List of Spells in Slayers
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There are a wide variety of magical spells in the world of Slayers, which are categorized by the origin of their power (gods, Mazoku, or the caster). Following are some of the more important ones:
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[edit] Black Magic
These spells borrow their power from the Mazoku (魔族). If the particular Mazoku lending power to the spell is destroyed, the spell becomes unusable. (Dragon Slave is still usable despite the death of one fragment of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo, its source, because other fragments still remain.)
- Dragon Slave - 竜破斬: Lina's high-profile spell of choice. It creates an enormous blast that consumes everything in its range, often used by Lina to destroy enemies, monsters, and the occasional bandit gang or two. As its original name, Dragon Slayer, suggests, it is an excellent choice for killing dragons. The name became corrupted over time to its more commonly-used modern name, Dragon Slave. Its power comes from Shabranigdo.
The one that is used by Lina in the T.V series is: Darkness beyond twilight Crimson beyond blood that flows Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand Before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hands Let the foes who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess DRAGON SLAVE
The original Japanese incantation is written as:
- 黄昏よりも暗きもの
- 血の流れより紅きもの
- 時の流れに埋もれし
- 偉大なる汝の名に於いて
- 我ここに 闇に誓わん
- 我らが前に立ち塞がりし
- 全ての愚かなるものに
- 我と汝が力もて
- 等しく滅びを与えんことを！
- ドラグスレイーブ
which reads as: tasogare yori mo kuraki mono, chi no nagare yori mo akaki mono, toki no nagare ni uzumoreshi, idainaru nanji no na ni oite, ware koko ni yami ni chikawan, warera ga mae ni tachifusagarishi, subete no orokanaru mono ni, ware to nanji ga chikara mote, hitoshiku horobi wo ataen koto o! doragu surei—bu!!
The translation used in Slayers: The Motion Picture, however is as follows.
"Heed me thou who is darker than dusk, he who is more red than blood. In the name of that which has been buried in the bottomless abyss of time eternal, I summon thee, Master of the Ultimate Darkness. Infuse me with power, let your strength become mine to wipe these fools who stand before us from the face of this earth, and deliver unto them the ultimate doom! Dragon Slave!"
This above is what is used in the movies in the English Version, the T.V Series and the Movie wording is way different.
Although if you look in a Japanese dictionary the spell is actually a combination of the two and you actually get a very close translation.
"Darkness beyond the twilight, Redder than the blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time, in thy great name here I make a vow to darkness. To all those fools that stand before us, with your strength and mine, deliver doom to them all!! DRAGON SLAVE!" (The word Equally is used in the Japanese, but that can be omitted for it would not make the spell "flow" or make it sound too long)
- Ruby-Eye Blade - 魔王剣: Either surrounds a sword used by caster with a red glow or creates a sword made of red energy. Assumed to be calling on the powers of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo. Basically a much powered-down version of Ragna Blade.
- Gaav Flare - 魔竜烈火砲: A very powerful, piercing fireball. Its power is borrowed from Gaav, the Demon-Dragon King. As of the twenty-fourth episode of Slayers NEXT this spell can no longer be cast due to Gaav's destruction.
- Laguna Blast: Surround the target with an inverted pentagram, from which an energy wave shoots upward. This spell calls upon the power of Hellmaster Fibrizo. As of the twenty-sixth episode of Slayers NEXT this spell is no longer castable due to the destruction of the Hellmaster.
- Laguna Drive: Creates a zombie that is intelligent enough to reason, speak and move like a living being. The resulting zombie obeys the commands of the user, and sometimes it thinks and acts on its own to carry out its creator's wishes. As of the twenty-sixth episode of Slayers NEXT this spell is no longer castable due to the destruction of Hellmaster Fibrizo.
- Zelas Brid - 獣王牙操弾: Creates a thin ribbon of light that moves in any direction the caster wills it to. This spell calls upon the power of Greater Beast Zelas-Metallium.
- Dolph Zork: Turns nearby water into a spear that can cut through nearly anything. Its greatest disadvantage is it requires the presence of a great amount of water. This spell calls upon the power of Deep Sea Dolphin.
- Dolph Strash - 海王槍破撃: Creates a shockwave in the shape of a spear; unlike Dolph Zork, however, it does not require the presence of water. This spell calls upon the power of Deep Sea Dolphin.
