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

I wonder why Morgause couldn't just make 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. Unless the spell required the prospective source to be put to sleep beforehand--like she did to Morgana just 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.)