Hamara’s Lens (Aurora)

A Hamara’s Lens is a powerful and ancient magical artifact originating from the state of Old Belsegallia and scattered across Terra Aurora by the events of the Larinata Disaster. Thirty are confirmed to have ever existed, with most being lost or destroyed; the remainder are highly sought by mages, collectors of magical artifacts, and others who know of them, whether for their historical value or for their immense magical capabilities.

Characteristics

Form

A Hamara’s Lens consists of a 30-inch tall, 5-inch diameter, faceted crystal in the approximate shape of a vesica piscis; the widest diameter of the lens is bound by a metallic ring made of a metal resembling polished silver and set with smaller red crystals. The color of the central crystal varies by its magical focusing configuration: the master lens is white, lenses from the Ring of Life are rose pink, those from the Ring of Soul are pale sky blue, and those from the Ring of Magic are lilac. The lens’ assigned position for the Ritual of Transcendence can be identified by etchings on the central binding ring. The weight of a Hamara’s Lens is approximately 12 pounds.

Function

The intended function of a Hamara’s Lens is to act as a magical focus and amplifier. In addition to acting as a near-perfectly efficient spellcasting focus when used, a properly used lens will channel its innate magical energy to increase the power of spells channeled through it by a factor of up to 50 or more. This trait allows a magic user wielding a Hamara’s Lens to cast significantly more powerful magic than normally possible while expending minimal effort.

The greater intended function of the Hamara’s Lenses was as ritual tools during the Rite of Transcendence, with their core purpose being to allow the participating mages to channel magic of enormous power for the lengths of time required.

Manufacture

The method of manufacturing a Hamara’s Lens was lost with many other Old Belsegallian magical arts during the Larinata Disaster, while in-depth examination of recovered examples is hampered by the inherent risk associated with tampering. It is known that the central crystal is an alchemically manufactured material with magical energy-manipulating properties similar to those of Witch’s Tourmaline, but with enormously higher magical permeability and innate energetic capacity.

List of artifacts

Thirty lenses are recorded as having been involved in the ritual precipitating the Larinata Disaster, including one master lens and 29 normal lenses. No further lenses are confirmed to have been manufactured based on extant records, though the consensus of modern Belsegallian scholars is that construction of one or more prototypes was highly likely.

Approximately five to ten of the lenses present at Larinata are believed by Belsegallian mages to have fractured during the Larinata Disaster based on the level of magical energy released. The fates of most other lenses present is unknown; dispersion across considerable distances and/or into inaccessible locations by either launching or teleportation are possible, and some intact stones are likely to be permanently lost.

Lens number	Final operator	Fate	Notes
Master lens
0	Hamara Terenashu	Unknown
Ring of Life
L1		Unknown
L2		Recovered	Retrieved intact from the ruins of Larinata alongside lens M1 shortly after the Larinata Disaster; currently in the possession of Queen Xana L’aderina of Belsegallia.
L3		Unknown
L4		Unknown
Ring of Soul
S1		Unknown
S2		Unknown
S3		Unknown
S4		Unknown
S5		Unknown
S6	Xana L’aderina	Fractured	Confirmed to have fractured by eyewitness statement.
S7		Fractured	Identified by location as the proximate cause of the Larinata Disaster. Confirmed to have fractured during the Rite of Transcendence; possible causes include a manufacturing defect or improper operation.
S8		Fractured	Fragment of central binding ring found at Larinata.
S9		Unknown
Ring of Magic
M1		Recovered	Retrieved intact from the ruins of Larinata alongside lens L2 shortly after the Larinata Disaster; currently in the possession of Queen Xana L’aderina of Belsegallia.
M2		Unknown
M3		Unknown
M4		Unknown
M5		Unknown
M6		Fractured	Half of lens M6 recovered several toors outside Larinata in anno 1006.
M7		Unknown
M8		Unknown
M9		Unknown
M10		Unknown
M11		Unknown
M12		Unknown
M13		Unknown
M14		Unknown
M15		Unknown
M16		Unknown

See also

• List of significant magic items in Aurora