overcoming a symbolic beast. For example, when performing a ritual such as Bound by Common Cause, the ritualists may create a hydra (the many heads representing

and though she'd taken him for an enemy, she'd taken pity on him. She'd bound his wounds, broke the chains that held him and given him the cloak on her

and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal. The Secretaries - literally

bronze constructs drawn from the Autumn realm, while the walls themselves are bound with peculiar brass sigils evoking concepts of stone, strength, and fire

be as much a slave as the chattel it was so eager to barter and trade in, bound to Ephisis' service. The Maître de la Cage d'Or, as it was called in Asavea

Empire. The School also collates and prints their Guide to Medicine. This bound volume strives to cover every herb, potion, recipe, and healing ritual known

continues to ward the Hall of Worlds from intrusion by heralds. As long as the Bound King continues to be a friend of the Empire, and an image of the eternal

a Grendel shaman attempted to unleash a ghostly legion of drowned orcs bound in some fashion to white granite pillars on the island against the defenders

sovereigns of the Winter realm. Two members of the Thrice-cursed Court - the Bound King and the Burnt Knight - have offered significant aid to the Navarr in

it was destroyed by the rampaging scions of the Cold Sun. The grand steel-bound doors were shattered, the garden-halls scoured by fire, and the granite figure

guardians, or straw poppets- sometimes with small daggers, needles or shields bound to their limbs. When performing the ritual, the ritualists often walk the

properties it may possess, the runic pillar is known to be a ritual text for Bound by Common Cause, and the anchor for a strong Autumn regio. The spire is known

to choose which technique to employ at any given time rather than being bound to a magical cycle. This quality incorporates all the benefits of the magic

protection for the host; not only the guest is bound by hospitality - those who offer it are equally bound to keep the sacred trust. Yet there is one well-known

supernatural realms, and are served by lesser spirits (eternals) which are bound to them in some fashion. It is not clear how literally the ghulai take this

Sacred Life, Inevitable Collapse into Ruin, or Thundering Roar of the Lion-bound Horn can all prove decisive if cast at the right moment. The covens try to

each family and each tribe treasured their individual freedoms, they were bound together into a loose nation by the Founder's ideals and by carefully negotiated

If, as I suspect, the eternal is bound not to speak of the origins of one or both of those people (and if it were bound not to speak of one then by definition

weight(8). The Civil Service shall serve The Throne and the people, and be bound in oaths of loyalty to the Empire(9). They will be civil in their dealings

all I ask of you." With a shrug, the thane granted her the weapon. Kaisa bound it to her with a swift spell and set off to find the bandits. That proved