Incantation

Linguistic Magic
A magician like Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) can use magic via speech.
Power/Ability to:	Control magic via speech

The power to use magic by using words from a certain language. Form of Magic. Variation of Linguistic Manipulation and Spell Casting.

Also Called

• Incantation
• Linguistic Mystic Arts
• Linguistic Witchcraft

Capabilities

The user can achieve almost anything through an incantation as long as they have knowledge of the language their magic is initiated by and the necessary power to do so.

Applications

• Spell Casting

Examples

• "Pyros" (Ancient Greek, fire), to use Combustion Inducement
• "Terraemotus" (Latin, earthquake) to use Earthquake Generation
• "Crear dinero" (Spanish, create money), to use Monetary Manipulation and Currency Generation.
• "Transformer le sang en de la lave" (French, turn blood to lava), to use Matter Transmutation to transmute victim's blood into lava
• "Vyzvat' mech" (Russian, summon sword), to use Weapon Manipulation to summon sword.
• "Verði minn vilji" (Icelandic), to induce Reality Warping powers.

Associations

• Letter/Number/Word Projection
• Linguistic Manipulation
• Magic
  • Inscriptive Magic
    • Symbol Magic
    • Writing Area
    • Writing Manifestation
  • Invocation
  • Sound Magic
• Omni-Communication
  • Omnilingualism
• Reality Warping
• Verbal Teleportation
• Vocal Augmentation
• Vocal Creation
  • Word Manifestation

Limitations

• Magic Negation/Magic Destruction
• May always be active.
• May have side effects if spoken incorrectly.
• Must be able to speak clearly.
• If the magic is activated by the user's native language, the spell might backfire.
  • This weakness may force the user to be silent or just learn a new language.
• May need to know the meaning of the words to cast spells.
• If they don't know the words to activate certain spells they can't achieve the desired effect.

Known Users

• Heptapods (Arrival)
• Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
• Himeko Nonohara (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Erika (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• The King (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Mashi and Hoshi (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Cypher (Marvel Comics)
• Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
• Witches Aprentices (Ojamajo Doremi)
• True Words (Planescape)
• Wizards and Magical Creatures (Harry Potter)
• Speakers of the Ancient Language (Inheritance Cycle)
• Dragonborns (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Dragons (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Draugr (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• The Greybeards (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Mages (Sword Art Online)
• Zatanna (DC Comics)
• Zatara (DC Comics)
• Fairies (Winx Club)
• Witches (Winx Club)
• Wizards (Winx Club)
• Pixies (Winx Club)
• Selkies (Winx Club)
• Witches (Witches of East End)
• Witches (Charmed)
• Medea (TYPE-MOON); via Divine Words
• Spell Master (Valkyrie Crusade)
• William Beryl ("Tenseishichatta")
• Witches and Warlocks (Witches of East End); via Latin, Old Norse and sometimes English
• Wizards (Earthsea setting); via the Old Speech

Gallery

Babidi (Dragon Ball Z) casts most of his spells using the magic word Paparapapa.

Spell Master (Valkyrie Crusade) is a master of this power.

William (Tenseishichatta) using magic by mistake.