Spell

Poisoned Ground

Venom · Circle 4 — The ground, set with the wound — the venom decides who walks it, and the walking is the whole argument, and the one who walks is the one who was already the address.

What It Does

The ground, set with the wound — the venom decides who walks it, and the walking is the whole argument, and the one who walks is the one who was already the address. It is the poison school's and the venom school's crossing: the ground is bad and the wound goes where the hunter points it, and the hunter is the one who set the ground.

The Cost

Circle 4 · Venom · Exchange: reagent (venom-bladder, named) — casting time two rounds. On the ladder in The Veil, the reagent rung is the price.

The Failure

The venom-bladder is named wrong — the reagent is the forge's, not the one the spell wants — and the ground is set, and the ground is the one who delivers, and the one who is delivered to is the foot that was already the road.

In Stories

The master's venom spell; the one the camp casts when the ground is the argument and the address is the one who has to walk.

The door's scale anchor is Venomfury — the dragon casts it without thinking, which is how a reader learns the shape of the thing.

Inscribed Sep 09, 2026 at 10:12 PM Revised Sep 09, 2026 at 10:12 PM