Spellcrux
The Spellcrux is an artifact unique to the Arcane Order. It was conceived through enormous effort and time by Regent Liwendyll while she was still a guild wizard researching the intricacies of the dweomer. With her promotion to regency (in no small part due to her Spellcrux conception), she turned the design into a physical reality. With the completion of the Spellcrux, ranking wizards in the College of Wizardry are able, in effect, to spontaneously borrow spells from a physically distant common source.
Through enchantments only made possible through a weave of selective phrases in both Aleph and more commonly understood magic, a crystal vessel was created that has the capability of holding a large reservoir of potent. The spells in the crystal vessel can be called forth by any wizard properly keyed to it and to a personal focus that accommodates the transfer of the desired spell from the vessel into an empty spell slot of the appropriate level in the mind of the wizard.
Knowledge of the Spellcrux is a closely guarded secret within the Order. Members of the college are encouraged not to divulge this information to outsiders; such behavior could invoke the betrayal clause in a member’s oath of membership. Even the initiates of the college are ignorant of the Spellcrux; however, apprentices, guild members, regents, and the chancellor each hold an individual focus. This knowledge and focus are gained upon reaching apprentice status.
Each focus is individually keyed to its holder; wizards who are not keyed to a focus are absolutely unable to draw forth spells from the Spellcrux (a strong magic is evident if detected for, on each focus). The process of attuning a focus and its holder to the Spellcrux requires a number of steps, summarized in The Ritual of The Crux. Each time a member of the Order gains improved access to the Spellcrux, she must undergo this ritual.
The rules that govern the use of the Spellcrux are fairly simple. The link between the focus and the Spellcrux is intangible and operates at any distance within the world in question. It is unknown whether the link continues to function on an interplanar level.
The link does not function in any area of antimagic or dead magic. A wizard in physical contact with the personal focus can concentrate for a moment to gain an up-to-date inventory of the spells currently residing in the crystal vessel of the Spellcrux (see below). If time is short, the wizard could trust that the desired spell does indeed still reside within the Spellcrux and call for it from his focus.
Item type
Magical
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