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</table>Twiggyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Crystalline_Focus_of_Aesh&diff=133674&oldid=prevEmmanovi: Emmanovi moved page Crystaline Focus of Aesh to Crystalline Focus of Aesh: Spelling correction2026-01-23T16:26:00Z<p>Emmanovi moved page <a href="/empire-wiki/Crystaline_Focus_of_Aesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystaline Focus of Aesh">Crystaline Focus of Aesh</a> to <a href="/empire-wiki/Crystalline_Focus_of_Aesh" title="Crystalline Focus of Aesh">Crystalline Focus of Aesh</a>: Spelling correction</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Kimus seems to have offered their power to several rituals currently lost to Imperial magicians. Scrolls at [[Madruga#The_Lyceum|the Lyceum]] mention a more potent version of ''Crystalline Focus of Aesh'' called ''Mastery of the Unblinking Eye''. The ritual allows a magician to further increase their ability to wield the lore of Day. According to some fragmentary notes, the ritual either requires or gains additional power from the inclusion of a specially formed sphere of [[Materials#Tempest Jade|tempest jade]] which becomes the focus for the magic. Such spheres are also mentioned as being a common form of boon offered by Kimus to empower ritual magicians. The crumbling parchment scrolls apparently formed part of the collection of magical papers donated by the [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] of the line of [[Guerra]] and strongly imply that the founder of that tribe possessed a complete ritual text detailing this ritual.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Kimus seems to have offered their power to several rituals currently lost to Imperial magicians. Scrolls at [[Madruga#The_Lyceum|the Lyceum]] mention a more potent version of ''Crystalline Focus of Aesh'' called ''Mastery of the Unblinking Eye''. The ritual allows a magician to further increase their ability to wield the lore of Day. According to some fragmentary notes, the ritual either requires or gains additional power from the inclusion of a specially formed sphere of [[Materials#Tempest Jade|tempest jade]] which becomes the focus for the magic. Such spheres are also mentioned as being a common form of boon offered by Kimus to empower ritual magicians. The crumbling parchment scrolls apparently formed part of the collection of magical papers donated by the [[the Brass Coast|Freeborn]] [[hakima]] of the line of [[Guerra]] and strongly imply that the founder of that tribe possessed a complete ritual text detailing this ritual.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Two other rituals are referenced in a partial tome held at the Halls of Magic, the journal of a second century [[Urizen_magical_traditions#Stargazers|stargazer]] named Mattia of Ankarien. In return for certain significant services performed for Kimus, she received access to something called ''The Book of Silver Leaves'' - a collection of ritual texts apparently collected in pre-Imperial times by a cabal of diviners and seers in a distant land dedicated to Kimus. The tome references two rituals that Mattia and her cabal apparently mastered, and used to great effect during the reign of [[Empress Brannan]]. The first is called ''Eternity in an Hour'', which seems to combine elements of the Crystalline Focus with the effect of [[All the World in a Grain of Sand]] in that it grants a magician with the ability to focus completely on rote action and familiar magics. The enchantment allows the magician to greatly increasing their ability to perform rituals they have mastered at the expense of seriously curtailing their ability to contribute to any other ritual - even to one that is in Imperial lore. The other is referred to as ''Mirror of the Heavens'', and apparently represents an even more profound connection to She Who Watches. While it does not provide much additional focus with magic beyond that granted by ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Crystalline </del>Focus'', it apparently greatly increases the ability of the one who bears the enchantment to perform divinations. There are few specifics in the text - which is believed to be a copy of an original tome kept at the Library of Ankarien. If the journal still exists, and should it contain any further information about these two rituals, it is most likely in the possession of the Grendel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Two other rituals are referenced in a partial tome held at the Halls of Magic, the journal of a second century [[Urizen_magical_traditions#Stargazers|stargazer]] named Mattia of Ankarien. In return for certain significant services performed for Kimus, she received access to something called ''The Book of Silver Leaves'' - a collection of ritual texts apparently collected in pre-Imperial times by a cabal of diviners and seers in a distant land dedicated to Kimus. The tome references two rituals that Mattia and her cabal apparently mastered, and used to great effect during the reign of [[Empress Brannan]]. The first is called ''Eternity in an Hour'', which seems to combine elements of the Crystalline Focus with the effect of [[All the World in a Grain of Sand]] in that it grants a magician with the ability to focus completely on rote action and familiar magics. The enchantment allows the magician to greatly increasing their ability to perform rituals they have mastered at the expense of seriously curtailing their ability to contribute to any other ritual - even to one that is in Imperial lore. The other is referred to as ''Mirror of the Heavens'', and apparently represents an even more profound connection to She Who Watches. While it does not provide much additional focus with magic beyond that granted by ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Crystaline </ins>Focus'', it apparently greatly increases the ability of the one who bears the enchantment to perform divinations. There are few specifics in the text - which is believed to be a copy of an original tome kept at the Library of Ankarien. If the journal still exists, and should it contain any further information about these two rituals, it is most likely in the possession of the Grendel.