Patrocinor

Spell Name: Guardian Shield

Incantation: Patrocinor

Pronunciation: Pah-TROH-sin-or

Spell Branch: Charms

Magical Discipline(s): Defensive

Appearance: White mist

Description: The base spell of the Patrocinor charm family, one of the Seven Shield Spells of Pure Wand Magic.

Creates a simple, guidable barrier of mist which provides a low or medium resistance to spells. This can be directed by will into position or to chase depending on the skill of the caster.

Legal. Intermediate to cast at all, Advanced with any real power.

Regulations: Legal

Skill Level: Intermediate

Etymology: Latin “to protect, defend, support, patronise.”

References: Very much inferior to Expecto Patronum, and less popular in modern day use to Protego.

Notes: The development of the Patrocinor family dates back to the most ancient times, when wizards attempted to magically replicate the presence of their animal familiars. Many early attempts to make a generally applicable spell failed, and several sub-branches developed, resulting in a great variety of applications. The universally acknowledged culmination of the discipline, however, is the Patronus Charm, which creates a magical guardian. The Patronus is the only known spell which can drive off a Dementor or Lethifold. Given the enormous and unprecedented success of the Patronus Charm, development of the Patrocinor family has been almost nonexistent since, and attempts to extend the Patronus's effects to other Dark creatures have been unsuccessful.