Thaumatrope

A thaumatrope, also called an imagoricle or moon lantern, is a device for displaying images by thaumaturgical means.

The simplest thaumatropes are a box with a single open side, into which the image is projected creating the illusion of reality. The most complex devices have a glass panel covering a layer of coloured sand or beads, which are manipulated by the source to form an image. The simplest thaumatropes require the greatest skill and energy to use, whereas the most complex constructions are easiest to operate and most energy efficient.

Imagoricles were once most common in Anrel, though with the rise of Rasia in the Beryl Epoch and its monopoly on teaching magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic

In common terms, magic is the art of producing a desired outcome through occult means. Various arts are described as magical, from common street illusionists, village herbalists, and rituals for the intercession of deities. However, true magic is the art and science of elemental mastery, harnessing elemental creatures and instructing them to perform simple or complex tasks., their use declined, restricted to entertainments by court sorcerors in the period before the Long War. Today they are rarely seen, but are most often used between magisters as a way of communicating over long distances.