Milosh's Triangular Veins Ward
This ward is primarily used to prevent passage of entities through any firm
surface, but it can be also used to permanently block doors, or prevent opening
of closets, chests or envelopes. It is rather simple to place, and is extremely
powerful.
Placing the ward:
1. Using the index finger of your right hand, point to a spot in the lower left
quarter of the area to be warded, vibrating "IEAOU." Visualize the
spot glowing with octarine light. Place the right hand palm outward about one
inch over the spot (as if you wished to push the surface there), and vibrate
"ZOS."
2. Pointing to the center of upper half of the are to be warded, vibrate "IEAOU"
again, and repeat the octarine visualization. Place your hand over the spot as
before, and vibrate "KIA."
3. Pointing to a spot in the lower right quarter of the area to be warded,
vibrate "IEAOU" again, and repeat the octarine visualization. Place
your hand over the spot as before, and vibrate "IKKHA." The three
spots should now make an equlateral triangle in the approximate center of the
warded area.
4. Place yoour hand, palm outward, over the center of the triangle and say
"XIQUAL." Visualise pulsating veins of light (usualy octarine, but
color depends on the purpose) spreading from under your hand, branching through
the surface and covering the entire ward area in an impenetrable tangle.
5. Turn your back to the ward, and say "SYCUZ."
Elaboration:
The Veins have originaly been designed to protect an area with walls, idealy a
room, from any incursion. They can be broken by force, but will neither wear off
in time, nor will they ever require renewing or reenergizing. Placing one of
this wards on every surface (all four walls, ceiling and floor, making sure you
do not block the doors and windows, which require more selective and less
permanent wards) will make those surfaces sealed forever (or until something
REALLY strong uses a LOT of power to break through, or until their physical base
is physicaly destroyed). For this insulative purpose, veins should be visualized
in the octarine color of the casting Mage.
Another use is to place a trap on a door or any closed item. For example, you
can place the triangle over a door, extending the veins to the walls. Whoever
opens the door will break the ward, causing a quite powerful explosion of
whatever force the casting Mage has put into the triangle. Veins for this
purpose are visualized in red or black (with spots of the triangle usualy
visualized red or black too) - red if you wish to extend an energy strike, black
for an entropy explosion. Explosion is a quite literal word here: breaking the
ward will extend the damage to everyone who finds themselves within few yards of
the breaking point. Keep in mind that this is not much different from a land
mine, and take care not to stumble into your own trap.
A note about physical base. Veins can be put to "float in the air,"
but in that case they fold down and dissolve very quickly. Also, the total power
depends also on the physical size of the ward, besides the amount of energy
casting Mage has put into it; a warded envelope sent to an enemy will cause
relatively little harm when opened, while a well-made triangulated door can
easily dispatch a killing blow. I have no idea why this is so, it is simply an
observation.
Placing more then one protective triangle on the same surface will make the
defense weaker instead of stronger - veins will fight each other, creating
separate areas around each triangle, with holes in between. If you place two
triangles so their sides intersect, they will cancel each other almost
immediately. Placing more then one trap-triangle on same surface is a bad way to
commit suicide; touching one set of trap-veins with another will cause them both
to explode on the spot.
The ward can be easily specialized by adding sigils to the triangle; for
instance, you can place a watcher sigil within a trap triangle, so that you know
when the trap has been sprung. You can add defensive sigils and runes, or create
a defensive spider-servitor to make things more interesting...your imagination
is the only limit.
Have fun,
Milosh
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