Machines

Usually spherical, usually the size of a football, the machines are built to harness the "orbs", making them usable and more stable. Nonetheless, even with the use of machines, few people are able to use the "orbs" at all. Creation of the machines is a hard craft to master, requiring a skilled hand with a large range of materials and tools, great practical knowledge, patience, perserverance and a certain amount of intuition. Most people do not understand the difficulties and dangers (powerful orbs pose a threat of possession) involved in creating the machines and thus view the machinists as tricksters, shrouding an ordinary craft in mystery and using the resulting mystique as an excuse to charge more money than they should and to adopt a superior air. As a result of these combined factors, the crafting of machines is a dwindling art.

BabaDraconis 21:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)