Stormglass Lanterns
Elegant teardrop-shaped lanterns of spun caelum-glass, their interiors swirling with a pale blue-white light that shifts and pulses like a storm seen from above the clouds, captured at the moment of greatest brilliance and sealed within by lumomantic enchantment. They illuminate every thoroughfare and chamber of Caelum with a steady, sourceless radiance that casts no shadow harsh enough to unsettle the eye.
Artifact Details
- Type
- Vessel
- Rarity
- Rare
- Origin
- Developed by Aeriel lumomancers as a practical application of their celestial magic tradition, Stormglass Lanterns are crafted by capturing the raw light-energy of a high-altitude electrical storm within a blown-glass vessel at the precise moment the storm peaks. The technique is taught at the Celestial Academy and considered a foundational exercise in lumomantic containment.
Overview
Stormglass Lanterns is a rare vessel in Landorya. Its known origin is Developed by Aeriel lumomancers as a practical application of their celestial magic tradition, Stormglass Lanterns are crafted by capturing the raw light-energy of a high-altitude electrical storm within a blown-glass vessel at the precise moment the storm peaks. The technique is taught at the Celestial Academy and considered a foundational exercise in lumomantic containment.. Its most cited abilities include Sustained lumomantic illumination burning for decades without renewal, Mild calming resonance, prolonged exposure soothes fear and anxiety, and Partial disruption of dark-magic concealment within their light radius. Accounts also warn of a drawback: A lantern whose storm-light is forcibly extinguished, rather than allowed to exhaust naturally, releases its contained energy as a concussive burst of blinding…
History
Stormglass Lanterns have illuminated Caelum for as long as the archipelago has been inhabited in its current form, and their soft storm-light is considered by Aeriels to be as natural a part of home as the wind itself. Traders from surface civilisations have long coveted them, and a small number of lanterns have made their way into the collections of wealthy Landoryian nobles and merchant princes through the Aeriels' controlled sky-trade routes. During the Duskwind Crisis, the lanterns in Caelum's central districts were reported to have flickered and dimmed for seven consecutive nights, an omen that still troubles the scholars who recorded it.
Powers & Abilities
- ✦ Sustained lumomantic illumination burning for decades without renewal
- ✦ Mild calming resonance, prolonged exposure soothes fear and anxiety
- ✦ Partial disruption of dark-magic concealment within their light radius
- ✦ Storm-energy reserve, can be discharged in a single blinding flash as an emergency measure
Curse or Drawback
A lantern whose storm-light is forcibly extinguished, rather than allowed to exhaust naturally, releases its contained energy as a concussive burst of blinding light and thunder, dangerous to anyone in close proximity.