White Shard Funeral

Cost: 28m
Target: Mirror

A drop of blood and an imperious gesture links a convenient mirror to any other mirror in the world (Creation or the Underworld, but not crossing between worlds). The caster looks into her mirror, sees out the other as if through a window and hears what's happening at the other location. Anyone at the targeted mirror can see and hear the caster, too.

The only limit is that the caster must have some idea of the target mirror's location: Trying to look through the mirror in the Tri-Khan of Chiaroscuro's council chamber doesn't work if you don't know where that chamber is in the palace. If you don't know where the palace is, the best you can do is a mirror somewhere in Chiaroscuro. Arcane links to a location (such as dust from the palace, or a thread pulled from an arras in the council chamber) enable accurate targeting.

The mirror-link lasts (Essence x 10) minutes, during which time the necromancer may converse with people at the other mirror. For every additional five motes, the caster may contact an additional mirror. Each targeted mirror displays what all mirrors in the loop see, giving precedence to the scene before a mirror where somebody speaks. When the spell ends, all the mirrors shatter. Mirrors or areas warded against magical intrusion may be proof against this spell.