Secrets of Endari: Dev Diary #5 (Shards)

Shards.

Two weeks ago, we talked about Soul, the magic of Endari. Well we can't finish the discussion on Soul without mentioning shards.

Across Endari, deposits of crystalline shards dot the landscape, revealing hordes of wealth beneath the surface. Scholars speculate on their origins and how they form, but everyone knows shards are essentially the condensed, raw essence of Soul.

For an expert can utilize a shard to magnify and expand particular soulic techniques.

A glowing orange shard, for instance, also known as a heat shard, will assist a baker in pushing fire to warm their bread.

An emerald shard helps a healer perform the most complicated soul-amplified stitch.

And a purple shard might ensures a spirit mage has enough energy to see into the mind of their foe.

The potentialities are endless.

More importantly, systematic exploitation and industrialization of shard refinement powers the Shendari Empire. The shard trade is their lifeblood. For shards bring untold convenience to civilization in a way no one thought possible.