Shards of Light

Given the importance of luxamancy in bronze sidhen culture, they have long since learned how to trap sun-, moon-, and starlight for later use. The most common method by which these casters will capture and store such energy are through the colloquially known "Shards of Light".
Shards of Light can be constructed in many different shapes, methods, and degrees of complexity -- all depending upon how, when, and under what circumstances the trapped light is meant to be used. The most basic are simply shards of transparent glass, into which a luxamancer will channel a bit of magic that can then absorb and safely store the next direct, natural light it is exposed to. As such, even untrained casters can learn how to replicate this process with a little practice, and bronze sidhe children are often given small, rounded pieces of broken glass in order to hone their skills and experiment safely with their magical abilities. Those with particular promise, or who manage to do so with particular potency, are often encouraged to go into luxamancy in some form as a result.
The size of each individual shard does have some bearing on how much light or stored energy it can hold, but the strength of the caster creating the magical item also plays a role. Some particularly powerful magic users can create incredibly powerful 'batteries' this way, using the stored magic to augment, bolster, or otherwise strengthen their own abilities. For luxamancers, Shards of Light are also an easy way to store spells for later use. In instances of institutionally-funded or ritualized magic, specialized Shards of Light have also been used. These are less simple bits of glass and instead intricate systems of prisms and mirrors, with which the luxamancers can both harness and multiply the effects of the light they have stored. This method is also useful for spells that require particular kinds of light, such as sunlight trapped during high noon in midsummer, or the light of a full moon.

Type

Glass