Abby Irene is a forensic sorceress as well as a Doctor of Thaumaturgy. As such, her knowledge on the subject is pretty damn good.
Her magic/etc works very much in line with older grimoires and alchemical text. There's no modern magical theory to this one; this one is the 'eye of newt, wing of bat' type, so to speak, with full ritual required for anything she'd need to do. She's a little unorthodox as she carries her ritual supplies in a carpet bag for easy carrying and has a few preprepared goodies on occasion, but that's more practical than anything else.
The only ability that doesn't match this would be her wand, which has a freezing charm which can freeze someone in time and space. Ie, she can stop someone running away to arrest them, but she can ALSO freeze someone to stop a poison from running it's course until she can figure out a solution.
Re: Magic Abilities
Her magic/etc works very much in line with older grimoires and alchemical text. There's no modern magical theory to this one; this one is the 'eye of newt, wing of bat' type, so to speak, with full ritual required for anything she'd need to do. She's a little unorthodox as she carries her ritual supplies in a carpet bag for easy carrying and has a few preprepared goodies on occasion, but that's more practical than anything else.
The only ability that doesn't match this would be her wand, which has a freezing charm which can freeze someone in time and space. Ie, she can stop someone running away to arrest them, but she can ALSO freeze someone to stop a poison from running it's course until she can figure out a solution.