- Dynast Brass - 覇王雷撃陣: Lightning falls into a pentagram around the target, then surges toward the target. Extreme caution must be taken by the caster so that they do not accidentally end up inside the pentagram. This spell calls upon the power of Dynast Grauscherra.
- Dynast Breath - 覇王氷結陣: The target is encompassed within ice, which is then shattered along with whatever it contains. It is possible to keep the target alive within the ice. This spell calls upon the power of Dynast Grauscherra.
- Raugnut Rusyavuna - 屍肉呪法: An extremely powerful curse that can only be cast by a pure Mazoku. The victim is transfigured into a ball of flesh which is consumed by snakes indefinitely. The only way to release this curse is to destroy the Mazoku who cast it.
- Blast Ash - 黒妖陣: Covers an area about the length of an adult's armspan with a black mist. Any thing in the mist that contains a will to continue existing is turned to ash. The mist is thick enough to extend to about the depth of one enemy. All items, such as walls, without a will are unaffected.
- Blast Wave - 黒魔波動: By putting both of his hands on the target, the caster creates a hole in it which is big enough for an adult to walk through. Although most often used on inanimate objects such as walls, the spell also has some offensive potential. However, because both hands need to touch the target while casting, the caster must get very close, which means using Blast Wave like this can be called risky at best.
- Void - 空: Teleporting skill used by part-Mazoku chimeras. Mid-level to High-level Mazoku can invoke its powers without saying the spell.
- Burst Flare: In the beginning of Slayers Next, this is used by Halcyform when his beloved Rubia begged him to kill her and thus put her out of her misery (since she had died before and Halcyform was trying to resurrect her, though without success.) The spell annihilated Halcyform's entire mansion by setting it in explosive flames.
[edit] Divine Magic
These spells would borrow their power from Shinzoku, but the divine magic was lost during the Resurrection war, a thousand years ago. However, some priests can use a bit of that lost power.
- Ray Freeze: An ancient holy spell, it paralyzes the body of targets so the caster can escape or keep the victim in place.
- Incantation: Anna-gurax... ozu-lu-faam... izul nax orumudohl Ray Freeze!
- Flame Breath: An ancient holy spell, it blasts the body of targets and causes high damage.
- Incantation: Anna-ku rahzu lamku so. Izu-pe ku naomu! FLAME BREATH!
- Chaotic Disintegrate: Its primary purpose is for attacking mazoku, and it is said to be as powerful as a human's Ra Tilt. Its strength depends on the magic capacity of the user.
- Incantation:Ananku soro’mu nazak’u sakriim Chaotic Disintegrate!
- Teleport: It is unclear whether it's a real spell or not. Filia uses this to teleport the group to the location of the final battle. It exhausts her, just like other spells, but she never says the name of the spell, nor any Chaos Words.
[edit] Shamanic Magic
Shamanistic spells are spells whose power comes from the sorcerer: they don't borrow power from any god/demon. They are the every-day spells, and their power depends on the sorcerer's conditions (e.g. a sorceress can't cast powerful spells in her menstruation). Shamanistic magic is divided into various types, which are given in parentheses next to each spell's name. Shamanism is sometimes mistranslated as "Spirit Magic", no doubt due to confusion with the particular discipline of the school that deals with souls and the Astral plane, as opposed to the elements. The nature of a number of these spells is under dispute. For example, a number of sources classify fireball as black magic and Elmekia lance as white.
- Arc Brass - 地霊砲雷陣 (Air): This spell affects a large area. Although not powerful enough to be fatal, it is enough to paralyze those affected for a short while.
- Asher Deist - 塵化滅 (Spirit): This single-target spell is designed to attack undead. Most undead creatures such as vampires will disintegrate on contact, leaving only a small quantity of black dust behind.
- Astral Vine - 魔皇霊斬 (Spirit): A spell which enchants a sword, axe, or other weapon with magic. A weapon enchanted in this way makes it possible to deal damage to Mazoku and becomes as powerful as the Sword of Light. However, this enchantment is only temporary. Spell not to be used on weapons already with magical qualities. May cause increase in power, loss of magical qualities, or explosion of the weapon.
