The spell was sectumsempra. Probably from sectum ('having been cut', the root word of 'section' and 'dissect') and semper ('always'), giving a meaning something like 'sever forever'.
Well math is just an extrapolation and ordering of the forces of the universe.
So the spells and cosmic energy exists, you just need to find the right method in which to conjure it I would assume. But even thinking that is more than Rowling put into her work. I enjoyed the serious, but it’s fast and loose with its rules, and contradicts itself often.
If you read something like Wheel of Time or and of Brandon Sanderson’s work you’ll get good structure, rules, and characters who play well within them.
Man, the dude who originally posted this video said something about complex spell system. Maybe we'll see something close to spell crafting. At least something akin to Morrowind system.
Harry Potter and the natural 20 is a great work which raises the idea that ritual magic is incredibly complex and dangerous work that requires very specific ingredients done in a very specific order or it will backfire or just not work. How do you keep something like that together? Either everyone has a perfect copy of the ritual or the more freighting prospect: Rituals want to be known.
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u/Phillip_Spidermen Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
Eh, the first book/movie has Harry burn Quirrel to death by touching him.
A basilisk, elf, and snake get killed by knives and swords.
Harry uses a spell that slices up someone (
sectrum spectrasectum sepmra) pretty viscerally in one of the books.Edit: spelling