Inquisitor Thaumaturgy

Throughout Lynn Abbey's The Temper of Wisdom, the Inquisitor Lohgrin uses dark magic against the inhabitants of Hawksnest. This spellcraft is quite different from that used by traditional Britannian mages. The pages in this category include the known powers of this magic.

Spell Book
The Inquisitor's Spellbook is written in strange glyphs, unrelated to the traditional Runic Alphabet, seemingly in blood. It is assumed that, as with the traditional Mage's Spellbook, all spells that the Inquisitor knows are inscribed within its pages.

Reagents
The reagents used by the thaumaturge are quite different from the eight traditional Reagents.

Words of Power
We do not see any words of power used when spells of Dark Thaumaturgy are cast, although the novels are set in such a way so that we never see the full casting of the spell. It is possible that dark mages use the traditional Words of Power.

The Spells
The following spells are available to the Inquisitors:

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 * (Balthan) alternately grunted and nodded as Jordan, then Darrel, described the apparition, Althea's strange behavior, and the objects in the Inquisitor's locked storeroom.


 * "There were thousands of them," Darrel concluded his description of the bug-filled basket.


 * "A reagent," Balthan said. He plunged into his sack for a flat ceramic pot and a tangled wad of spider silk. "Not one of ours," he added unnecessarily. Absently, expertly, he divided the silk, felted each piece into a shallow cup shape, then filled the depression with ruddy powder from the pot. "Lohgrin's a magician."
 * "Hold still. I imagine all the Inquisitors are."
 * "You just said he's not one of you. Maybe his magic's different." He took the next-to-last bundle and pressed it against his shoulder.
 * "You just said he's not one of you. Maybe his magic's different." He took the next-to-last bundle and pressed it against his shoulder.
 * "You just said he's not one of you. Maybe his magic's different." He took the next-to-last bundle and pressed it against his shoulder.


 * "Different reagents, different invocations--Mani!--But magic doesn't change. A gazer's a gazer--it is what it is no matter who or what created it. It has no soul, no will. Althea does, he can entrall her, but he can't control her soul."

- from The Temper of Wisdom (Ultima Saga)

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