Item Enchantment Technology / Science in The Sagas | World Anvil

Item Enchantment

You all must understand that this is no easy task to achieve as pouring your magic into an object can be taxing and possibly kill you if you are careful. - Elder Enchanter

Utility

The idea of fusing magic into items is something that has utterly changed how magic can be used in the world. As even people without magic can use these items without any harm to them. It also allowed reaching achievements that were not thought possible without it.  

Limitations

  An enchantment is as only good as the Enchanter who casts it. Meaning that magic being cast on an item will have a certain degree of skill placed into it, which often restricts the item’s usage and how it can be used.   Novice Enchantment: Items that are often made by a beginner that lacks strong magical capabilities. It can only be used from the race for short periods.   Craftsman Enchantment: A decent amount of magic and effort is put into the item. Allowing an item to be much stronger and last for longer amounts of time.   Expert Enchantment: It can only be achieved by those who have mastered their craft over the years. Allowing for an item to retain more power and can be used for several hours on end before being drained.   Master Enchantment: Something that only those who have poured their heart and soul into creating or in this case magic. An item that holds such an enchantment will hold great power inside of it that it may not be possible to even lose its power for any amount of time and can be used without restraint.  

Abuses

  While Enchantment may lead to aiding in reach new heights with an item it is not always for the greater good. Those who have learned Dark Magic have been known to use enchantments to corrupt the items to do things that should not be ever used. Items such as these will often give the user great power, but many of them will often take a toll on the one using them.

Manufacturing

Enchanting something into a magic item requires a special magic-user called an Enchanter that is trained to create such items. Often requiring the user’s magic, magic glyphs, runes, or material with magic in it. to give an item its magical essence to allow it to use its magic and have it remain inside by allowing it to absorb magic in its surroundings remain in use. This, of course, takes time as magic was never meant to be stored in items, and depending on the complexity of what the item is going to be it might take weeks, months, or even years for it to be finished.  

Crafting Tools

  For some items to be created the proper tools must be used in order to create them. Often with things such as weapons, armor and objects to apply magical symbols to them. The art of magic symbol creation can be a complex thing not matter if your just craving them into an item or just drawing as the language of the Arcane is never to be taken lightly as it can as dangerous as using Arcane Speech. As not properly magic the right symbols could lead to problems further on into the process. Requiring tools that can handle delicate work to ensure that it is successful.
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Access & Availability
Many magic users are known Enchanters in the world but are often scattered across the world with only a few areas holding large numbers of them.
Complexity
Enchanting an item is never easy as it is pouring one’s magic into an item. Often require concentration and complete focus to ensure that the magic binds to the item in question. Along with the dangers involved for the one making the items as it could have harmful effects even possible death.
Discovery
It was believed that eastern wizards were the first to enchant magic items, while in the west the Fae was responsible for it.

Restrictions

  While it may seem to be a wonderful thing to create magic items, it is not that simple to anyone trying to make them. As to create a certain type of item one must have the right type of magic to create it. One such example is a flying carpet to create one the Enchanter must be born with wind magic to make it take flight as the only wind can allow it to do so, any other type of magic will not due. There are also some cases that two or more types of magic need to create an item meaning that more than one enchanter of the required magic must be present to create it.  

Enchantment Circle

  One cannot simply create magic items through sheer willpower as it often requires an enchantment circle that allows the magic to go inside the item in question. As the circle draws magic into it and then into the item. But it must be properly created and controlled by the Enchanter for it to properly work or it may lead to problems during the crafting process. As there are several different forms of the circle and several different symbols that are needed to create different items.


Cover image: Enchanting by Sandara Tang

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