PENTAGRAM OF FARALLAH

Version: Conjuration

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Pentagram of Farallah used the displacement aspect of the Fangs of Farallah spell to achieve a contemporary teleportation of 5 beings. Being a simple spell, it probably allowed teleportation only on the same plane of existence where it was cast.

Casting Time: a few seconds
Range: touch, between the targets
Components:

• five target creatures in contact between them;
  
• probably a somatic component: hand/fingers movement;
  
• probably a verbal component:

By the Fangs of Farallah, we do implore
ye grant us passage through thy door.

Duration: Instantaneous
Primary effects: group teleportation; maximum distance from the source: unrevealed, at least some miles.
Collateral effects: bright light emission in the shape of a circumference, bad smell (like cat pee).

History:

(Avenging Spider-Man#8 (fb)) - Doctor Strange needed to avoid a direct confrontation against Doctor Doom. He took advantage of the situation because he had four allies nearby and some seconds to cast the spell freely, because Doom was distracted by Spider-Man. He cast the Pentagram of Farallah teleporting Silver Sable, Princess Linka, a Wild Pack member, Spider-Man and himself from an alley of New York to another alley.

Comments: Created by Ty Templeton and Dan Slott, Matt Clark and Sean Parsons.

    Apparently no music nor sounds came out while the Pentagram was used.

    In Ultimate Spider-Man Animated Series, Season 1 Episode 13: Strange Day, Doctor Strange used a teleportation spell the shape of which was circular, but the symbol inscribed in the circle seemed a Pentacle (not a Pentagram). It was the symbol on the main window of Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. The Doctor didn't call on any Principality's name.
    Other differences were the number of targets involved (only three) and the otherworldly distance to the destination. The distance spanned two different dimensions, from the real world to the Dream World.
    The main basic difference is that the source Earth is an alternate one.
    The animated Episode was re-printed in Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man#21 and Marvel Universe Doctor Strange.

Profile by Spidermay.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Pentagram of Farallah is very connected to the Fangs of Farallah and quite connected to the Talons of Farallah, but has no known connections to:

• Electric Pentagram - created by Stephen Loss, a devil-breaker-- Hellstorm#12
• the magic Pentagram where Johnny Blaze tried to contain Ghost Rider into--Ghost Rider III#14
• the pentagon of silver fire formed by four voluntaries and Doctor Strange to seal a Sa'Arpool--Doctor Strange II#45
• the Mystic Pentagram of silver fire used by Satana to save Doctor Strange--Marvel Team-Up I#81
• the magic Pentagram used by a Doctor Strange against another Doctor Strange--Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (movie)
  
• or any other item or character with a similar name.

A Pentagram spell (Earth-199999 (Marvel Cinematic Universe))

Classification: Magic Spell

Creator: Unrevealed

User/Possessors: Doctor Stephen Strange

First Appearance: Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Version: Conjuration

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Pentagram is primarily used as a ranged attack. Under the right conditions it can counterspell other sound damage-based spells.

Casting Time: A few seconds
Range: Short (30 feet) or more
Components: Somatic, at least: arms/hands/fingers movement
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Primary effects: A Pentagram appears before the caster, with some notes inscribed onto it. The Pentagram is almost wide as the caster's spread arms. With a simple gesture, the caster can hurl the Pentagram at his enemy. A struck would suffer physical damage, and would be pushed away. The hit causes a resonance, a sort of vibration which apparently splits the target into multiple versions of himself, each of them very close to the original one, but more ore less impaired by the vibration, for few seconds.
    The Pentagram worked as a perfect means of defense when captured musical notes from a hostile enchantment, such as notes that had been transformed and used as projectiles.
Collateral effects: Purple or golden light emission and aura around the Pentagram. Music (see comments).

History:

(Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness) - Two Doctors Strange battled against each other dueling for the possession of a tome of the Darkhold. The first Doctor to use music to attack drew notes from some musical scores and flung them to hit the one in possession of the tome. The second Doctor, the evil one, defended himself erecting a barrier with the rows of the Pentagram, capturing the notes, then counterattacking with the entire resulting score. The first Doctor reduced the damage thanks to a magic shield, nonetheless he was pushed back by the explosion and was affected by the consequential vibrations. The good Doctor recollected the spread notes and shot another musical charge. The first Doctor used again the Pentagram to capture the notes and hurl multiple charges of Pentagrams, but this time the shielding Pentagrams of the good Doctor resisted.

Comments: Created by Sam Raimi

    It is unrevealed if the resonance effect has a sort of connection with the vibrational properties of alternate universes, which would explain the presence of alternate versions of the target, drawn by their respective Universes in that single time-space point for few seconds.

    The first Doctor Strange attacked using Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony", while the evil Strange replied with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"; the music resulting from the whirl of the two musical streams was a different one ("Lethal Symphonies" by Danny Elfman).

--Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness

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Avenging Spider-Man#8, p8, pan3 (The Pentagram of Farallah teleporting the heroes)
Marvel Universe Doctor Strange, first story, page 4 panel 3 (teleport to the Dream World)
Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness - the movie (the Pentagram unleashed by evil Doctor Strange)

Appearances:
Avenging Spider-Man#8 (June, 2012) - Dan Slott & Ty Templeton (writers), Matt Clark (pencils), Sean Parsons (inks), Wilfredo Quintana (colors), Elizabeth Pyle (editor)

First Posted: 06/24/2021
Last updated: 07/07/2024

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