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Jerry and spellbook

Jerry summoning (or conjuring?) Susan's spellbook.

Inside of spellbook

Inside of spellbook, from EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-03-08

Magic users use Spellbooks for finding out what new spells they get and details about the spells' workings. Without one a person may completely miss getting a new spell.

Before the magic change spellbooks were very verbose[1] and very hard to understand.[2] (although note that the spellbooks appear to include illustrations[3] ...) For this reason Elliot was known for not reading them.[4] Nanase reads her spellbook regularly[1][5] as she is one of the rare people who could understand them.[6] Ellen reads her spellbook more often than Elliot, because Nanase reminds her and sometimes reads it to her.[7] Surprisingly, Susan also forgot to read hers, as we found out in Playing With Dolls[8][9]. Presumably, she read it after Jerry gave it to her[10] after her awakening, but didn't look for anything new until the end of Playing with Dolls. After the magic change the descriptions in spellbooks became shorter, with little detail,[11] since Tedd told magic that they are hard to understand.[12]

Spellbooks can easily be created and linked to a person by an immortal, but mortals can also create them - usually when they are wizards or using a wand with necessary spell.[13]

Spellbooks only function for awakened magic users, not for those who are Dreaming.[13]

Spelling[]

Note that Dan is not consistent between spell book and spellbook, in fact spell book seem to appear more often.

Spellbook titles[]

Spellbooks have titles disguising them using tactics similar to Edward Verres'.[13] Those include:

  • The Ecology of Anteaters (Not a Spellbook)[10], Susan's spellbook
  • A Perfectly Normal Book[14], Elliot's spellbook
  • (also, Nanase's book might have squirrels in title.[1])
  • The Tacos of Yesteryear, a blank spellbook shown in a Q&A comic about spellbooks.[13]

People known to have spellbooks[]

Presumably, all wizards have one, but any such books haven't been seen yet. Notably, Justin is awakened but doesn't have a book yet.

References[]

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