Agarwal Grimoire

A grimoire of aetherial spells collected by the wizard Nirmala Agarwal in an attempt to show the diveristy of aetherial magic beyond the "big four" or "big five". The grimoire is said to be in Simon Island, but the Simons do not confirm or deny it.

History

On Third Shem, the wizard Nirmala Agarwal was a wizardess who was friend to one of the Matriadoman. Often consulted on quests and sometimes even accompanying them, she worked her magic in service to Mother Shem. During the war against the Eldritch, she was struck with how potent the spells of the elements that were not considered one of the major elements (earth, fire, metal, water, wind, wood) were. She made a study of them and sought out the best of them.

Nirmala Agarwal

A yakshini, Nirmala was raised connected to the storms. She was the child of a poor merchant, but she had access to her great-grandfather's library. He had amassed a collection of books on magic from long ago while he was a servant of a rich merchant. He had stolen half of them, and taken the rest because they were considered "unsellable". She read them all before she was of age, but she re-read them again and again as an adult. Unable to go to Simon Academy, she taught herself as best she could. She took work as a thaumaturge at a major school, but it was not until she met her Matriadoman friend that she was able to get access to a teacher - a friend of her friend - and truly learn magic. From there, she excelled.

Collection

It is said her collection contains every spell of the secondary elements that exists, save a handful of ancient ones that are unavailable.