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only rituals that directly provide information as their primary function are considered divination rituals. Rituals that gather information by communicating with an [[eternal]] (such as [[Swim Leviathan's Depth]]) are not considered divination effects. Likewise, a ritual whose effect is something other than providing information to the ritualists is not considered a divination ritual for purposes of Crystaline Focus of Aesh, even if its description talks about divination as the method employed. Spontaneous magic effects may gain the additional bonus; if in doubt consult a referee before performing them.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only rituals that directly provide information as their primary function are considered divination rituals. Rituals that gather information by communicating with an [[eternal]] (such as [[Swim Leviathan's Depth]]) are not considered divination effects. Likewise, a ritual whose effect is something other than providing information to the ritualists is not considered a divination ritual for purposes of Crystaline Focus of Aesh, even if its description talks about divination as the method employed. Spontaneous magic effects may gain the additional bonus; if in doubt consult a referee before performing them.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Hailmurhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Crystalline_Focus_of_Aesh&diff=113911&oldid=prevRafferty: /* Divination Rituals */2024-08-01T11:17:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Divination Rituals</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For purposes of the additional bonus, rituals currently in Imperial lore that are considered divination effects include: [[An Echo of Life Remains]], [[Bright Lantern of Ophis]], [[Clear Lens of the Eternal River]], [[Dreams in the Witch House]], [[Eye of the High Places]], [[Eyes of the Soul's Past]], [[Eyes of the Sun and Moon]], [[Gralka's Gift to the Lost Seeker]], [[Hakima's Glass]], [[Hand of the Maker]], [[Secrets of the Soul's Desire]], [[Shadowed Glass of Sung]], [[Signs and Portents]], [[Skein of Years]], [[Ties that Bind]], and [[Wisdom of the Balanced Blade]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For purposes of the additional bonus, rituals currently in Imperial lore that are considered divination effects include: [[An Echo of Life Remains]], [[Bright Lantern of Ophis]], [[Clear Lens of the Eternal River]], [[Dreams in the Witch House]], [[Eye of the High Places]], [[Eyes of the Soul's Past]], [[Eyes of the Sun and Moon]], [[Gralka's Gift to the Lost Seeker]], [[Hakima's Glass]], [[Hand of the Maker<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], [[Netweaver's Eye</ins>]], [[Secrets of the Soul's Desire]], [[Shadowed Glass of Sung]], [[Signs and Portents]], [[Skein of Years]], [[Ties that Bind]], and [[Wisdom of the Balanced Blade]]. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Raffertyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Crystalline_Focus_of_Aesh&diff=110189&oldid=prevRafferty: /* Divination Rituals */2024-05-09T14:14:40Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Divination Rituals</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For purposes of the additional bonus, rituals currently in Imperial lore that are considered divination effects include: [[An Echo of Life Remains]], [[Bright Lantern of Ophis]], [[Clear Lens of the Eternal River]], [[Dreams in the Witch House]], [[Eye of the High Places]], [[Eyes of the Soul's Past]], [[Eyes of the Sun and Moon]], [[Hakima's Glass]], [[Hand of the Maker]], [[Secrets of the Soul's Desire]], [[Shadowed Glass of Sung]], [[Signs and Portents]], [[Skein of Years]], [[Ties that Bind]], and [[Wisdom of the Balanced Blade]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For purposes of the additional bonus, rituals currently in Imperial lore that are considered divination effects include: [[An Echo of Life Remains]], [[Bright Lantern of Ophis]], [[Clear Lens of the Eternal River]], [[Dreams in the Witch House]], [[Eye of the High Places]], [[Eyes of the Soul's Past]], [[Eyes of the Sun and Moon<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], [[Gralka's Gift to the Lost Seeker</ins>]], [[Hakima's Glass]], [[Hand of the Maker]], [[Secrets of the Soul's Desire]], [[Shadowed Glass of Sung]], [[Signs and Portents]], [[Skein of Years]], [[Ties that Bind]], and [[Wisdom of the Balanced Blade]]. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Raffertyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Crystalline_Focus_of_Aesh&diff=107665&oldid=prevDre at 14:23, 16 February 20242024-02-16T14:23:30Z<p></p>
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