Piercing the Heel

Cost: 15 motes
Target: One ghost

To cast this spell on a ghost, the necromancer first requires his victim's body.actually just the feet. The caster speaks the ghost's name, then ritually pierces the tendons above the heel of each foot with iron as he invokes the spell. From that point on, the ghost cannot harm the necromancer. If the ghost tries, either directly or indirectly, she immediately falls to the ground. Her legs do not support her, and she cannot move, even to speak, until she abandons the intention.

Countermagic breaks this binding, as will removing the iron from the feet of the ghost's corpse.though the ghost is bound not to do so herself. If the body decays to the point where the nails fall from the body naturally, only countermagic can end the spell. Similarly, when the body is too decayed for the nails to fit snugly through the tendons, it is too late for this spell to be laid. Luckily for necromancers, some First Age ghosts' bodies are very well preserved.