Flying Carpet
All surfaces that come in contact with magical beings will slowly develop a thaumic field, much in the way that shuffling on a carpet in your socks causes a growing static charge. Typically this results in a carpet suddenly and spitefully moving beneath its owner's feet, often at just the right time to cause a crash, or a tumble. Welcome mats, bathroom rugs, curtains, tapestries are known to have become flying carpets. If the problem is ignored (which its owner does at their own peril) the carpet may become more powerful, more aware, or suddenly sentient. In extreme cases, such carpets have become very powerful, very aware, and fully sentient flying carpets. See Animate Objects. This tendency explains why magic practitioners who avoid carpeting are the longest lived.
Manufacture
Mass prodution of flying carpets for transportation has evolved over a century. The earliest factories used a rapidly moving carpeted belt, and a golem, but were only able to operate during lightning storms. Modern approaches are closely guarded trade secrets. Mass produced flying carpets are balanced for safe power, specific awareness, and minimum willfulness. However, the faster models also have increased willfulness. Cheap magic carpets produce a thick, magical pollution behind them.
Transit
To fly any flying carpet, rug, beach towel, wall hanging, or over-sized doily in Halcyon, you must have a license from the Department of Transportation.
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