Talk:The Fires of Idirsholas/@comment-37017073-20180926232454

I wonder why Morgause couldn't have just made herself the source of the sleeping spell. From what I remember, all she did to cast it was draw a circle around Morgana with a stick and chant the necessary words. She could have accomplished that easily enough by twirling in place and dragging a stick along the ground to make a circle around herself, and I can't think of any reason she couldn't do that and say the spell at the same time.

Though I suppose it's possible the prospective source was required to be asleep during the ritual - hence her putting Morgana to sleep before drawing the circle around her - which would make some sense for a sleeping spell. (Either that or the act of actually walking in a circle was essential, but that doesn't seem nearly as likely.)