Spells of The Evil King

GLÅUGUST  2026

https://nothicseye.blogspot.com/2026/07/g-l-u-g-u-s-t-2-0-2-6.html

The corpse of a deity has many uses.
The Evil King plucked a Star from the sky and used its viscera for his evil spells.
That is why the Moon cries.

Here are some of the Known Spells and their components.

Heart - Love
Prepare a silver blade, a brass brazier and an unimpeded view of the Stars so that they may weep.
Carve out the heart of the Star, in seven cuts, no more and no less.
Cast the heart into the flames of the Brazier.
The rising smoke will form a permanent mist that spreads as far as the bounds of your authority, hiding you from the Judgement of the Stars.
Gain the undying adoration of your denizens, they are bound to your authority and can no longer leave the bounds of the mist.
Beware: This love-curse will not be passed down to the next generation nor to travellers from beyond the mist.

Bone - Pain
Fashion a scrimshaw into the skull of the star. The carvings must represent the most painful moments of your life to bind the skull to you.
Keep the skull on your person at all times.
Fashion 99 bone needles out of the rest of the skeleton.
Polish and sharpen the needles with powdered gemstones.
While holding the skull, the needles will fly and sew and stab at your whims.
Those struck with a needle will have their bones merge with that of the needle, rendering them unto stasis.
Display the paralysed victims in your grand hall and let their pain be an example to others.

Blood - Bounty
Mark a hectare of bountiful farmland.
Anoint a goat with the blood of the star upon its forehead.
Slice open the neck vein of the goat and let its blood fall onto the earth.
Bury the goat in the centre of the hectare.
Reap sevenfold harvests for seven years.
A tree bearing blood-red fruits shall grow from where the grave of the goat.
It is a jealous tree and once it blossoms nothing else will grow within the hectare.

Flesh - Immortality
Portion the flesh of the star into pieces the size of a silver denarii.
Smoke the flesh with the wood of a hard tree.
Season with salt and pepper.
Feed the flesh to your most loyal soldiers.
Infused with the vitality of a star, they may withstand seven deathblows and still fight.
After seven, the regenerative power of the star runs rampant and each further injury results in tumorous growth.
Eventually the soldiers will devolve into a quivering undying mass of undifferentiated flesh.

Organs - Haruspexy
Splay out the the star's innards underneath the open sky.
Wait for the arrival of the scavenging birds and beasts.
Count the number of black birds and white birds that come to sup upon the innards.
These scavengers will be your good and ill omens.
Observe the timing of when the scavenging beasts arrive to consume the entrails.
These scavengers will be your times of tribulations.
Further divinations may be carried out upon capture and sacrifice of these birds and beasts.
Observe the scavenger that swallows the final morsel of starflesh.
This scavenger will be your end.

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