Its a Philosopher's Stone

With bright light and 5 minutes burn time, this is required equipment for any cave-diver worth his salt.

Once little more than a standard place of higher education, now the University of Firdon sits at the heart of the magidustrial revolution soon to sweep through Ryngard.

The simplest way to tell if someone is a Thaumatech Engineer is often to ask to see his kit bag...

Thaumatechnology - in a world where straight magic has an unnerving tendency to get the user killed, either by magical catastrophe or by being lynched by an upset mob, this is a much safer form of magical use... Even if it does occasionally explode.

An attempt to improve the venerable elixir of haste, there remain a few... kinks to be worked out.