Obelisk

The Obelisks are minor artifacts in the form of a menhir, inscribed with Astral Runes designed to regulate and stabilize the Polarities of essence within its area of effect. In this way, Obelisks are able to cleanse an area of Miasma poisoning and other similar afflictions.

The Obelisks are powered by Prima Materia, which must be renewed with a special ritual each year in order to keep functioning. Should one of the Obelisks go more than a year without a maintenance ritual, it can be damaged as any other object, though it remains a dense and difficult to break stone. Destroying one of the Obelisks breaks its link in the chain of Obelisks, though the gap in its effect can vary between a few dozen feet to several miles in length.

Obelisks are hailed as a miraculous breakthrough in Arcanimancy, as they provide similar benefits to the The Vasimar Cleansing rituals but are able to cover a much wider area and only need to be renewed once a year. However, they do have their limitations-- they are only able to be constructed on Ley Lines, and they require valuable resources to function, which sometimes makes them targets for vandalism and theft.

In recent years, a network of Obelisks has been established along the Ley Lines of the Eternian Empire due to a collaboration between the The Caravan and the The Celestine. The majority of this network runs along the central and eastern Provinces of the Empire, as the The Vasimar have resisted efforts to expand the network through most of the Gaean Heartlands.