Vol.5, Ch.4, P.17
“Hrīmhorn!”
With time precious-bought from Guido and Gunthar’s protection, I spin another spell, weaving wisps of mists into missiles of ice.
The fray rages, and our braves are bloodied by the second. I must milden our mounting losses all the sooner, and only by blasting the knights in turn may that come to pass. Hence have I assayed spell after spell, and my friends defended me in the meanwhile—an arrangement changing little even as our situation sours with every moment to pass. Nay; it is because we are overfraught that we stick to what we know and fight on so dogged and determined.
The air whistles sharp; ice shards shoot into the 2nd’s phalanxes. But with raised shields, the knights bear the barrage—the brunt of it, that is, as some missiles make it through to thrash and thin their inner
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Notes
Hildewiða
(Language: Old English; original name: “Breeze Glint”) “Battle-breeze”. Wind-elemental battle magick. A spell in the form of a shrieking galeburst, directed towards a target at high speeds. Slices and dismembers on impact. The ð consonant is pronounced with a voiced th, as in “this” or “then”.
Hrīmhorn
(Language: Old English; original name: “Frost Gravel”) “Hoar-horn”. Ice-elemental battle magick. A spell in the form of shards and/or stumps of ice, directed towards a target at high speeds. Pierces and/or pummels on impact.
Sċeaþatán
(Language: Old English; original name: “Lightning”) “Harm-twig”; “scather-twig”. Levin-elemental battle magick. A spell in the form of lightning strikes, summoned out of thin air. Shocks, cauterises, and potentially electrocutes on impact. The sċ consonant is pronounced with a sh sound, as in the words “shield” and “shine”. The þ consonant is pronounced with an unvoiced th sound, as in “think” or “thumb”.
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