Spellbinding

Spellbinding is the practice of binding the living,<ref name=":0">Spellbinders bind the living and when the patriarch had died his slaves had been freed.  The spellbinders were so focused on the Others in their midst that they’d forgotten the humans.  One of the humans was able to get in position to corner and kill Eve Allemand - Excerpt from False Moves 12.z</ref> can be seen as a rarified version of Enchantment<ref name=":1">Landon Michaelsson, Spellbinder
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“Spellbinder,” Joyce said. When I looked a bit confused, she added, “An enchanter, but specialized in control. He keeps three or four Others with him at all times. I named him because he broke the rules. He’s paranoid, and doesn’t really associate with people. Only Others. We’d hoped to use her as a way to bring him back to society, to get him involved. But we underestimated his paranoia.”

“What happened?”

“He bound his wife. To keep her from passing information on to us. Bound her mind and bound her bodies, so she only does what he says.”

“Hypnosis?” I asked.

“The binding is as solid as hypnosis is soft and vague. He’s… scary. In a lot of ways. I don’t think the family would miss him if he was gone, but we invested in him, we lost a family member to connect to him, and I guess Sandra decided that if we’d paid the price, we might as well…” - Excerpt from Execution 13.5</ref>

As with many spells, death can lead to the end of all spellbinding.<ref name=":0"/>

Notable Spellbinders

• Landon Michaelsson<ref name=":1"/>
• The Allemand family<ref name=":0" />
• Reid and Abraham Musser<ref>We sent the victim on her way with her baby, spellbound to forget we’d existed or where the hovel was.  Easier than cleaning up the evidence I’d been there.”- Excerpt from False Moves 12.z</ref>
• Maddox Willan<ref>Maddox Willan, 16, Spellbinding, Soulbinding- Excerpt from Student Guild</ref>
• Vaughn Willin

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