Chương 287: 1.ii

The capabilities of the subject continue to confound the convention of the circles as regards sorcery. Even when we account for the possibility that Wyrmish Sorcery has a root in a difference of truths, the manner in which the subject performs her workings either directly or by her spawn as proxy fails to adhere to the established lore of our ancestors and eldest peers. This year I am declaring a categorizing of three distinct forms by which the Sorcery of the Wyrm seems to obey.

All of which are distinct from those of the Divine Contracts, Sorcerous Truths or simple hedge workings that are well known to the circle. This categorization is in contrast to the subject's own experience of the matter, who insists that there is a unifying and all encompassing 'flame' within all of these workings. But as is tradition with matters of a wizard's truth this is to be discounted until a second subject can be used to verify. ¹ So onto the forms of Wyrmish Sorcery as observed.

The first of these forms is the Presence of the wyrm. Sorcery of this type appears to be incidental, automatic and nearly accidental. It requires no special gesture or even explicit intention on the subject's part. These workings are astoundingly stable. A working upon all water which enters a particular place in the courtyard of Fort Rochford continues to behave without degradation despite years since it was last reinforced by the subject.

² Of note as a similar working in this kind is the product of the subject's own labor. That is the wyrmspun wool thread. The properties of such are a greatly improved nature in what I am told is every property relevant to such a thing in the use of making garments and even rope. ³ The second form of sorcery in the subject is The Dictation, these are in many regards the most comparable to conventional sorcerous workings. Intent is given, both in word and vital emotion.

And then presented and imposed upon the nature of the world. To date the nature of the dictation has always been transformative in nature. The most extreme example of such was the working at the subject's assumption of the rulership of the city of Kaeketeh. Where at final count one thousand, and nine men who had at the time or in the past been formally a part of the old countess' footmen and guard were afflicted with a shaping of flesh into the forms that are now called waifs.

However much smaller examples have since been done and training and explorations made into the depths of this form of sorcery. There however is an intriguing interaction, in that while dictation cannot call up the effect of the Presence entirely, there are conditions whereby a suitable prepared form of worked woolen thread or garments can in fact be transitioned from otherwise normal material to the sorcerous Wyrm Spun Wool.

To date the only assured way to make a prepared form that will take upon the nature of wyrmspun wool from a dictation of minimal effort by the subject is if the wool was in fact spun by the proxy of the Wyrm spawn's own hands. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. And even in that only if it is wool taken from the fields of the subject's demesne itself. Further study on why is required.

Notable also is that the properties thereof Wyrmspun wool can in fact be revoked, restored or even over emphasized via dictation of the subject. Which brings us to the last sorcerous act of the subject that I can state is wholly unique to wyrms. That of The Breath Anathema. On this subject further notes were procured from the Court Wizard of the Realm of Cantor Reborn.

Who is yet not an acknowledged member of this circle but in compensation for trespass on the rights of our sole sworn interest contributed all he found under oath of his truth as well as further notes on his dissection and modification of the sorcerous ritual authored by Jaska the Red. To wit it can be confirmed and verified that the Breath of a Wyrm is not that of any flame or fire. At least not in its direct form.

Rather the flame and cindering that is oftentimes noted in encounters with Wyrm can be attributed to the nature of an inner fire within the target of the Anathema. As it was conveyed it is in nature that the wood of the tree that contains the vital potency of fire and as per the words of the Court Wizard can it be said that Wyrm Anathema undoes all such bonds and releases it forth.

⁴ Some materials since presented to the unmaking touch of this negation of being rather than burning merely shine brightly and dissolve or are further reformed without great heat. While others seem to bring terrible fury at the touch. It is notable that this dissolution can bring water to burn. Of its interactions and what nuance might be found from the breath the subject has been routinely frustrated to find she cannot change the nature of its effect upon matter.

Whether it is unfired clay, raw stone or any such material she has at best found that she can with extreme care and great concentration use the anathema to polish stone smooth. Although this is the only constructive application yet found. Even such solid stones as mountain roots seem made prone to splitting and flaking when carved loose by the so-called wyrm doom. It is worth noting also that in one case the breath of the wyrm behaves more like a proper flame then in any other case.

When touched to the fabric of Wyrmspun wool instead of simply igniting sparks the anathema can in fact catch upon cloth woven from it. This catching anathema harms little in its passing but consumes all scraps of the sorcerous material completely before it exhausts itself. The reason for such an interaction is yet to be revealed. 1 See notes by Fizzbunches of the Alleys regarding the Magarska Wolf Prince's hatching. 2 See notes of the continued stability of the Rochford Water Dance.

3 See investigations into the properties of wyrmish crafts and their providence. 4 For greater depth please review full notes of Erhard Ironhand on the properties of Wyrm Anathema and its potential uses in releasing the purity of flame from various substances. -Research Notes of Tsulogothulan Weird of the Uloghai Bog on the nature of the Tyrant Wyrm.