What is the Sanctuary Spell and why do the churches of various worlds use this with great fervor? As observed from the Empire’s top magical researchers, a large beam of golden light with white particles erupts from the caster. All nearby friendly targets glow in a faint golden light as their bodies begin to rapidly heal. Curses seem to almost vanish but it is later discovered that the Curses actually enter a dormant paused state for a short time until after the spell stops. This spell is very suited for the saintly and clerical members of churches across the galaxy. Most worlds with some form of religious system will use this as the pinnacle of faith and power. As the clergy and faithful gather with their magic linked, the stronger this spell becomes.

It has also been observed that limbs lost in combat can be restored as they are regrown from their own bodies cells. It has been observed that the restored limbs have only 80% function to them, not enough for the average person to notice but a master of combat or spell casting will notice. As the Empire’s magic casters use this spell the restored limb is 100% combat effective so it is determined that the spells potency greatly depends on the casters magic powers.

The more targets caught in the Area of Effect the lessens the potency, power, and the duration of the spell. The longer the spell is charged and channeled for the longer it lasts. The Empire has observed power saints and priests using this spell for combative purposes due to the large holy light to deal with demons and dark beings as it can deal constant damage to them in a large area.

Due to it being a restorative spell for light beings, dark beings seem to take huge amounts of damage from it- as evidenced from the churches standpoint. This however is an interesting topic to study since the nature of good and evil is subjective and from a moral standpoint. As Astar says, good intentions and actions pave the road to the underworld. After much research into the spell it has been argued and refuted about the nature of the spell and how it actually operates. They brought in a variety of magic casters to test this theory and have interesting stories and results.

Supreme Magistrate Alimah casted the spell and it did nothing. The confusion of the spell is what prompted this whole study. Wanting a lesser form of Twilight Healing to be available to the general public, this spell went from being the biggest gain to the worst flop and no one knew why. This caused intensive research and study into what the Sanctuary Spell really is.

They studied many different magic casters from holy based worlds and it was seen that at the normal levels the eyes can detect this spell is the same however when watched by the Supreme Magistrate Alimah, this could not fool her and distinctions appeared. As spells fluctuate in the powers used in a small amount from each caster, the base spell has about the same power placed into it. With no extra focus or power added into the Sanctuary Spell being casted it is seen that there is a huge fluctuation of power within the boosts, healing, and effect blooms which should be standard and within a very small % margin.

For their research they found a magic caster who specializes in only Arcane boosted magic buffs with no skill in any other magic types and they described the spell to be a massive all powerful full powered boost to a small group of people as it causes large plants to erupt from the ground and grabs people in a cocoon like plant bulb before it explodes and the target is released with buffs. Instead of the Nature Elements failing and the spell working as described like expected, the unexpected had occurred. The spell went exactly as believed and the caster was able to use advanced Nature magic control.

In order to test this “belief” in the spell they had some Demonic Priests gathered together. They described the spell as a huge explosion of dark swirling magic which causes the targets of the spell to gain huge boosts in power while growing in size and gaining the Berserk and Life Stealing effects for a short time. After they are described this spell and its look and effects they casted the Sanctuary Spell and it did exactly that. This was the final proof that the spell is all based on the belief of the spell's operation or comprehension of the spell, not the understanding of the spell itself.

From this mindset it has been determined through much research and testing from the Empire’s magic casters and holy magic casters on various worlds the following results:

The Sanctuary Spell only operates as the user or caster decides it to. Only the targets they wish to heal or hurt will be affected. This also only applies to targets seen by the caster, entities like ghosts, camouflaged people, or even those turned into other animals are not affected by this spell.

The Sanctuary Spell has no morality, no allegiance, and no spell bloom or visual effects unless the caster puts effort into showing it off. That being said, how the magic is taught and believed is how it affects targets, as well as the type of elements used is completely subjective to the caster and how they believe the spell to be used and casted.