Spell	Effect	Color	School	Style	Power	Ingredients	Instructions	Notes
Sandstorm	Summons a sandstorm	Yellow	Elemental	Summon	Elite
Dustdevil	A dustdevil rises up before the caster	Yellow	Elemental		Advanced
Wall of Sand	Caster is surrounded by a wall of sand	Yellow	Elemental	Barrier	Common
Arid Wind	Wind that dries up anything that touches	Yellow	Elemental		Moderate
Oasis Under the Star	Caster is guided to an oasis	Yellow	Elemental		Advanced
Mirage	Caster creates a mirage	Yellow	Elemental		Advanced
Sandforms	Draw forms in the sands to invoke the elementals there	Yellow	Elemental		Rare
Scouring Wind	A sandy wind that can scour the skin off bone	Yellow	Elemental		Advanced
Scrubbing Sand	A swirling sand ball that scrubs things clean	Yellow	Practical		Basic
Golden Light	A warm golden light fills the area	Yellow	Elemental		Basic
Solarflare	A blast of intense golden flame burns anything in its path	Yellow	Elemental	Attack	Elite
Golden Aura	An aura of warm golden light protects the caster from cold attacks	Yellow	Elemental	Aura	Moderate
Lion's Roar	A lion's roar shatters stone and unleashes glowing golden flame	Yellow	Elemental		Advanced
Sunbeam	A soft sunbeam is summoned	Yellow	Elemental	Summon	Common
Summerdawn	Six weeks of summer	Yellow	Elemental		Rare
Nourishing Touch	Caster's touch adds nourishment to target, but does not sate hunger	Yellow	Healing		Common
Filling Honey	Caster creates a dollop of honey that sates hunger but does not add much nourishment	Yellow	Healing		Common
Enrich Earth	A patch of earth within the caster's sight, not more than 10'x10', is enriched to be more arable	Yellow	Practical		Common
Rite of Giant Strength	Caster or target gains major strength bonuses	Yellow	Enforcement	Rite	Moderate
Farmer's Eye	Caster or target can sense changes in weather, fertility of the ground, or find lost livestock	Yellow	Practical	Sense	Moderate
Amber Salve	Heals livestock or crops that have been infected by disease or blight	Yellow	Healing		Advanced
Illumination	Creates enough light to see by, varies in range	White	Elemental	Sense	Common
Revealing Light	Light that points to something hidden	White	Elemental	Sense	Advanced
Guiding Light	Light that points to the caster's goal	White	Elemental	Sense	Elite
Blinding Light	Light so bright it causes eye damage	White	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Lightbeam	A focused beam of light that causes aetherial damage	White	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Shining Aura	An aura of light that shows esoteric energies	White	Elemental	Aura	Advanced
Chill	Lower the temperature a bit around the caster	White	Elemental		Basic
Snow Flurry	A small blast of snow that can distract or annoy target	White	Elemental	Attack	Common
Icicle Shower	Icicles rain down around caster	White	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Snowblast	A large blast of snow that causes damage	White	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Wall of Ice	A thick wall of ice forms	White	Elemental	Barrier	Advanced
Winter Wind	A blast of very cold wind	White	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Blizzard	Caster summons a full blizzard	White	Elemental		Elite
Frost Wave	An intense wave of freezing air	White	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Freeze Target	A single target is frozen solid	White	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Winterdawn	Six weeks of winter weather	White	Elemental		Rare
Artisan's Hands	Bonuses to artisan skills	Violet	Practical		Moderate
Repair Spell	Object is repaired	Violet	Practical		Moderate
Duplicator Spell	Object is duplicated	Violet	Practical		Advanced
Earthpower Wave	A wave of earthpower flows forth to repel the enemies of the world	Violet	Forbidden		Rare
Rite of the Axis Mundi	Caster gains powers based on the axis mundi involved	Violet	Forbidden		Rare
World Spanner	Caster goes anywhere in the world	Violet	Practical	Transportation	Elite
Lapis Hammer	A hammer of violet light forms to help the caster in a work of creation	Violet	Practical		Advanced
Animalspeech	Caster gains the ability to speak to a certain kind of animal (based on ingredients)	Orange	Elemental	Speech	Moderate
Ritual of the Beast's Claw	Caster may take the form of the animal involved in the ritual	Orange	Elemental	Form	Rare
Song of the Passerine	Caster can sing like a bird to call other animals to them	Orange	Elemental	Summon	Moderate
Newt's Eye	Caster can sense animals	Orange	Elemental	Sense	Common
Greater Gills	Caster can breathe underater and swim like a fish	Orange	Elemental		Common
Iguanablood Spell	Caster gains reptilian reflexes	Orange	Elemental		Moderate
Ochre Slime	Caster oozes mollusc-like slimes that attracts animals	Orange	Elemental	Summon	Moderate
Ochre Bond	Caster bonds to animal included in spell	Orange	Elemental		Advanced
Five Claws	Caster hits seven times with an animal's claw attack	Orange	Elemental	Attack	Common
Mudiwa's Tail	Caster gains the attributes (stat bonuses) of the mammal invoked in their spell, as well as a tail	Orange	Elemental		Advanced
Chitinous Armor	Caster gains arthropodal armor	Orange	Elemental	Protection	Common
Venomous Strike	Caster spits venom like a cobra	Orange	Enforcement	Attack	Moderate
Autumnal Wind	A chill wind blows and makes targets feel their own mortality	Orange	Elemental		Moderate
Petrichor Mist	The scent of petrichor puts targets to sleep	Orange	Elemental		Common
Crunching Step	All within 50' of the caster lose stealth points	Orange	Elemental	Protection	Basic
Pinefrost	Caster gains cold resistance, targets are pelted with sharp needles of cold	Orange	Elemental		Common
Pumpkin Dance	A dance that brings the late harvest	Orange	Elemental	Dance	Rare
Ritual of Preservation	Target's life is preserved even in the face of fatal wounds or illness	Grey	Healing	Ritual	Advanced
Revive Mortal	A recently deceased mortal is revived from the dead	Grey	Healing	Healing	Elite
Heal Mortal Wounds	Target's wounds are healed if and only if they were close to death	Grey	Healing	Healing	Advanced
Thrive	Target's health and lifeforce are improved greatly	Grey	Healing	Healing	Moderate
Argentflame	Undead are repulsed and destroyed by this fire	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Ritual of the Blossoming	Six weeks of spring	Grey	Elemental	Ritual	Rare
Nectar Spray	A fresh spritz of nectar uplifts and soothes targets	Grey	Healing	Healing	Common
Pollen Cloud	A huge cloud of pollen enshrouds targets, causing allergenic responses and occlusion	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Petal Storm	A wind bearing petals of all colors spreads them over a large area	Grey	Elemental	Barrier	Common
Rose Red	Caster becomes beautiful in the eyes of others	Grey	Elemental		Advanced
