White Silence’s frost-touch¶
What it is¶
The White Silence’s frost-touch: granted power from the White Silence. A healer’s touch that heals by frost: holy calm, closed wounds, the ending of fever. It is also a cold that spreads.
White Silence’s frost-touch
White Silence’s frost-touch · school¶
Type |
school |
Family |
granted |
Note |
The numbing touch of the White Silence, freezing sensation and remorse. |
Who can use it (path & tier)¶
A vessel only (tier 5): Jadvyga from 1386, whom the Force uses as a conduit. She is “a saint” by acclaim, not decree.
How it works (medium, words, timing)¶
She lays on a hand: her touch closes a leper’s sore overnight (Book II ch. 21). Frost fern-patterns grow where her hands lie, and on a baby’s lips. Warmth leaves the healer; sound dies around her.
Costs¶
Warmth leaves the healer: a week of being unable to get warm, two days of an aura of cold around her (Book II ch. 21, as she tells her confessor). The child’s lips go white. Frost passes into those who kiss her hand (Jogaila). Sound dies: at the 1385 union the quill makes no noise (Book I ch. 28b).
Limits & counters¶
It is not hers to command; it is a Force’s will wearing her hands. A žaltys warns her that “the Silence will freeze your heart while it saves your soul” (Book II ch. 21). Counters: warmth, such as tears (Book IV ch. 14), and a living flame; its own touch smothers Wind and freezes Water.
Folk basis [Historical record]¶
[Historical record]. Jadwiga of Poland (c. 1373–17 July 1399) was crowned king (rex) in 1384, married Jogaila in 1386 after being betrothed to Wilhelm of Habsburg, and died days after her infant daughter Elizabeth Bonifacia. She was canonised in 1997. The frost-touch is saga overlay; her reputation for charity and piety is historical.
Notable practitioners¶
Jadvyga (Book II ch. 21, the night her child is ill, July 1399). Her body “does not decay but turns to salt and silver”, an anchor for the Force in the Polish heartland. Jogaila carries its frost afterwards (Book III ch. 3; Book IV ch. 19).
- School
- Granted power from the White Silence
- Tier
- Tier 5, a vessel: Jadvyga from 1386
- Casting
- She lays on a hand. It is not hers to command: the Force's will wearing her hands
- Components
- A vessel of the Force
- Cost
- Warmth leaves the healer: a week unable to get warm, two days of a cold aura. The child's lips go white. Sound dies around her
- Duration
- A sore closes overnight (Book II ch. 21)
- Limits
- She does not choose when. It is a cold that spreads
- Counters
- Warmth, such as tears (Book IV ch. 14); a living flame. Its own touch smothers Wind and freezes Water
Healing by frost. Holy calm, closed wounds, the ending of fever. Frost fern-patterns grow where her hands lie.
The kiss. Frost passes into those who kiss her hand: Jogaila carries it afterwards (Book III ch. 3, Book IV ch. 19).
The warning. A žaltys tells Jadvyga that the Silence will freeze your heart while it saves your soul (Book II ch. 21).
Connections¶
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jadvyga["Jadvyga (Jadwiga)"]
white_silence["Baltoji Tyla (White Silence)"]
white_touch["White Silence's frost-touch"]
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jadvyga -->|Practises| white_touch
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