Invocation of the Confinement (invocación del encierro) is a possible spell, curse or state of magical quarantine whose exact nature remains obscure. The only quotation that mentions it reads: “Pero tenés que estar invocando el encierro” (“But you have to be invoking the confinement”).
The references suggest an astral or magical imprisonment, perhaps a forced cleansing of consciousness (“you are not awake”), or else an infernal defense against intruders from other planes. It may be related to the Law of Constant Equilibrium, which regulates the Descent.
Connections
- The Descent: the gesta (campaign-cycle) context in which the Confinement operates.
- City of Dis: possible seat or origin of this defense.
- Plutus: lord of the plane under whose jurisdiction the Confinement acts.
- Hell: the cosmological structure that contains the Confinement as a control device; the Law of Constant Equilibrium is its legal framework.
- Limbo: transit plane from which the Confinement might isolate travelers.
Spanish entry: Encierro, invocación del