To prevent the misuse of it, Goliath activated it and threw it into a blind time jump making it next to impossible to find or retrieve it.
Grimorium Arcanorum
A powerful spellbook that was used by the Archmage, the Magus and Demona. It
also contains herbal medicines and other practical information as well. Aside
from the spells it contains, it also serves as a conduit for a human or gargoyle
mage to comfortably control large amounts of magic without paying a physical
cost for that energy. The spells contained in it included spells for shooting
lightning, turning beings into stone and enslaving the will of a person to the
holder of the spell.
The book was eventually stolen by the Weird Sisters who gave it to the Archmage who then literally ate it to incorporate the power into himself. To prevent a dangerous feedback, the Eye of Odin was used to manage the energy safely. This proved to be the Archmage's undoing as when Goliath took the Eye from him, the energy from the book overwhelmed him and consumed him. Thus the book is lost to anyone else, although there other smaller spellbooks like the one Una, the English Gargoyle, owns.
Sun Amulet
A sun shaped Mayan amulet that is linked to four crystals. Apparently, it was created by a Mayan mage to ensure that a pyramid would be guarded constantly. To the Guatemalan gargoyle clan, these crystals allow them to function during the day with seemingly no loss of energy or healing. This allows them to be at peak performance constantly as long as they are in physical contact with the crystals. The only weakness is that if the Amulet is destroyed, the crystals would lose their power.
To defeat the clan, Hyena attempted precisely that, only to be stopped by Lexington and Broadway. The amulet is now in Broadway's possession to prevent any harm coming to it. He might have lost it when the Hunters destroyed the tower, but that is unclear.
Cauldron of Life
A magical iron cauldron that makes anyone who bathes in it "live as long as the mountains". Unfortunately this is done by transmuting any flesh in the prepared liquid contained inside instantly to stone.
This item was acquired by David Xanatos who thought it could give him immortality. He planned to test it on Hudson, but the old gargoyle escaped and Owen volunteered his hand instead. Upon learning the nature of the Cauldron's magic, he obviously decided not to try it himself, but felt it still had a use. So, he melted it down and incorporated the metal into Coyote 4.0's construction. This enabled the robot to be able to resist magic, a useful property when it was used to capture the Child of Oberon called Coyote. The Fay escaped and helped destroy the machine, but it is possible that Xanatos could salvage it for at least the metal.
Titania's Mirror
A large wardrobe-sized mirror which has the ability to have anyone skilled in magic being able to see anyone in a kind of clairvoyance. To the children of Oberon, it also acts as a portal that enables them to travel to any destination that the mirror is displaying at that time. Spells can also be sent through it to affect anyone facing it. Demona used it also as a way of pulling Puck to her while Puck used it to carry his spell to turn the Manhattan clan human from a remote location. It is not known if there is more than one Mirror as Demona apparently smashed it when she discovered that Puck turned her human by day, but there is a fully intact mirror on Avalon in Oberon's possession.
Awakening, Part Two
The Magus's incantation from the Grimorum Arcanorum -The one that started it all:
"Dormiatis dum castellum super nubes ascendat!"
May you sleep until the castle rises above the clouds!
from Ora (via G. Guay)
Temptation
Demona's incantation from the Grimorum Arcanorum:
"Sine dubio, instantatum."
Without doubt, instantly.
from Edward Sunnerton
Long Way To Morning
The Archmage's favorite attack, often using the Grimorum Arcanorum:
"Fulmenos venite!"
Come lightning!
from Leigh Ann (via G. Guay), DangerMom's daughter, Kathleen M. Quinn and Carolina Moreno Vanegas (who helped confirm it was "come" and not "go", a source of some debate).
Still, you'll hear it again in Vows <season2/ep21syn.html> and Avalon, Part Two <season2/ep35.html>.
The Mirror
Demona's incantation to summon Puck:
(A silver bell is rung four times with a gold
ring of gold)
Cum aescerat argentum
et aurum involare, (a feather is blown into the mirror)
Postea Puck ad speculum
Titania penetrare!
(A silver bell is rung four times with a ring of
gold)
With fire, silver,
and gold combined, (a feather is blown into the mirror)
Summon Puck to pass
through Titania's mirror!
Spell from DangerMom's Daughter and Kathleen M. Quinn; Translation by Wanderer <mailto:wanderer@why.net>, who says its really "bad Latin" while the following is in the classical Latin:
Cum
ignis, argentum
et aurum universus,
Postuli Puck penetro speculum Titania.
Puck's various transformation spells:
---To change Elisa into a Gargoyle:
"Thy sight Demona doth offend,
so Puck will hasten to amend.
