Magic and Technology

An account of all the magical and technological forces that impact the world, history, and culture of Ouranos.

Magic
Ouranos is a world crawling with magic at nearly every corner, and as such, most magic is known by all; if not all the details memorized. Few bits of magic have not been explored, with these topics being necromancy, and the like.

Because of this, people like magical items merchants sell items at a relatively low price, though enchanters usually tend to be more steep and rare to find.

Ancient Artifacts from the ancient society known as the Aenids are immensely powerful, and are the rarest of items within the known world.

Technology
Ouranos is set mostly in a medieval/ancient history setting so the majority of the world is built around sprawling castles, thatch homes, and people in raggedy wool clothing. But! Thanks to the discovery of an orange crystalline substance known as Dryft, some peoples (mainly the orcs) have made advances in increase level of late.

Dryft, though crystalline is buoyant in the air, and heavy in the water. Hence why islands with great amounts of it float, and eventually after crashing and forming larger islands, plummet under the weight. It also possesses a large magical power, though mysterious in its origin, is greatly powerful. Harkers, the guns of the setting actually let out blasts of lightning through heating of the substance. While Howlers, the floating ships of the setting cool the substance to set off bursts of cold air, allowing them to push and direct their ships.

Other than Dryft, more classical mechanical contraptions such as elevators, advanced mining shafts, and golem engineering can be found in Norduin, the kingdom of the dwarves.