The Diminishing Spell was a spell that can diminish the target, weakening and injuring them inside out. It is even able to greatly annoy an entity like the Darkness, although not to the point of causing any serious effect to it.
The spell itself came from the Book of the Damned.
Procedure
The spell itself is very complex. To compose the spell, it requires multiple witches to co-operate. At least 5 witches are required. Four witches as support, and another as relay.
The supporting team must prepare a large amount of various ingredients, mostly unknown. Some known ingredients are: coals, owl feathers, yarrow roots, and a jaw bone of a pig. The ingredients must be mixed on a bowl atop an intricated sigil. A hoodoo doll later placed atop the mixture and ignited. As one of the members plays the drums, all the members must recite a Latin word:
- Attenuare (means "Diminish" or "Weaken")
After the mixture ignited, the relay witch could relay the spell and cast powerful purple lightning to strike the target. The spell was powerful enough to weaken the Darkness somewhat and leave her with burns on her face and shoulder.
Drawback
If the target is strong enough, the target is capable of backfiring the spell to the relay witch. Although the relay witch won't be killed by the backfire, the spell will relay back to the support team, killing them by burning them from the inside out.
Trivia
- Although it came from the Book of the Damned, the spell itself is Latin rather than Sumerian.