- Balus Wall (Air): Also known as: Valis Wall, this spell is effective against flaming attacks (fire-shamanism, dragon's breath, and normal fire). Flames heading towards the caster would, instead of striking, divert to the left and right of the spellcaster.
- Bephis Bring - 地精道 (Earth): Causes the ground under the caster to riot and break (i.e. allowing to access an underground passage).
- Blast Bomb - 暴爆呪 (Fire): One of the strongest shamanistic spells ever created. First used by Lei Magnus. No human wields sufficient power to cast this spell without some sort of increase in power such as a magical talisman, though whole- and part-Mazoku can cast without aid. Creates tens of small glowing spheres from the earth. Each sphere has the destructive power equal to several times that of a Fireball. Characterized by loud schreeching noises when used.
- Blam Fang - 風牙斬 (Air): Creates small spears of wind. A extremely weak spell that can barely cut into human's skin. Lina Inverse once taught this spell to female spellcasters in a city for use against perverts.
- Blam Gush - 爆風弾 (Air): An air spell that is strong enough to break stone. In the Slayers NEXT, Lina uses this spell to break a number of gargoyle statues in the attic of the ex-head of the Atlas City Wizard's guild.
- Bomb Diem Wing - 魔風砲裂弾 (Air): Powered up version of Diem Wing. Causes winds to occur explosively over a wide area.
- Bomb Split(Fire): No clear description. Apparently creates a somewhat small explosion.
- Blam Blazer - 青魔烈弾破 (Spirit): A shockwave-like spell that can bring severe pain to even Mazoku with high penetration as the key characteristic.
- Brave Howl - 蓮獄火炎陣 (Fire): Turns the target land area into magma.
- Burst Rondo - 爆煙舞 (Fire): Creates several small fireballs. Each fireball is much weaker than a standard Fireball skill, and barely burns its victims. As described by Lina Inverse, "A spell with a lot of show but not much damage."
- Dark Mist - 黒霧炎 (Air): Creates an area of severely reduced visibility around the caster.
- Diem Wing - 魔風 (Air): Affects the air current. May be used to blow others away or to launch people into the air. Also used often to return spells like fireball back to its user.
- Dill Brand (Earth): Also known as Explosion array, it causes the ground under a target to erupt, usually launching anyone in the affected area.
- Dug Haut - 地撃衝雷 (Earth): Creates a series of large spikes in the ground around the caster. Also called "Stone Spiker" in early releases of the English series.
- Damu Brass - 振動弾 (Air or Earth): Creates vibrations in inanimate objects. Often used to destroy walls.
- Elmekia Flame - 烈閃砲 (Spirit): A more powerful version of the Elmekia Lance.
- Elmekia Lance - 烈閃槍 (Spirit): Creates a light lance that damages the target's astral body. Because of the lack of physical damage, the possibility to simply knock out an opponent for an extended time exists. Causes heavy damage to Mazoku.
- Felzareid - 螺光衝霊弾(Spirit): One of the many attack spells in this category which solely affect astral bodies, Felzareid's unique property is that the blue beam created by the spell does not converge towards the target in a straight line, rather than in a spiralling fashion, making it much harder to avoid. The astral damage done by this spell is also substantial, capable of destroying a brass demon with a single hit, similarly to Astral Break.
- Fireball - 火炎球 (Fire): Lina's low-profile spell of choice. Creates a ball of flames that explodes on contact with anything. It can cause a lot of havoc, especially when cast by Lina.
- Flare Lance - 炎の槍(Fire): Throws a lance of fire at the enemy.
- Flare Arrow - 炎の矢(Fire): Forms a series of arrows made of fire, to be thrown or shot from a temporary magical bow.
- Freeze Arrow - 氷の矢 (Water): The ice equivalent of the Flare Arrow spell. Creates a magical arrow made of ice that can freeze targets.
- Freeze Britz - 氷結弾 (Water): Also known as Freeze Bullet, it is the ice equivalent of the Fireball spell. Instantly encloses a victim in ice, or creates ice rocks or icicles when casted towards the sky.
- Gou Vu Row - 冥壊屍 (Spirit): Creates a shadow that moves along the ground toward the intended target. If it hits, it causes severe damage to the target's astral side. Often dispelled by impacting it (Kopii Rezo hit it with his cane, and Hellmaster Phibrizzo stomped on it). Makes the sound of mass evaporation of water when dispelled in this way.
