Exilium

Spell of the Day

Exilium is a level four abjuration spell with a range of sixty feet, a duration of up to a minute, and a material requirement of a piece of spoiled food.

Exilium is used to temporarily send something or someone to what has been called the Void. Upon casting the target vanishes, leaving a vaccum in their place which cools the air as it rushes in. When the spell ends, the person is returned just as quickly but this time a rush of warm air is pushed outward and a faint popping sound can be heard. While in the void the person is in stasis, unconscious and unchanged. Scientists have studied the Void with probes but found there to be no light, no sound, and no measurable temperature nor pressure. It should be noted that due to the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of momentum, should a person be sent to the void, say while in a moving car, they will exit the void at the same speed, direction, and location but the car will have moved on. For this reason, exilium is illegal to use while moving except in an emergency.

The Navy authorized the use of exilium for ejecting pilots in 1940, but the spell has a more common use in the sanitation industry. Since the spell consumes what is in essence garbage, worker’s across the country use it to send objects in and out of the Void thousands of times a day to reduce waste. The object, called a gopher, varies from place to place but is usually a ball signed by all who use it.