Carian Retaliation

Type

Sorcery

FP cost

8

Memory slots

1

Stamina cost

15

Requires

17Int

Spell school

Carian sorceries

One of the sorceries of the Carian royal family.

Swing your staff to dispel incoming sorceries and incantations, using their power to retaliate with glintblades.

This was the Carian royal family's secret means to prepare against the disloyalty of the academy. The moon and stars would one day go their separate ways.

Seluvis's Rise

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Ranni's Rise

Before you go

• Have 9,000 runes.
• Join Ranni's service and finish Seluvis's potion request to use his living shop, or offer his bell bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks if he has died.

1. Clear Caria Manor in northwestern Liurnia and defeat Royal Knight Loretta. Leave her arena into Three Sisters and visit Ranni's Rise, the western tower.
2. Agree to serve Ranni and speak to the spirits downstairs, including Seluvis. Return upstairs to finish Ranni's conversation, then go to Seluvis's Rise south of her tower.
3. Take Seluvis's Potion and deal with his delivery request. Giving it to Gideon at Roundtable Hold disposes of it without sacrificing Nepheli; speak to Gideon about Nepheli first if that option is not available.
4. Return to Seluvis and tell him the request is finished. Buy the sorcery from his shop. Amber Starlight is not needed for these starting shop spells. If Seluvis has died, take his bell bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks.

Notes

• Requires 17 Intelligence, one memory slot and a glintstone staff. Costs 8 FP and 15 stamina per cast.
• Time the staff sweep to an eligible incoming sorcery or incantation. A successful interception creates three hovering glintblades that launch when a target approaches.
• Casting without a compatible projectile does not create the three blades. It is a timed interception rather than a lasting barrier against all magic.
• This is the sorcery, not the shield Ash of War. It does not give a staff the shield skill’s ordinary melee-parry function.
• The retaliating blades deal Magic damage. Magic bonuses and appropriate sorcery bonuses are relevant; Shard of Alexander and shield upgrade claims belong to the separate weapon skill.
• It cannot be charged, so Godfrey Icon does not apply. The blades also need a clear path and can miss a moving target or strike cover.
• Can be cast on Torrent, although the casting motion slows movement. The spell does not protect against arrows, bolts or ordinary melee attacks.
• Costs 9,000 runes from Seluvis after opening his shop. His bell bearing preserves the purchase at the Twin Maiden Husks after his death; Amber Starlight is not required for this spell.