Vallard and the Smoke Sculptors

With Vallard's entry into the Empire, it quickly became apparent that Smoke Sculpting could be incredibly useful for constructing and maintaining bridges between the islands of the city, and within a generation a group of Smoke Sculptors had established themselves in Vallard with the patronage of the then Prince.

The wealth that they gained lead to Vallard becoming a centre of the art, second only to the Academy in Turningford. At one point relations between the Academy and the Pontifices were tense, but Vallard's ceding of the right to teach the magic settled the issue for many years.

Now Pontifex Labant has been a prime mover in Vallard's declaration of independence, and there are rumours that he has been suborned by Uldish agents, for their Guild would dearly love to obtain the secrets of Smoke Magic.

What makes this worse is that Vallard has a unique spell belonging to the school, that could potentially devastate the whole tradition.

Unravelling

Intensity: 6

Casting Time: 10 minutes

Duration: Permanent

Attunement: No

Casting this spell requires a flame and a variety of specialised powders; burning these produces coloured smokes that can infuse into a Smoke Sculpture and cause it to come apart into multi-coloured wisps that quickly disperse.

The caster, in addition to exceeding the Intensity of the spell with the casting roll must also achieve a width of 2 for Minor smoke magics and 3 for Major.

The only copies of this spell are held very closely – half the text is with the Pontifex at all times, the remainder is held in the Vaults of the Pontifices Island under guard.