Curse
Mechanics diagram
Activation
- On the chosen day, burn the target-linked object, drink an infusion of its ashes, and commit suicide with the dagger.
Conditions
- Months, if not years, of daily devotion are needed for the curse to grow strong enough to kill.
- Casting is fatal to the user by definition — one life for one curse.
- Even a fully-grown curse can be blunted by a few meters of distance from the target.
Effects
- Strips the target of their aura; the most powerful castings kill within hours.
Assessment
Description
The haunting-type suicide curse unique to Kakin's Have-Nots (lit. 'We Who Were Born Out of Convenience'), carried by Camilla's guard Cavic against the Twelfth Prince Momoze. The caster nurses the curse for months or years by carrying an object tied to the target and a dagger, thinking of the target every day; casting it costs the caster's life.
Observed output
Effects
- Strips the target of their aura; the most powerful castings kill within hours.
Counter-analysis
Weaknesses & counters
Weaknesses
- Years of preparation are wasted if the target dies by another hand first — Tuffdy's mundane murder of Momoze voided Cavic's entire investment (ch 389).
Field record
Recorded uses
- CH.389Explained at Sarahell's briefing after Shikaku's suicide raised the specter of a rival camp running the same curse.
Sourcing
Evidence
- CH.389CanonicalMechanics, cost, and the Momoze assignment laid out in Sarahell's meeting with the Have-Not guards.
File data
Parameters
Bindings
Conditions
- Months, if not years, of daily devotion are needed for the curse to grow strong enough to kill.
- Casting is fatal to the user by definition — one life for one curse.
- Even a fully-grown curse can be blunted by a few meters of distance from the target.
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