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summoning-magic
The chapter explores summoning as a contest of wills where the summoner and summoned creature engage in a battle of perceived strength and control.
1 chapter across 1 book
A Canticle For Leibowitz (1961)Walter M. Miller
Chapter 7
In this chapter, Barjin, a priest and sorcerer, summons the imp Druzil through an interplanar gate to assist in his plan to curse and conquer the Edificant Library, a bastion of order and goodness. Druzil tours Barjin's preparations, including undead guardians and magical defenses, while Barjin reveals his ambitions to overthrow the region's stability. Meanwhile, Cadderly observes the growing chaos within the library, noting the disturbing behavior of the priests and scholars who are succumbing to compulsive gluttony and fanaticism, symptomatic of the curse's effects.