Turpiscarpo

Spell Name: Seizing Curse

Incantation: Turpiscarpo

Pronunciation: tur-piss-car-PO

Spell Branch:

Magical Discipline(s): Hexes

Appearance: A flash of orange light

Description: The spell, when successfully cast and not blocked, will seize all parts of a person painfully and cause them to curl into the fetal position, dropping to the ground as all of their muscles and internal organs are constricted. This incapacitates the subject and causes excrutiating pain. Can kill, if directed at the heart, as it will stop blood flow with sustained casting.

Regulations: Controlled

Skill Level: Advanced

Etymology: Latin turpis, "foul, ugly, disgraceful, morally corrupt", and carpo, "to pluck, seize, grab, lay hold of, hold on to".

References:

• Kronos Malvivicus taught the spell to Sasha Schlagenweit during the time Kronos kidnapped Sasha. [1]
• Sasha Schlagenweit used it in Defence class against Callum Knight without knowing its exact effects. [2]
• Ignan Storm used it in a wandwork lesson with Raine Almasy, later teaching her more about its safe use. [3]

Notes: Legal in Self-Defense