Begone Elisa, human born,
and be no more as you were formed!"
from IndyKat and Ray
---To change NewYork City's inhabitants into Gargoyles:
"All humans on this concrete isle,
Demona finds your presence vile;
So do you now as I command,
and be not woman, child, nor man!"
from IndyKat
---A little ditty that turned the humanized clan's weapons against them:
"Humans love a battle hearty,
So does Puck; come on, let's party..."
from Ray
---To change everyone back the way they were"First the humans I'll attend,
And now the gargoyles will I mend.
If his efforts you commend,
Free Puck; let him homeward wend..."
from IndyKat
---Puck's final spell that night, "granting" Demona's original wish:
"Fearsome creature who would stay
Unchanged by the light of day,
Remain you thus throughout the night,
And be thou flesh by dawn's fair light."
from Ray
Vows
The incantation for the Phoenix Gate spoken thrice by Demona and once by Goliath:
"Deflagrate muri tempi et intervallia!"
Burn down walls of time and space!
from Jon (via G. Guay). However, Mary of the OSU Clan in Ohio says that the following phrase is "correct in Latin grammar":
City of Stone, Part One
Demona's televised incantation, from a stolen page of the Grimorum Arcanorum:
"Omnes conspecti, omnes auditi,
In nocte usque ad saxum commutate
Dum caelum ardeat!"
All who see, all who hear
Change to stone even at night
Until the sky burns!
from Kathleen M. Quinn and Jon (via G. Guay)
City of Stone, Part Three
The Weird Sister's spell, linking and thus immortalizing Demona and Macbeth:
"Across the mists of space and time
we pose this covenant sublime:
Macbeth his youth doth offer here,
to make this one a force to fear,
While she with fang and claw and wing
doth swear sweet death his foes to bring.
By their acceptance are they consigned
unto each other's fate designed,
forever and eternal bound,
and each the other's pain resound."
from IndyKat
Avalon, Part One
Spoken by Tom to return to Avalon from Manhattan, as well as by the Magus (using the Grimorum Arcanorum) to sail to Avalon from Scotland:
"Vocate venti fortunate
ex rege Oberonis
et hic navis flugem regate
ad orae Avalonis."
Come winds, safely
from the kingdom/shores of Oberon
guide this ship through the waves
to the shores of Avalon.
Spoken twice by the Magus using the Grimorum, changing eggs to shards and shards to eggs:
"Per usum meum adsumate signo tuto uto care."
Through my skill recieve this protective sign (or spell) to use, o precious ones.
Spoken by the Magus using the Grimorum Arcanorum against the Weird Sisters:
"Per usum meum dira te rectus volutare (or volare)."
Through my skill twist back the curse directly on you.
All of the above from Kathleen M. Quinn. In the Avalon boat rides, "flugem" may mean "fluctum" and "rege" may have sounded like "ripae", but neither the magic of Gargoyles nor the speakers thereof seem too picky about it.
Avalon, Part Two
Some powerful mystical-types like the Archmage are known to use simple one-word commands:
"Halt" (to stop his earlier self
from falling);
"Vessel" (to summon an Avalon-style Skiff with his
likeness);
"Revert" (to change the Weird Sisters back to their usual
forms; later used by Oberon upon Odin and the Banshee in The Gathering, Part
One <season2/ep58.html>).
from Ray
Avalon, Part Three
A dramatic spell cast by the Magus against Arthur's ancient, hollow guardians:
"Armored warriors who would stay
Upon the winds of yesterday,
You have discharged your promise bold,
So sleep you now; Grow still; Grow cold!"
A simple incantation, allowing the Magus to attack the Weird Sisters:
"Mystical Avalon, hear my plea;
Fill me with your energy!"
The final spell of the Magus, ironically showing that Avalon's magic can manipulate what its Children are most vulnerable to:
"Iron armor, swords and riches,
Form a chain to bind these witches."
The Archmage freezing the surface of a lake, trapping Goliath within (temporarily, of course):
"Ice!" (his final command, by the way)
The Weird Sisters' ending their hold over Demona and Macbeth:
"We free you from our dreadful geas,
Do as thou will, and as thou please."
All from Ray. NOTE: I think that they used a variation of the word "gaze" in that last rhyme, because I could not find "geez", "gese", "geaz" or whatever in any dictionary or thesaurus.
Note 2: "Geas" has been placed instead of "gaze," as it makes the rhyme and fulfills the meaning (i.e. a magical binding).
Heritage
Raven's simple and somewhat reluctant spell to animate wood totem carvings:
"Totem beasts, entrapped in wood,
The time has come to... do some good."
from Ray
Golem
Incantation by Rabbi Lowe, his decendant Max Lowe, and Preston Vogel to awaken the Golem:
"Kum, u'l'chayim tikanes bachochma,
v'nefesh chaim tihiyeh b'guf shel adama!"
