Archived Record
Shadow Ward
SHAD-oh WORD
Veilbound Protective Field
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Ritual Profile
- Ritual Type
- Veilbound Protective Field
- Purpose
- A forbidden defensive enchantment channeled through the Sigillum Nocturnum that redirects rift-based force into the space between realms.
- Artifacts
- Sigillum Nocturnum
- Participants
- Marrek Caelthorn
- Locations
- The Rift
- Risks
- Legacy: The Shadow Ward is remembered as both miracle and curse — a spell of ultimate defense that demands intimate cost. Some say it is the veil's final act of mercy before it breaks.
- Ritual Notes
When activated fully, casts a protective field called the Shadow Ward Last used during the sealing of the First Rift, before the Codex was divided If miscast or overloaded, the Shadow Ward may draw the user into the Rift itself Sustained use corrodes physical and mental stability unless the caster is veil-bound or blood-marked Legacy: The Shadow Ward is remembered as both miracle and curse — a spell of ultimate defense that demands intimate cost. Some say it is the veil's final act of mercy before it breaks. Marrek Caelthorn: Used the Shadow Ward during his disappearance; suspected to have partially merged with its energy Lira (Vision): In Book 2, glimpses herself enveloped in a variant of the ward during a dream sequence
- First Appearance
- The Moon's Curse: Descent
- Last Appearance
- The Moon's Curse: Blood Moon
- Book Appearances
- Descent, Blood Moon
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