"Arcane Compendium" Water: Iceheart Knot

Spell name: Iceheart Knot

Basic attributes: Intermediate water spell

Spell category: Low-level divine art; attack spell

Affiliation: Four Rivers Dragon Palace

Brief description: A water-based immobilization spell. Anyone struck by this spell felt as though their entire body had plunged into an ice cellar. Their blood and meridians froze, their face turned blue and white, and their limbs could no longer move. Icicles often appeared on their eyebrows and hair. If the caster possessed powerful magic, they could freeze the target solid, killing them. If other attacks were inflicted before that point, they often caused the target permanent physical harm! Since this spell was commonly mastered by divine beings of the aquatic races, it was classified as a divine art.

Spell weakness: Earth-based defensive spells could effectively resist it.

Recorded appearance: In Chapter Nineteen of Volume Two, "A Sword Sharpened for Ten Years," the Dragon Palace princess Ling Yier cast this spell in an attempt to halt the "little flute thief" Zhang Xingyan as he hurried away without a backward glance. Her attempt failed.