Laughter is good for the heart

Riddle Rosehearts’ signature spell is “Off With Your Head.” This spell places a collar around the victim’s neck and nullifies their magic. It’s stated that Riddle perfected this spell at age 10. I suspect that Riddle created this spell because perhaps someone in his grade school used magic to break the rules, say open a cookie jar to grab a cookie when they were supposed to be napping or something.

Trey Clover’s signature spell is “Paint The Roses.” He is able to overwrite an object’s characteristics temporarily. Maybe he discovered this spell when he was baking and he accidentally burnt it, so to cover it up, he created the spell and made it seem like he baked it perfectly.

“Split Card” is Cater Diamond’s signature spell, allowing him to create duplicates of himself. Since Cater’s family moved around a lot and Cater wasn’t able to create lasting friendships, I think he made himself his own best friend. If there’s one thing constant in your life, it’s you! Otherwise, I think he created this spell to make his clone deal with his sisters’ shenanigans while he was back in his room or elsewhere.

Leona Kingscholar’s, “King’s Roar,” signature spell turns things to sand. Perhaps Leona wanted to destroy the monarchy. If there was no royalty-based/born-first system, maybe he could’ve been king. Or he simply could’ve wanted to destroy his brother so he could take the throne. Very Scar-like.

Ruggie Bucchi’s signature spell is “Laugh With Me.” He is able to replicate his movements onto someone else. Perhaps there was money or a lovely fresh baked bread on the windowsill. If only he could reach it… So, imagine: he mimed the owner knocking over the bread into his waiting arms. And lo and behold, the bread was there in his hands.

Azul Ashengrotto’s signature spell is “It's a Deal.” This spell allows Azul to grant a wish to the victim in exchange for something valuable of theirs. He created this spell because he was spiteful. He wanted revenge on those who mocked and bullied him. What goes unsaid, though, is that he didn’t want to be seen as the crybaby octopus boy anymore. He made himself useful.

“Shock the Heart” is Jade Leech’s signature spell that allows him to put his victim under a truth spell as long as they look into his left eye, but it can only be applied once and only once on a person. If we go with the Leech family is part of the mafia, perhaps he created this spell to help the family. Gather intel/info from victims who will never be seen again. Otherwise, maybe he heard other merfolk bad mouthing Azul, and he went up to them to gather their insecurities and gave them to Azul.

Floyd Leech’s, “Bind the Heart,” signature spell repels spells. Perhaps, since he was the first to acquire his magic, he wanted to protect his family. And since he hadn’t learned any offensive magic yet, he defaulted to defensive. But perhaps, since his signature spell can also be dependent on his moods, he thought it’d be funny if he was able to fling a person’s spell back at them or make them intentionally miss.

Kalim Al-Asim’s signature is called “Oasis Maker.” Our sunshine boy makes it rain. Admittedly, not the most powerful or useful of spells, but it suits Kalim. I think he created this spell, when he learned that in the past, water was hard to come by. So, he thought what if people didn’t have to go thirsty and could just have water. As he is a very generous boy overflowing with money, he wanted to provide the people with overflowing, fresh, crisp, clean water.

“Snake Charmer” is Jamil Viper’s signature spell, and it allows him to mind control someone as long as they make eye contact with him. I feel Jamil created this spell out of frustration. Why can’t he take control of his own life, his family’s status? If only he could be the one in control…

Vil Schoenheit’s signature spell, “Fairest One of All,” allows him to place a curse on objects or poison objects. I have to wonder if Vil’s coworkers, in show biz, tried to steal his meals or his beauty products. So in typical office fashion, he poisoned his own food/products to catch the culprit. Vil is very serious about his diet and skin care routine.

Rook Hunt finds his target no matter what with his signature spell, “Arrow Afar.” It makes sense that he created this spell for hunting. But I wonder if he lost a target once because he accidentally fell asleep and his target wandered away.

Idia Shroud’s signature spell is unique. “Gate to the Underworld” is an inherited spell because of his family curse, which allows him to open the gate that houses many dangerous Phantoms. I do wonder if the “Game, Set, Match…” part of the spell is his own spin on it.

Malleus Draconia’s, “Fae Maleficence,” signature spell puts his victims to sleep. It’s not confirmed that he is directly descended from Maleficent, but his signature spell may also be inherited. If it’s not inherited, I would think that he created this spell because the castle might’ve been too loud at some point, and as a young child who couldn't control his magic, created a large one that put everyone in the castle to sleep. Or perhaps, in a rare instance, Silver couldn’t sleep as an infant and Malleus created this spell to put him to sleep. According to the wiki, Malleus’ signature spell is an energy field of thorns, which can be altered by Malleus. I wonder then, if Malleus, stuck in the castle, created this spell to keep himself occupied. Like, he created a realm of his imagination.

Silver’s signature spell is “Meet in a Dream.” This spell allows him to dream hop but it only works when he’s sleeping and knows that he is dreaming. Perhaps, during one of his dreams, he wanted to know what his father was dreaming about. While he can’t specify who he visits, I figured in this instance, he was able to visit Lilia’s dream. I also wonder if this allowed him to map out areas in school or at home since he’s not as sleepy when he’s dreaming.

Sebek Zigvolt’s signature spell, “Living Bolt,” allows him to move lightning fast. He turns his body into lightning to move across distances in an instant. Unfortunately, he hasn’t mastered it enough that he paralyzes himself afterwards. He created this spell before he arrived at NRC, and I think he did so because he wanted to quickly catch up to the others. As the youngest, he was probably usually left behind. So, to not be left behind anymore, he created this to be on par with the others. Also, he can get to his liege’s side quicker with this spell.

Chenya (Artemiy Aretmiyevich Pinker) is the Cheshire Cat with his signature spell, “Not All There.” Chenya can make his body disappear. Not invisible, physically not there. Like the Cheshire Cat, Chenya is a mischievous creature, and I think he created this spell because he wanted to prank people.

Rollo Flamme’s signature spell is “Dark Fire,” which engulfs his entire body in flames. I assume this spell is a trauma response to his brother dying in magical flames. But also that he detests himself for having magic and should burn in hell.

Ernesto Foulworth is a charismatic guy, who can charm you in the right direction with “Life is Fun.” I believe his signature spell was created early in life as he had to sweet talk his way around the world. He’s a dangerous salesman.

“Scary Night” is Skully J. Graves’ signature spell. He loves Halloween so much that his signature spell turns things to pumpkins. I have to imagine that someone bullied him about Halloween that Skully turned them into a pumpkin in retaliation. I like to think that he can turn other things into pumpkins, not just people.