A type of spell used to check if an object is alive.
The object in question can be anything, including sentient billiard balls, or intelligent brickwork, but it is most commonly applied to dolls to check for curses of one sort or another
Often required to check that the figure placed on top of a bonfire in on Guy Fawkes Night isn’t sentient. Some prankster spirits have been known to imbue their own life force to animate the ‘guy’ such that the doll only starts to become aware it can move as the fire is lit, making the figure move and sometimes even dance in the flame. It should be noted that in most of these cases the animated doll has awareness but doesn’t know, care or even feel that they are in the fire. However, there have been cases where a more advanced awakening or a curse has been present and it is quite useful to know beforehand if there is life in the bonfire. Also good for detecting if there are any Roasted Hedgehogs living in the fire.
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