- Hell Blast - 冥魔槍 (Spirit): Removes the life force of the target from wherever it hits.
- Icicle Lance - 氷の槍 (Water): Throws a lance of ice at the enemy.
- Levitation - 浮遊 (Air): Allows flight. Experienced casters can automatically cast this even during a fall.
- Lighting - 明かりよ (Fire): A simple illumination spell. A slightly skilled caster can control the speed at which energy is transferred to the spell. A slow trickle of energy results in a small light resembling a lightbulb that may last for an extended time. A sudden rush of energy creates a blinding flash of light.
- Mega Brand - 爆裂陣 (Earth): Also known as Mega Explosion Array, it is the strongest non-fire based explosion spell. Lina uses this a few times in the series. Strong enough to blow up a mansion. Possibly the spell Lina used to bring down the tower in Xoana where Amelia was being held hostage.
- Mega Vu-Vuraima - (Earth and Spirit): Also known as "Royal Spiritual Curse", the spell creates a giant golem, more intelligent than the one made with Vu-Vuraima.
- Meteor Fall - (Spirit): A spell that that tears an asteroid off its orbit; it is told that it could destroy a city.
- Mono Volt - 雷撃 (Air): This is an elementary lightning spell. The caster must touch the target, and if he succeeds, the spell delivers an electric shock. The shock is not lethal, but enough to temporarily paralyze or knock out the victim. The spell can be used more efficiently by using a sword or similar metal weapon as an intermediary instead of touching the target directly.
- Ra Tilt - 崩霊烈 (Spirit): The most powerful spell of Shamanistic magic. Can even destroy a pure Mazoku. Only affects those who have astral bodies. Such targets are generally Mazoku, but it is possible to kill some of the party just entering/exiting the Astral Plane.
- Raywing - 翔封界 (Air): Envelopes the caster in a ball of moving air. Allows flight or the formation of a watertight bubble for easing underwater travel.
- Raza Clover - 雷花滅撃吼 (Spirit): The spell causes flickering motes of light to blow towards the target like a blizzard. It deals damage both to the astral and physical forms of the target. Avoiding this spell is nearly impossible to all but the most acrobatic.
- Shadow Snap - 影縛り (Spirit): Freezes the enemy's shadow by penetrating it with an imbued weapon. The victim loses the ability to move. Can be easily dispelled by erasing the shadows temporarily with a spell as simple as Lighting. Along with Shadow Web, these spells are used by the so called "Shadowmasters."
- Shadow Web - 妖影縛 (Spirit): Causes the controlled shadow to become a lance that actively seeks to penetrate the target's shadow. When penetrated, has the same effect as Shadow Snap.
- Sight Flunk - 幻霧招散 (Air): Causes a dense fog. Not quite a zero-vision area, but helps when running away or in seeing the trajectory of ranged attacks.
- Sleeping - 眠り (Spirit): Causes the target victim(s) to instantly fall asleep. Probably useless against Mazoku.
- Vais Flare (Fire): Causes an explosion.
- Van Rail - 氷窟蔦 (Water): Creates a web of ice, reducing the temperature of the target until they freeze and shatter.
- Vas Grude - 霊光壁 (Spirit): Creates an anti-magic shield around the caster.
- Vision - 隔幻話 (Spirit): Creates an image of oneself to speak with someone. Used for long distances. Requires a fellow cooperating spellcaster at the destination for the spell to be cast.
- Visfan Rank - 霊王結魔弾 (Spirit): Concentrates spiritual power into the fists of the user, allowing them to box with evil spirits. A special spell designed and used by Amelia.
- Vorm Eon - 虚霊障界 (Spirit): Creates a shield around a caster. Specifically for use against spells.
- Vu-Vuraima or Bu-Brymer - 霊呪法 (Earth): Also known as Spiritual Curse, it creates a Mud Golem from the surrounding earth that can obey simple commands.
- Windy Shield - 封気結界呪 (Air): Also known simply as "Wind" - "風". Creates a shield made of concentrated air around the caster. Basically Ray Wing without flight.
[edit] White Magic
These spells are intended to cure and purify people. They are similar to Spirit Shamanism in that all of them draw upon the power of the caster. They aren't related to gods in the same way that Black Magic is related to demons — see Divine Magic above.
