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Lore 232: Empowered

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The Legend of Zora

Hurston published 100 pages of her research into Houdou spells in 1931. She learned that a spellcaster must set their altar with black and white candles, place a mirror in the center of them, and then get a basin of water and a sharp knife. To kill an enemy, they had to stab the water with a knife; if the water turned red, their enemy would be struck down. There's even a spell that was said to make a targeted person's body swell up. The stories are better experienced when we see them play out in the tales that Zora wrote down.

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