Tulip Pink	Caster gains insights into others' emotions	Grey	Elemental		Moderate
Chrysanthemum Orange	Caster becomes a sight of hope	Grey	Elemental		Elite
Lilac Violet	Caster gains +9 in any stat(s) they choosen, spread out or all in one place	Grey	Elemental		Elite
Peony White	Caster rallies others to them	Grey	Elemental		Advanced
Dance of Renewal	Caster dances with targets and renews their spirits and health	Grey	Healing		Elite
Heart of the Spring	Caster communes with the elementals of spring	Grey	Elemental		Rare
Astral Projection	Caster sends their consciousness out among the stars	Grey	Elemental	Sense	Moderate
Blackhole	A black mote appears and draws in all matter and energy near to it for as long as the caster's will holds	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Rare
Meteor Shower	A light shower of meteorites smashes the area around the caster	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Elite
Starfire Bombardment	A heavy shower of balls of starfire crash down around the caster	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Astrological Lens	Caster looks into the deep cosmos	Grey	Elemental	Sense	Common
Cosmic Whirl	A whirlwind of cosmic wind arises	Grey	Elemental	Attack	Rare
Nebula Cloak	A shroud of nebula gas surrounds the caster	Grey	Elemental	Barrier	Advanced
Grass-Spear	A spear of sharp grass stabs target	Green	Elemental	Attack	Basic
Call the Riding	Hundreds of horses arrive in a mass herd	Green	Elemental	Summon	Elite
Celadon Song	Horses within range gain bonuses or are healed	Green	Elemental	Healing	Moderate
Hear the Plains	Caster communes with the plains and her elementals	Green	Elemental	Rite	Rare
Wind of the Open Steppes	A great wind flows, bitter and cold as the steppes, and brings with it the strength of the steppes riders	Green	Elemental		Advanced
Savanna Song	A great song rises, calling forth the animals of the savanna or nearest grassland	Green	Elemental	Summon	Advanced
Louder Voice	Caster gains massively loud voice	Green	Elemental		Basic
Reverberate Soul	A sound comes off all within range to reveal their souls	Green	Elemental		Advanced
Many Echoes	Dozens of echoes fill the area	Green	Elemental		Moderate
Mimic Sounds	Caster can mimic sounds they hear	Green	Elemental		Moderate
Sound Healing	A sound that repairs the ears of those who hear it	Green	Healing	Healing	Moderate
Summon Great Ern	A massive elemental in the form of a sea eagle arises and brings an aetherial wave	Green	Elemental	Summon	Rare			Suppressed by many governments
Rite of Seasons	Caster manipulates local weather to reflect a season of their choosing for six weeks	Green	Elemental	Rite	Elite
Lightning Bolt	A bolt of lightning strikes where the caster chooses	Brown	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Lens of Weather Sensing	Caster can see upcoming weather, usually a week out	Brown	Elemental	Sense	Moderate
Cloudboat	Caster can ride a cloud as a boat	Brown	Elemental	Transportation	Advanced
Wall of Fog	Caster is surrounded by thick fog	Brown	Elemental	Barrier	Common
Roar of Thunder	A peel of thunder shakes the area	Brown	Elemental		Common
Clement Shine	Caster clears bad weather or prolongs good weather	Brown	Elemental		Common
Summon Rain	Caster summons a light to moderate rain	Brown	Elemental	Summon	Moderate
Dispelling Torrent	Caster brings down a torrent of rain that washes away infernal or celestial energies	Brown	Elemental	Dispell	Elite
Horn of the Monsoon	Six weeks of monsoons	Brown	Elemental	Summon	Rare
Whisper of the Dry Season	Six weeks of dry season	Brown	Elemental	Summon	Rare
Sunshower Shake	A dance that brings sun and rain at once	Brown	Elemental	Dance	Advanced
Volcanic Eruption	A volcanic eruption occurs before the caster	Black	Forbidden	Attack	Rare
Island Seeker	Caster can sense nearby islands	Black	Elemental	Sense	Common
Obsidian Shard	A shard of volcanic glass pierces target	Black	Elemental	Attack	Moderate
Ashfall	Hot ash drops from the sky and blinds and burns targets	Black	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Pyroclastic Blast	A massive blast of hot air and stone hits targets	Black	Elemental	Attack	Elite
Lava Bomb	A ball of hard lava falls and explodes	Black	Elemental	Attack	Elite
Magma Hands	Massive hands made of magma appear before the caster, who can control them to grab things and melt, burn, or crush them	Black	Elemental	Attack	Elite
Rafter's Guide	Caster knows their way through the oceans while rafting	Black	Elemental	Sense	Common
Shadowfinder	Caster can find the lost shadow of target	Black	Elemental	Sense	Moderate
Shadow Veil	Caster is hidden in shadows	Black	Elemental	Barrier	Advanced
Nightform	Caster becomes one with the night	Black	Elemental	Alteration	Rare
Wall of Darkness	Caster is surrounded by a wall of darkness that repels anti-aetherial attacks and hides them	Black	Elemental	Barrier	Advanced
Darkest Hour	Darkness falls for an hour	Black	Elemental		Elite
Shade's Claw	Target loses part of their physical and metaphysical form to a claw attack	Black	Elemental	Attack	Advanced
Blackest Night	Night comes when the caster calls	Black	Elemental		Rare
Black Mote	A dark sphere forms before the caster, almost too small to see, and devours the light	Black	Elemental		Rare
Rite of the Shadow Flight	Caster can shadowwalk for an hour	Black	Elemental	Rite	Rare

Ancient Spells

Spell	Effect	Color	School	Style	Power	Ingredients	Instructions	Notes
Absolute Zero	Even time is frozen	White	Elemental		Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Deep Vibration	The caster can hear the deepest vibrations of the world	Green	Elemental		Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Kahe Wela	Caster gains control of the rhythm of the island(s), communing with their elementals and controlling the water and lava around or within them	Black	Elemental		Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Lesedian Display	A light display of significant aetherial power	White	Elemental		Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire
Rejuvenate	Target returns to the prime of their youth	Grey	Healing		Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Ritual of the Elder of the Taiga	Caster becomes one with the taiga and speaks to its elemental(s)	Orange	Elemental	Ritual	Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Rite of Planetary Alignment	Caster gains power based on which planet is in focus	Grey	Elemental	Rite	Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Rite of the Tempest's Fury	Caster summons a cyclone	Brown	Elemental	Summon	Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.
Rite of the Zodiac	Caster gains power based on the zodiac constellation	Grey	Elemental	Rite	Ancient			Said to be found only in the Agarwal Grimoire.