Incantation

Incantation
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

• Lingual/Word Casting
• Linguistic Magic/Mystic Arts/Witchcraft

Capabilities

The user can achieve almost anything through incantations: a series of words that were originally used to perform spells and enchantments as long as they have knowledge of the language their magic is initiated by and the necessary power to do so.

Applications

• Chanting Empowerment
• Enchantment
• Invocation
• 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
  • Inscription Casting
    • Symbol Magic
    • Writing Area
    • Writing Manifestation
  • Voice Casting
• 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 with incorrect grammar.
• 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.
• Time consuming, especially for long-drawn incantations.
• Enemies may predict the effect based on incantation and prepare countermeasures.

Known Users

See Also: Language of Magic.

• Heptapods (Arrival)
• Ronne's Devil (Black Clover); via Kotodama Magic
• Kidō users (Bleach)
• 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)
• Users of Tikal's Prayer (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• 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

Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach) reciting the long incantation for a full-powered "Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi".

Zatanna (DC Comics)

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

Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) reciting Tikal's Prayer to draw upon the Master Emerald's power.

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

William (Tenseishichatta) using magic by mistake.