Winterborne — Magic

The Unwritten

Spells

Also known as Unwritten

• Bk 1Words: Sombrius trevonous. Sonhatus aladis. Esquici timere. Respirus congelus dragonius.
• Bk 1Spoken by Calibor once, on the night of Silverstein's attack.

Whisper Torture

Spells

• Bk 1Thelon's method: carved TRUTH into Henric's forearm to make him admit he dreams of ice dragons.
• Bk 1Smoke spreads from beneath the throne, binds the victim's arm, and unseen force carves letters into the flesh.

Summoning the dead

Spells

Also known as asking the dead

• Bk 1Outlawed magic sealed by a blood bond with healthy elven blood; the caster's eyes roll fully white.
• Bk 1The dead rise from black smoke threaded with throbbing red lines, wearing cracked horned skull masks, fang necklaces and bloodied pelts stitched with twigs.
• Bk 1A red glow around a summoned corpse's hand marks a sword that died with them.

Frostflame

Powers

• Bk 1Ice answers Henric's right hand, fire his left; together, frostflame.
• Bk 1Ice crusts over Henric's right hand while fire follows his finger flicks; its victim frosts, burns and crumbles to ash and snow.

Dragon magic seals

Powers

• Bk 1Onsthelot's wooden boxes and the blank books in Henric's chambers are sealed by dragon magic. No one has opened them.

Gelinbur, Nosthet and Ur

Elven Faith

Also known as Gelinbur, Nosthet, Ur, three stars, Sacred Three

• Bk 1Elven faith: three stars fell from the Galmundam bringing them, and with them dragon and ice.

Prince of Winter

Prophecy

• Bk 1Henric is the prophesied Prince of Winter.
• Bk 1Hellsbeth outlawed his sigil.
• Bk 1Onsthelot's obsession with him risked a religious war between elves and humans.
• Bk 1Silverlamb forged his crown, the Heathen Crown.
• Bk 1The prophecy burned in blue script across the throne-room slab, steps, columns and ceiling when Henric beheld Escurion's bones.

The Skyvars

Winterborne

Also known as Skyvars

• Bk 1Gods of Winterborne. Calibor has given up on them.