Arcane Energy/Vessels
Arcane energy, or aether, is a resource that can be housed in various vessels for ease of use depending on the sought use. The vessels can be broken down into several categories.
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Focus
A focus is used to assist a spellweaver in channeling their aether, whether it be naturally from their aether gland or the environment around them. While foci are easily obtainable to the common folk, advanced spellweavers—especially those studying in the Arcane Sciences Division—will often opt to use them as their licensed weapon. A focus's durability and usefulness will always depend on several factors: the material, its size, what element it is channeling, and how demanding the spells are. Alternatively, a focus does not have to be a luxurious purchase; races like Sectum will bond with an object with great meaning and use it as a focus their whole life if possible.
Essence
Aether essence is a completely inorganic, manufactured version of aether, stored in various glasslike housings that are easy to break. It functions primarily to fuel magitech items like a a battery in an attempt to draw less from organic aether within the environment. Essence is no where near close to being perfected, but so far, it appears to work successfully in a similar nature to the organic Aether. Essence is to be used for recurring daily life events within the world to make it more accessible to even those that struggle with their magical abilities, suffer from biological inhibitors, or simply do not want to learn magic
Essence, however, is also very hard to craft, and is incredibly limited due to it being a locked away resource. The only individuals who have access to essence easily are Arcane Science Division researchers. Magitech item distribution is highly controlled, and is often only offered as a purchasable item to high-ranking or upper-class residents of Eversun City. This is also in part due to the fear of overdistribution and overproduction. These outcomes could potentially be disastrous.
There seems to be rumors of darker practices by others not of the Adventurers' Guild used to create their own run-down versions of essence. There have been several attempts of thievery as well.
Runes
A rune is a visual symbol etched into an object that has a pre-casted spell stored within. It is a magically charged item that can only carry one spell alone, and periodically needs recharging. This technology is a more primitive alternative to essence, as runes can be etched into any vessel as long as the vessel is reinforced to release said spell without breaking but requires someone to cast the spell in the first place and constantly requires recasting. This technology is mostly utilized by the Outerworld Division, as their personal protection equipment makes use of a large number of runes to magically deter the effects of chaotic aether seeping into their bodies.
Charms
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Crystals
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