

But there was something that could help me. Not impossible but the more complicated aspects could easily break down. That called for another pile of fire crystals. I hoped to combine some fire and order vis into energy and force it into the alchemical furnace to burn into essentia. My control over vis was incredible precise compared to what others did. Even just stealing some coal from the orks would make this much easier. The placement of my workshop was great for the long-term but right now I regretted being this out of the way. I already spent one to get here from the goblins and would need another to fly back. Something I could easily buy from the dwarves though it would take me another two days to get to Borsdown and back. Energy was most easily accessed from coal. Two aspects somewhat difficult to come by. The small ones were enough for this process, though I needed a lot more than if I used what the Thaumonomicon called ‘normal size’. I only needed to get some from every node nearby. Burning the shard would also let me get all primal aspects. Greatwood or silverwood might work as well but I did not have any on hand. The best way to get the magic essentia was by burning shards. Energy, aura and magic were needed for both the caps and the wand core, with a bit of every primal aspect for the latter as well. The infusion process required a bunch of essentia. I could give it a little push to change direction but the speed would stabilize quickly. The glittering magic dust was thrown over the matrix and pillars and with a sound of reality cracking as if someone had smacked the window a little too hard, the pillars bent to the middle. I placed it in between the tips of the pillars and picked up some of my salis mundus. The cube made of cubes would float with a little bit of vis poured into it, which was just what I needed. Said item was placed on the ground nearby. I had not yet activated the runic matrix. In the centre, the final pedestal stood, surrounded by the four pillars. I probably would need them down the line. This time, I only needed seven spots for the wand core and then later, three for the caps. I had the pedestals placed in a clean circle, a set of twelve. The infusion altar was somewhat prepared.

The crafting process I wanted to attempt was not easy. That made me think, maybe I could generate enough heat with a similar artefact for it. Heating the crucible was not necessary, for now, but I still placed it on the plate right next to the alchemical furnace. Later, I wanted to get some proper coal or maybe even the alchemically upgraded version: alumentum. For fuel, I decided to go with the quick way of simply taking some wood from the valleys around. I had left shelves in the stone wall for my jars but I might end up digging them deeper into the wall and adding stairs for the golems. It was about three metres tall, just enough to fit an alchemical furnace with four alembics. She probably could grow some kind of magical beanstalk to bring her up.įrom the entrance, the room extended three metres to the left and ten to the right. Nymph probably could get in but she would have trouble scaling the steep cliff. The cave I had dug out could only be entered with my or if one was small enough to fit through the hole. I was sure there were some other things but none I needed right now. A special manipulator to improve or adjust the effects of foci and a golem forge. There were more ways to create new gadgets or modify others but those were primarily a luxury. A crucible, an alchemical furnace and an infusion altar. My workshop was ready to be populated with the most important magical devices a thaumaturge needed.
