William casting Words of Creation
The Words of Creation (創造のことば Sōzō no Kotoba?) are one branch of magic (the others being Benediction and Elementalism) that uses certain words and signs which hold significant power. They feature prominently in the world's creation myth and the world itself and everything within is said to be made out of these words. Their use requires knowledge of the words and signs (many of which have been lost to people since the Age of Myth) as well as utmost precision in their pronunciation (or inscription, respectively), as inaccuracy may lead to them miss- or even backfiring. Mages often tell warning tales of careless use of the Words. The languages of humans, elves, and fae are said to be corrupted versions of the Words of Creation, invented by Enlight to make communication possible without accidentally casting magic. Likewise, depictions of the signs are always slightly corrupted in order not to activate them while maintaining readability.
| Word | Name | Translation | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleratio | Acceleration | Acceleration | Increases speed. In the battle against Valacirca, William uses "Maxima Acceleratio" to further enhance the effect. |
| Discede | Departure | Leave! | A colorless pulse of mana that causes a flight reaction, weaker foes may even die on the spot. |
| Vastare | Destruction | Devastate! | Creates a vortex of destruction. |
| Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres: Damnatio memoriae | Entity Obliteration | Pale Death kicks in the huts of paupers just as it does the towers of kings (Horace, Odes I, 4): Condemnation of memory | The ultimate destructive magic. A colorless pulse of destruction that shreds the very connections between all of Creation's Words. Matter, phenomena, and souls alike are rendered meaningless and returned to mana. |
| Ligatur, nodus, obligatio | Knotting | The knot is tied, binding | Conjures chains of mana to pin the foe down. |
| Lumen | Light | Light | Turns an object into a source of light when engraved on it. |
| Verba volant Tonitrus | Lightning | Words want thunder | Casts a lightning bolt. |
| Omnia Vanitas Erasus | Negation | All vanity erased | Cancels spells. |
| Tacere, os | Silence | To be silent, mouth | Shuts tight the foe's mouth, making them unable to incant Words. |
| Mendacium | Silence | Lie | Drowns out words that are spoken. |
| Cadere Araneum | Web-making | To fall web | Drops a magic web on the foe, entangling them. |
| Eliminare vermes, eliminare insecta | Worm-warding | Bring out worms, bring out insects! | While commonly used to ward campsites from pesky vermin, William incants this to remove demonic parasites from Reystov's arm. |
| unknown | Defense | - | Used by Gus to divert Blood's blade. |
| unknown | Dispatch | - | Used by the High King to bring forth a demonblade in place of Overeater. |
| Erasus | Erasure | Erasure | Used by Gus to extinguish fire. Used by Gus and William to negate the Word of Destruction. |
| unknown | Extension | - | A variation of this is engraved on Reystov's sword. |
| unknown | Guardianship | - | Used by Gus and William to obstruct the Word of Destruction. |
| unknown | Heat | - | Used to heat the water in Whitesail's public bathhouse. |
| unknown | Invisibility | - | Manipulates others' visual perception, hiding oneself. |
| unknown | Protection | - | Engraved on the large shield William takes to the Rusty Mountains multiple times over. |
| unknown | Purification | - | Used to clean the water in Whitesail's public bathhouse. |
| unknown | Maze Alley | - | Protects the Academy of Sages near Whitesails. |
| unknown | Maze Fog | - | A higher version of Maze Alley that protects the City of the Dead. |
| Metamorphose | Metamorphosis | - | Used by Valacirca to escape Damnatio memoriae. Appears in a warning tale of a magician who successfully turned himself into an animal - including his mind. |
| unknown | Misdirection | - | Used to hide the Hundred Heroes' gear from William in the City of the Dead. |
| unknown | Sharpness | - | Previously engraved on Pale Moon. A variation of this is engraved on Reystov's sword. |
| unknown | Strengthening | - | Previously engraved on Pale Moon. |
| Ligatur laqueus sequitur | Mystic Rope | The tied noose follows | Conjures a magic rope that ties itself around the foe's neck. |
| Conciliat, sequitur | unknown | unites, follows | Used by Gus and William to enhance other Words. |
| Connexio | unknown | Connection | Engraved on the rings connecting Calldawn's blade to its oaken shaft. |
| Currere Oleum | unknown | Oil be moved! | Covers the floor in a layer of grease. |
| Expergisci | unknown | Awake | Used by Gus to awaken a pre-made golem. |
| Flammo Ignis | unknown | I inflame fire | Creates fire. |
| Ligare | unknown | Be bound! | Engraved on the rings connecting Calldawn's blade to its oaken shaft. |
| Sagitta Flammeum | unknown | Flaming arrow | Creates flaming arrows. |
| Solis Ortus | unknown | Sunrise | Calls forth a miniature sun from Calldawn's blade. |
| Tenebrae | unknown | Darkness | Mentioned to be the opposite of Lumen. |
| De fumo ad fla— (unfinished) | unknown | From smoke to fire (?) | Used by the Cernunnos |