Table of Contents
Magic Spell, Concepts & Spell Books
This is a combined list snapshot of all of the spell books, magical concepts and any spells cast in the Mercyverse across all classifications.
How to Read Format
Name of Magical Spell: Alphabetical plus Classification that created and/or used the spell - Link will lead to page of expanded classification details. Major spells will have an individual page with expanded details.
- IA: Initial Appearance of Spell (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot
- Characters Affiliated with the spell: Link will lead to character pages with expanded details.
- Spell Description and Effects (If Known)
A
Attack Spell
Attack Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Lin Keller Deceased
Tom Franklin
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- a vile spell that would have induced terrible pain and permanently damaged the person it hit167
- takes a lot of power to feed the spell167
Avoidance Spell
Avoidance Spell | Fae
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Uncle Mike
Uncle Mike's Tavern
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- a spell on the tavern to that makes mundane humans avoid it
- not sure if magic keep graffiti artists away; exterior of the tavern was always pristine
- a subtle spell hurries people along if they stop to outside the tavern
B
Binding Spell
Binding Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #5: Burn Bright
Affiliated:
Anna Cornick
Grandma Daisy Hardesty Deceased
Wellesley
Spell Description & Effects:
Burn Bright
- blood magic; a cage wrought by witchcraft191
- broken with a kiss203
C
Call Down the Moon
Call Down the Moon | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Pack Magic
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- Alpha throws back his head and howls; a wolf's song rising from his human throat268
- the eerie sound rose, echoed, and died away into silence, but not an empty silence268
- more like the deadly quiet that precedes the start of the hunt269
- howled again and answered by every werewolf within hearing distance269
- called a third time; the moon's call sang through the trees and it caught the rest of the wolves and forced them into their wolf form269
- cries of agony of those who fought it and the groans of those who didn't269
- Adam stood in the moonlight, which seemed somehow brighter than it had moments ago; opened his eyes and looked at the moon's face; spoke using words269
- didn't speak loudly, but his voice, like his song, spread through the area like a roll of thunder, powerful and unavoidable; and the wolves came269
- less dominant wolves answered the power of the call269
The Change
The Change | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Pack Magic
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- any person bitten by a werewolf doesn't turn into another werewolf
- it takes an attack so vicious that the victim lies near death to allow the magic of the wolf to slip pas the body's immune system
- usually the victim dies of the wounds or of the Change
- if they survive then the next full moon find they survived but not as they had been
- give him the power to force his domninion on another group of werewolves100
Cleansing Spell
The Change | Witch
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Elizaveta Arkadyevna
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- spell to wash away evidence of a crime
- clean away blood
D
Death Spell|Fae
Death Spell | Fae
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
Death Spell|Witch
Death Spell | Witch
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Robert Arkadyevna
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- spell gathering death and it bore Adam's name
- the spell was set in motion; Mercy threw herself in front of it; it shouldn't have worked
- once a spell is given a name it's sort of like a guided missile rather than a laser beam; it should have moved around her
- Robert changed the spell to name Mercy; Mercedes whispered the spell satisfied
- she heard a song; a rhythm to his spell; found herself moving with it, humming the tune softly; music filled her lungs, then head, banking the fire of the pain
Demon Magic
Demon Magic | Demon
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Blood Bound
- made it impossible for them to escape the cages
E
Enthrallment
Enthrallment | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Lilly
Samuel Cornick
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- marked by a vampire
Enthrallment Break Spell
Enthrallment Break Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Asil and the Not-Date
Affiliated:
Mariposa Deceased
Tami Deceased
Spell Description & Effects:
Asil and the Not-Date
- a spell to break an enthrallment226
- this breaks the hold of a black witch but works on other enthrallments; vampire, wyrm226
Expectation Spell
Expectation Spell | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Adam Hauptman
Spell Description & Effects:
River Marked
- let people see what they expect to see; saw a werewolf they would think it was a dog76
- darkness helps but the pack magic works in broad daylight too79
F
Finding
Finding | Fae
