Retaining bone charms is now considered a criminal offense, and there is a workshop at the Office of the High Overseer dedicated solely to the destruction of bone charms. However, with the coming of the industrial revolution arising from Esmond Roseburrow's research on whale oil, the Abbey of the Everyman banned the use of bone charms, dubbing them witchery.
In the days before the Empire, ownership of bone charms (including those made from the tusks of walruses in Tyvia, as well as from the claws and teeth of bears in Pradym, a city in Tyvia) was tolerated, as their effects were said to improve the lives of lowly serfs and prevent pregnancies.