- Flow Break - 崩魔陣: Dispels magic in a targeted area.
- Lafas Seed - 霊縛符:Causes the victim to lose ability to move.
- Megiddo Flare - 破邪の法: Using a focusing item, a white magic user can exorcise spirits to the nether world. You who are not of this world. Pitiful, twisted creatures! By the Light of the Purity I possess, I bid thee begone to the Nexus of our two worlds!
- Recovery - 治癒: Boosts the speed of a target's regeneration abilities. It's useful to cure small wounds, but it must not be used to cure larger wounds because the target could die of exhaustion. Furthermore, if the target is infected with any kind of bacteria, those bacteria would also receive the regenerative boost and multiply rapidly, killing the target.
- Resurrection - 復活: Takes the vital energy from nearby life forms to cure the target. Much more difficult to cast than Recovery. Generally only cast by Priests.
[edit] Greater spells
These spells are among the most powerful and otherwise unclassified spells in the Slayers universe. The best examples for such magic are the spells that borrow their power from the Lord of Nightmares herself. They are so exhausting that only can be cast by very powerful humans (i.e. Lina [when she cast it, her hair became white]), and can be cataclysmic if misused.
- Giga Slave - 重破斬: Lina Inverse's original spell. It is so powerful that the Dragon Slave cannot even be compared to it. If the caster loses control, the spell may return the world to the Sea of Chaos. It does more than calling upon the power of the Lord of Nightmares; it is said that the Giga Slave is actually the Lord of Nightmares itself. When Lina cast it the first time on-screen, she used the Sword of Light, probably to channel it: when held, the blade turned black and chaotic energies began to form.
Darkness beyond blackest pitch, deeper than the deepest night. King of Darkness who shines like gold upon the Sea of Chaos; I call upon thee, swear myself to thee. Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess...GIGA SLAVE!
(Incomplete version. Complete version removes "upon," as the Lord of Nightmare is actually the Sea of Chaos itself)
- 闇よりもなお昏きもの
- 夜よりもなお深きもの
- 混沌の海よ たゆたいし存在 金色なりし闇の王
- 我ここに 汝に願う
- 我ここに 汝に誓う
- 我が前に立ち塞がりし
- すべての愚かなるものに
- 我と汝が力もて
- 等しく滅びを与えんことを！
Darker than darkness, deeper than night. Sea of Chaos, the swaying one, the golden king of darkness. Here I beseech to thee; here I swear to thee. To all the fools who stand in my way, with my power and your power, equally grant them destruction! Giga Slave!
(direct translation from the Japanese slayers novel #8)
- Ragna Blade - 神滅斬: Creates a sword made of pure chaos that can cut through to the alternate dimensions used by Mazoku. The Ragna Blade (or Laguna Blade) has been shown to overpower Gourry's Sword of Light as well as Razud Megedis, the Spear of Light. Drains an incredible amount of the caster's power to use and capable of destroying the highest level Mazoku.
"Lord of the dreams that terrify. Sword of cold and darkness, free yourself from the heaven's bonds. Become one with my power, one with my body, and let us walk the path of destruction together. Power that can smash even the souls of the gods: Ragna Blade!"
- 悪夢の王の一片よ
- 世界のいましめ解き放たれし
- 凍れる黒き虚無の刃よ
- 我が力 我が身となりて
- 共に滅びの道お歩まん
- 神々の魂すらも打ち砕き
- ラグナブレード！
“ A piece of the Lord of Nightmare, free yourself from the world's bonds. Blade of frozen, dark void, become one with my power, one with my body, and together walk the path of destruction. Smash even the souls of the gods - Ragna Blade!”
(direct translation from the Japanese slayers novel #7)
Another good example for an unclassified spell is Boost - 増幅呪文, which activates the Demon's Blood Talismans.
- 四界の闇を統べる王
- 汝の欠片の絵に縁に従い
- 汝ら全員の力もて
- 我にさらなる魔力お与えよ
"The King that brings together the darkness of the four worlds, Following the fate of piece of thee. With all your power, Grant me greater power."
(direct translation from the Japanese slayers novel #11)
There is a site that has more spells then this, a lot more here it is: http://www.inverse.org/e/bkg/magic/cats.shtml
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