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #2: Hunting Ground
Affiliated:
Anna Cornick
Gray Lords
Spell Description & Effects:
Hunting Ground
- a gift of Finding280
- the ability to locate a person
Find Me Spell
Find Me Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Moira Keller
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- set out “find me” spells so that mundane customers in distress could find her since she didn't advertise138
Fireproofing Spell|Fae
Fireproofing Spell | Witch
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken
Affiliated:
Ariana Cornick
Adam Cornick
Honey Jorgenson
Mary Jo
Paul
Samuel Cornick
Warren Smith
Spell Description & Effects:
Night Broken
- she can command earth, air, fire, and water; that she can command fire means she can protect some305
- doesn't know how many she can spell; unlikely no more than ten but at least five306
- can make the invulnerable to heat306
Fireproofing Spell|Witch
Fireproofing Spell | Fae
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken
Affiliated:
Elizaveta Arkadyevna Deceased
Spell Description & Effects:
Night Broken
- could have made a spell to make one werewolf resistant to elemental fire magic—would have needed a piece of his hair or fingernails305
G
Guard Spell
Guard Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- for keeping things they valued safe; sometimes used in conjunction with power circles234
Guardian
Guardian | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Mariposa Deceased
Sarai Deceased
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- the Mariposa Family Witches greatest spell; thought to be lost when when they were eliminated
- to have guardians on their grounds, great beasts who patrolled and killed for them—but never needed food or drink
- rumored that they made them from living creatures—they had a menagerie
- such powerful spells are never made without blood and death
- guardian is a charismatic name for such abominations
- even at the peak of their power they'd never been known to make a guardian from a werewolf241
- they were destroyed every seven years to prevent them from having a presence outside of their creator's call
- using a werewolf resulted in not a true guardian spell; a binding that allowed the witch to share in the werewolf's immortality
- guardians were supposed to be obedient, incapable of thinking for themselves
- did not survive their creator's death
Glamour
Fae Glamour
Glamour | Fae
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
H
Hide-me Spell
Hide-me Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- witches could hide in plain sight if they had some sort of hold on you238
Hot and Cold Spell
Hot and Cold Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Moira Keller
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- closing senses to the outside world, she reached into her well of power and drew out a bucketful an threw it out in a circle around and called to the essence of the person she was looking for151
- vibrations of power151
- left hand working the spell151
- could see the faint traces that the person left behind151
- finding something of the person with traces left on it, like gum and saliva, pulled toward their source159
Hunter's Magic
Hunter's Magic | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #10: Silence Fallen
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Silence Fallen
- met eyes with prey; caught them in order to feed335
Hunting Song
Hunting Song | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Fire Touched
I
Illusions
Illusions | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- were among the very basic tenets of witchcraft174
Imprisoning Spell
Imprisoning Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- are pretty basic189
Influence Spell
Influence Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign
Affiliated:
Sheldon Underwood (Dr.)
Spell Description & Effects:
Wild Sign
- a weak construct214
- precast; used often enough to make up the trouble of setting runes under the oriental carpet or on the client chairs; but not strong enough to penetrate the protections Charles Cornick set220
J
K
The Kiss
The Kiss | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Marsilia
Samuel Cornick
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- bespelled by a vampire bite
- some do die of the Kiss; probably no permanent harm to a werewolf
- a tranquilizer215
- possible that a submissive werewolf might have come out of it like any other tranquilized animal, groggy and quiet215
- only some wolves became problematic; came out fighting with their wolf ready to attack, just as if they'd been trapped215
- the Kiss doesn't always work; it was almost impossible to take a werewolf the way they could humans because of the pack bonds71
L
Look-Away Spell
Look-Away Spell | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #10: Silence Fallen
Affiliated:
Stefan Uccello
Spell Description & Effects:
Silence Fallen
- keeps people away35
- most vampires can cast something something like that35
Look-Past-Me Spell
Look-Past-Me Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Moira Keller
Tom Franklin
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- murmured a few words and then put her fingers against his throat161
