Spell: Doom Skull

This is a translation of a post originally published in 2012. More posts in English here.

A spell for La Puerta de Ishtar. Beware: it can be too hardcore.

Level: 3

Effect: The person that is made the target of this spell will inevitably die in the same way as the victim of the sacrifice performed. The time it will take for the target to die is unknown, although it usually isn't less than three days nor more than thirty. The circumstances surrounding the death can be very diverse: if the target is doomed to die by stabbing, it may be the work of some bandits, they may stab themselves by accident, or a lover may betray them. The only way to avoid the terrible fate is to recover the charmed skull of the sacrificial victim and destroy it so the grim fat turns against the sorcerer that casted the spell.

Casting: The sorcerer must seek a victim that loved the target of the spell in any way--it may be romantic love, but also a family bond, an intimate friendship or even a bond between teacher and student, as long as it is strong. Once the victim has been found, the sorcerer will end their life following the appropriate ritual. The way the victim ultimately dies is irrelevant, save for the fact that the target will die in the same way, and also because the skull must be kept intact.

Once the sacrifice is over, that skull must be extracted and cleaned to carve the name of the target and the appropriate curses on its surface. The flesh must not be boiled out, as this would ruin the properties of the bone, but rather flesh-eating beetles must be employed to this end. The skull shall be placed in an altar surrounded by two lights fueled by the fat of a two-headed goat. Every day the skull shall be fed a piece of meat from a person that was born a slave but died free, by placing it in the skull's mouth. This shall be done until the skull suddenly turns into dust, as a sign that the target has perished.

Learning: The sorcerer that wishes to learn this spell must seek a cave not far away from Samarra, near the point were the Zab meetas the Idigna. This is the skull cave, named like that on account of its walls, almost totally covered by skulls. The sorcerer must go in alone, carrying the bones of someone he loved himself, and walk through the tunnel that descends to the deepest chamber. While they walk, they will keep hearing screams and cries from the cursed skulls, that moan without moving their lips, as if they did it from the inside of those that come to this place. Once in the deepest point of the cave, the sorcerer will fed the skulls that dwell there with the bones and finally place the skull they carry in an empty spot on the wall. Then the skull will explain in whispers how to cast the spell, only to start crying like the rest when it finish.

Thanks for reading. Valmar Cerenor!