Slayers: Encyclopedia II - Slayers - Spells

Slayers - Spells

There are a wide variety of magical spells in the world of Slayers, categorized by the origin of their power. Following are some of the more important ones:

Slayers - Black Magic

These spells borrow their power from the Mazoku. If the particular Mazoku lending power to the spell is killed, the spell becomes unusable. The exception is Dragon Slave, because fragments of Ruby Eye, its source, still remain.

• Dragon Slave: Lina's favourite high-profile spell. It creates an enormous blast that consumes everything in its range, often used by Lina to destroy enemies, monsters, and the occasional building 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.

"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows, buried in the flow of time, in thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness, let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess -- Dragon slave!"

The original Japanese incantation is:

which reads as: tasogare yori mo kuraki mono, chi no nagare yori akakimono, toki no nagare ni umoreshi idai naru nanji no na ni oite, ware koko ni yami ni chikawan, warera ga mae ni tachifusagarishi subete no oroka naru mono ni ware to nanji ga chikara mote hitoshiku horobi wo ataen koto wo! doragu... sure---ibu!!

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 slumbers in the depths of the abyss of time eternal, I summon you, Lord of Chaos. 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!"

Although if you look in a Japanese dictionary the spell is actually a combo of the two and you actually get a very close translation.

"Darkness beyond the twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time, in your great name here i make a vow to darkness. To the fools who stand before us, merge thine strength and mine to deliver destruction to all equally!! DRAGON SLAVE!!"

• Gaav Flare: A very powerful, piercing fireball. Its power is borrowed from Gaav, the Demon-Dragon King.

Slayers - Chaos Magic

These spells 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), and can be cataclysmic if misused.

• Giga Slave: 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.

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!

• Ragna Blade: Creates a sword made of pure chaos that can cut through to the alternate dimensions used by Mazoku. Drains an incredible amount of the caster's power to use.

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! Sword that can smash even the souls of the Gods! Ragna Blade!

Slayers - 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.
• Chaotic Disintegrate: Filia uses this spell against Valgaav in hopes of destroying him before Dark Star possessed the power of the Ancient Dragons. She was too late however, and though the spell caused an enormous show of power on Filia's part, it all came to nothing. At one point of time, she attempted to use it against Xellos, but he actually absorbed the magic (much to her shock), combining it with his own, and succeeded in destroying the powerful Anchent Dragon's shield around the Galvayra, or Bow of Light.
• 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.

Slayers - Shamanistic 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.

• Astral Vine (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.
• 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, would be diverted to the left and right of the spellcaster.
• Bephis Bring (Earth): Causes the ground under the caster to riot and break (i.e. allowing to access an underground passage).
• Bram Blazer (Spirit)
• Burst Rondo (Fire): Causes an explosion originating from the caster without injuring him/her.
• Dill Brand (Earth): Causes the ground under a target to erupt, usually launching anyone in the affected area.
• Elmekia Flame (Spirit): A more powerful version of the Elmekia Lance.
• Elmekia Lance (Spirit): Creates a light lance that damages the target's spirit. Causes great damage to Mazoku.
• Fireball (Fire): Lina's favourite low-profile spell. Creates a ball of flames that explodes in contact with anything. It can cause a lot of havoc, especially when cast by Lina.
• Flare Arrow (Fire): Forms a series of arrows made of fire, to be thrown or shot from a temporary magical bow.
• Freeze Arrow (Water): The ice equivalent of the Flare Arrow spell. Creates a magical arrow made of ice that can freeze targets.
• Freeze Britz (Water): The ice equivalent of the Fireball spell. Instantly encloses a victim in ice, or creates ice rocks or icicles when casted towards the sky.
• Levitation (Air): Allows flight.
• Ra Tilt (Spirit): The most powerful spell of Shamanistic magic. Can even destroy a pure Mazoku. Only affects those who have astral bodies. Those are probably Mazoku, but it's possible to kill some of the party just entering/exiting the Astral Plane.
• Raywing (Air): Also allows flight. Much faster, but also more energy-draining. Also provides an air bubble when used under water. In addition, Raywing can carry about three passengers.
• Visfan Rank (Spirit): Concentrates spiritual power into the fists of the user, allowing them to box with evil spirits. A specialty of Amelia's.

Slayers - 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.

• Recovery: Boosts the target's regeneration abilities. It's useful to cure little wounds, but it must not be used to cure big 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: Takes the vital energy from nearby life forms to cure the target. It is a lot harder than Recovery, and usually only priests can cast it.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Spells", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki