Anju Sermani

Anju Sermani is truly a special kind of spell, since it is a spell from old Sosaria at the time of Ultima III. Developed by the Cult of Truth, its purpose is to resurrect a person whose body had been burnt to ashes. Unlike normal resurrections, burnt bodies lose their connection to the soul, which is instantly reborn.

The spell is needed for the complicated reversal of this process and the restoration of the destruction of the body. The Resurrect spell can't do that. To quote the Ancient Liturgy of Truth:


 * Once a body hath turned to ash, the soul which once inhabited it is sent on to it's next life. It therefore takes a miracle of enormous magnitude to reclaim it.


 * Realize first that the spirit must leave another body and another life in order to return to thee. If thou perceives that the need for the return of thy companion is so great as to be willing to give five marks of thy wisdom in sacrifice, then beseech the One who is Truth and Wisdom. Allow a tear from each of thine eyes to fall upon the ashes. As thy tears mix with the ashes, so shall they reconstitute before thee, and life shall be restored.

The price is clear: another human life has to die, since that new life is robbed of the soul that is returned to the restored body. Since this obviously is a really brutal process, the usage of this spell was most likely forbidden in Britannia, since by Ultima VI, the Avatar is told in Serpent's Hold that burnt bodies can't be returned to life.