Rise up, and enter into life in wisdom;
and let there be a living soul in a body of earth!
Incantation by Halcyon Renyard to transfer his soul to the Golem:
"Nafshi tihiyeh b'guf shel adama."
Let my soul be in the body of earth.
Both from Batya "The Toon" Levin
M.I.A.
Una's incantation from an unidentied book of spells:
"Dormite, hostes mei, ubi statis!"
Sleep, my enemies, where you stand!
from Kathleen M. Quinn. Oh, yeah... the Pheonix Gate is used again, but we covered that.
Grief
Ceremonial spell from the Papyrus of Thoth (say "toth") performed at midnight by "the Emir" to summon Anubis, Egyptian god of death (and Child of Oberon on the side):
"By the Scroll of Thoth, by the sacred tanna
leaves,
By the power of Amon-Ra, I endure and compel you,
Come forth from your dark domain, Jackal-god, keeper of the dead;
Come forth to do our bidding!"
Spell read by the Emir from the Papyrus of Thoth that would turn the reader into an avatar, thus merging with Anubis. The god's spirit could be intercepted by another, as Jackal proved all too well:
"In the names of Osiris, Isis and Set,
Let Anubis and I now be one!"
A slightly different spell, transferring the power of Anubis from Jackal to the more stable Emir:
"In the names of Osiris, Isis and Set,
Let the spirit of Anubis flow into this vessel!"
from Ray. Incidentally, "Set" is often spelled "Seth".
The Hound Of Ulster
Exclaimation by Rory before his transformation: "Gae Bulga!" -the Gaelic name of Cu Chulainn's spear. ref: Ancient Irish Tales, Barnes and Nobles Books (pub)
Both the phrase spoken by Cu Chulainn to Bronx and the war cry (?) of Cu Chulainn to the Ban Sidhe have yet to be reported or translated...
Pendragon
This riddle is not a spell per se, but considering (a) it's a poem like those Oberon's Children sometimes use, (b) the Lady of the Lake (named Vivian in some texts) may be one of them and (c) Avalon sent Arthur to London (and Griff, who knew the poem)... well, why not?
"Isle of towers glass and stone,
The Lady waits for him alone;
Ebon glass in emerald frame,
Pure white lilies, speak her name;
Blood red bane in dragon stone,
Excalibur waits for him alone."
from Ray
Macbeth's incantation on top of the Guggenheim Museum, upon throwing some substance into a fire:
"Deflagrate muri intervallia!"
Burn down walls of space!
from Indykat, taken from the Phoenix Gate incantation.
Macbeth's summoning the Will O' the Wisp from a glass orb to spy on Arthur and the Gargs, after connecting the orb to an electronic monitor (maybe a needed receptacle, like a mirror or water):
"Spiritus,
minitus, invustrus appares.
Tiny spirit of fire and light,
Find the ones I seek tonight."
from Ray. The two English verses were easy, but the Latin verse is this my best guess.
Ill Met By Moonlight
Titania's enchantment upon Oberon, reducing his power before the hunt:
"Avalon's Lord, be thou enchained;
Thy power to child's strength restrained;
'Til hunt be done and issue known,
This contest win by craft alone."
Oberon's first attack to snare his quarry (soon followed by "Attack for your Lord, umbrage of Avalon; make an end of these interlopers!"):
"Branch and root, twig and vine,
Strike with your masters wrath divine!"
Oberon's next potentially fatal attempt at ensnarement was over a crater of lava:
"Lake of fire, heed my say;
Seize with hands of flame my prey!"
All from Ray
The Gathering, Part One
Oberon puts the whammy on Manhattan, at least:
SLEEP! SLEEP! SLEEP! (need we say more?)
The Gathering, Part Two
Oberon's summoning of an ice storm, the longest spell he said aloud during his Manhattan visit:
"Let frozen rain be your bane!"
from Ray
Possession
"Soul Transference 101" as performed by Puck (disguised as Goliath) then twice more by young Alexander Xanatos (possessing Lexington). "Soul transfers are tricky," claims Puck "and require voluntary participation" (at least from whomever controls the vessel to be possessed or vacated):
"For the spirit to be willing, the flesh must
first grow weak;
Just long enough for soul in flight to pass from cheek to cheek."
again, from Ray
One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword
ruled.
It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear.
It was the age of gargoyles.
Stone by day, warriors by night,
we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect,
frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years.
Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and we live again!
We are defenders of the night!
Thank You, for coming to see me and having such a wonderful conversation