- a sudden shock, like a static charge on steroids hit him—when it was over, her fingers were hot on his pulse161
- won't make someone invisible, but it'll make people want to overlook you161
- any witch with a a modicum of sensitivity to auras would have felt him; but no one seemed to notice him165
M
Master Vampire Rage
Master Vampire Rage | Vampires
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Marsilia
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- high pitched noise and a hand gesture; inhuman motion and scream
- causes vampires and others in proximity to fall to the floor incapacitated
- magic results in stealing breathe and motion and causes hurt
Moonstruck
Moonstruck | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Werewolf Moonstruck Deceased
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- can feel the full moon coming26
- when the moon comes you can't stop the change; dreamy; sways back and forth26
- can happen to newly made wolves who lose control26
- held in moon dreams26
- if you were a dominant wolf and you did go moonstruck, you took everyone who was less dominant with you76
- no control; would kill anyone near them188
N
Necromancy|Vampire
Necromancy | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Fire Touched
Necromancy|Witch
Necromancy | Witch
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Fire Touched
O
P
Power Circles
Power Circles | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #1: Cry Wolf
Affiliated:
Spell Description & Effects:
Cry Wolf
- some witches used them to set guard spells to keep things they value safe, and others used them to store power for drawing upon later234
Privacy Cloak
Privacy Cloak | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Stefan Uccello
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- made a gesture like a grand stage magican; throwing his hands up and tossing his head165
- a fine cloak of real magic settled around them; tasted of earth and darker things165
- the spell shields a conversation for privacy; because there are things that hear very well in the night166
Q
R
Restraining Spell
Restraining Spell | Witch
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign
Affiliated:
Daniel Green
Spell Description & Effects:
Wild Sign
- tattoo; inked spell
- brutal magic used to subdue and restrain with greater sureness than a steel chain210
S
Shield
Shield | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Moira Keller
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- a magic shield165
- can tie someone else's essence to it to take the damage of a spell165
- spells slid off the protections without harm166
Silence
Silence | Werewolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called
Affiliated:
Columbia Basin Pack | Pack Magic
Spell Description & Effects:
Moon Called
- wolves have little magic; a few magics that allow them to stay hidden202
- eyes closed and their mouths moving in the chant that brought Silence upon all that stood within their circle202
- to keep a battle from disturbing anyone; the pack would not willingly break the Silence202
- moving or stopping the chant would have ruined the spell of Silence204
- it allows sounds to be absorbed by the pack's spell casting204
Stealing Will
Stealing Will | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: In Red, with Pearls
Affiliated:
Nadia Popov Deceased
Harper Sullivan (Dr.)
Spell Description & Effects:
In Red, with Pearls
- enforcing their will on a person347
- black-magic voice347
- broke something inside a person347
- suggestions planted might fade but the she'd broken him, and that was permanent348
T
Translation Spell
Translation Spell | Fae
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched
Affiliated:
Aiden Hauptman
Spell Description & Effects:
Fire Touched
- someone, he doesn't know who because it made him dry heave, inflicted a translation spell on him168
- they needed to talk to him, and he refused to understand any of them no matter what language they used168
- when Aiden escaped Underhill into the ungentle hands of the fae, they'd gifted him with a translation spell74
- even the most finely crafted translation spells are traumatic74
- they ruffle through memory and thought for the meaning of the word that needs translation74
- the one they'd imposed upon Aiden had been the quick-and-dirty variety74
- the translation spell did not help him read or write in English319
Trasmutation Spell
Transmutation Spell | Witch
IA: Mercyverse Short Fiction: Seeing Eye
Affiliated:
Coranda Family Witches
Moira Keller
Spell Description & Effects:
Seeing Eye
- most of the good transmutation spells had been lost with the Coranda family in the seventeenth century; rude people neeed to be turned into frogs; or pigs138
True-Named
True Named | Fae
IA: Alpha & Omega Series #2: Hunting Ground
Affiliated:
Angus Hopper
Dana Shae Deceased
Spell Description & Effects:
Hunting Ground
- can bespell a person with their true name220
- must follow orders; fae compulsion220
Truth Spell
Truth Spell | Vampire
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound
Affiliated:
Wulfe
Spell Description & Effects:
Blood Bound
- appropriate that the vampire's truth spells would demand blood