Spiegel

Reflects and duplicates appearance — mirrors, false faces, bounced effects, twin images.

How it works

Spiegel is correspondence. It makes one thing answer for another — face for face, bolt for bolt, truth for a polished lie. In composition it returns Stoss, doubles Schleier covers, and lets Hall echo from the wrong corner. Fictionally Spiegel hates perfect stillness; a mirror that never flickers is a tell.

Combines well with: Schleier (veil the real), Hall (throw the voice), Gitter (many mirrors).

Function in Compositions

Form glyph. Use it when the fiction needs this verb at the center of the declaration, then dress it with school and scale.

Typical 7-9 Risk Signature

7-9: the reflection works, but it shows too much, bounces wrong, or a twin will not dismiss.

School Affinity Notes

Frequent in Illusionism and Abjuration work, but any school may borrow it when the fiction fits.

Usage Examples

  • You Spiegel a password prompt so it accepts a reflected true-name once.
  • Reflect the password check -> Illusionism -> Spiegel -> Hard -> access, trick
  • In class you Spiegel the demonstration so the back row sees the same hand-signs.
  • Mirror the demo to the back -> Illusionism -> Spiegel -> Soft -> teaching, aid
  • You bounce a scrying eye off Spiegel glass so the spy sees a looped empty room.
  • Feed them a looped room -> Divination -> Spiegel -> Hard -> counter-spy, deceive
  • During a masque you Spiegel two dancers into four to confuse a watcher.
  • Double the dancers -> Illusionism -> Spiegel -> Soft -> crowd, cover
  • You Spiegel a curse onto a prepared doll instead of your own chest.
  • Catch the curse in the doll -> Abjuration -> Spiegel -> Hard -> curse, redirect

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