Editing List of Books (section)

==Valkyries ==
By the same author as a book on [[Vestiges]]. The cover is leather, with the image of a helmeted woman in profile. Discusses [[Valkyrie]]s and [[ghosts]], in enough detail to learn basic Valkyrie magic,<ref>“Bookshelf two, third shelf from the bottom.  It’s by the same author that wrote the book on Vestiges.  ''Valkyries''.”<br>[...]<br>The book was easy enough to find.  The image on the front was similar to that of the ''Vestiges'' book.  A woman’s face in profile, complete with a winged helmet, pressed into the leather cover.<br>[...]<br>“I read it because I thought maybe it was related to vestiges like me.  And it is.  But this one focuses on ghosts too, on historical elements, and some more practical applications.  You’ve got practitioners who specialize a hundred percent on ghosts and vestiges.  A kind of necromancy.”<br><br>“Death magic.”<br><br>“Right.  In this case, you’ve got practitioners convincing warriors, usually dying soldiers, that there’s an amazing afterlife of parties and respect for their deeds waiting for them, so the warriors agree to give up their spirits after death.  Use that agreement to help make a vestige or create a ghost, a representation of their skills or their knowledge, their strength, whatever else, and imbue all of that into a vessel.”<br>[...]<br>“But I like the concept.  I like the author.  The book talks about working with ghosts being an option for a practitioner without many resources, in an area where practitioners have already taken hold of everything worth holding, or where the Lord forbids certain practices. You take a ghost, you imbue an object, and you’ve got…”<br><br>“A magical item?” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref><ref>“We chant the spirit’s name.  This should establish a tenuous connection.  You put power into that connection.”<br>“How?” I asked.<br><br>“Blood.  Draw a symbol, like you see in the book, the median line running parallel to any line of connection you see between yourself and the ghost.  Blood is power, basically the most distilled and direct form you can offer."<br>[...]<br>I reached past the border of salt and drew out the symbol, copying what was on the open page in the book. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref> along with some collatoral information.<ref>In some cultures, wearing parts of the beast meant taking on their strengths.  The book ''Valkyrie'' had touched on that.  Binding spirits into objects, then carrying those objects. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/08/07 Excerpt] from [[Null 9.5]]</ref>