It's not the first time that they've had a name to associate with the entity that destroyed their home worlds, but it's definitely the first time Lucretia has publicly and openly addressed the war they're fighting.
The umbrella definitely has sentience to it, but what type of sentience that is doesn't come innately forward by attuning to it. Leon can suggest some books on the art of artificing, with the clause that he is indeed one of those types, who can enchant weapons to make them magical. But the type of work that was done here isn't something he's all too familiar with.
The book will contain information on the basic, sort of mundane stuff that a beginner-intermediate level would encompass. Namely, how to forge +1 weapons, enchanting everyday objects to gain... object permanence, and some of the intensely draining rituals it takes to fold magic into something that changes it composition forever. See, most wizards only master one school of magic in their entire lifetimes. This calls for transmutation and enchantment at the same time, which is a difficult feat to master. Even some of the world's most renowned archmages, for example the Drow high mage Vizern Devir aren't quite capable of pulling off enchantment above a certain threshold. And this is the same guy who created 4 elemental weapons that nearly caused a war of cultists that lead to the discovery of the Princes of the Apocalypse.
That said, this item doesn't fit any of the logical enchantments or transmutations that would normally make sense. It's not uncommon to make an umbrella be able to shoot fireballs, or produce spells as an arcane focus. What makes it unique is that there's a big, fat unknown about the entirety of it. When detect magic is used on it, it gives off immense amounts of evocation magic- another highly questionable sort of trait.
At the end of Lion's research, what they'll basically come away with is an understanding of entry level artificing. They should try to imbue some of their cleric spells into an item and see what happens. That might give them a sense of what was done to make the umbrella.
And it also might give the sense that this item is far too powerful to land in just anyone's hands. Especially when that someone seems to be chosen by it intentionally.
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The umbrella definitely has sentience to it, but what type of sentience that is doesn't come innately forward by attuning to it. Leon can suggest some books on the art of artificing, with the clause that he is indeed one of those types, who can enchant weapons to make them magical. But the type of work that was done here isn't something he's all too familiar with.
The book will contain information on the basic, sort of mundane stuff that a beginner-intermediate level would encompass. Namely, how to forge +1 weapons, enchanting everyday objects to gain... object permanence, and some of the intensely draining rituals it takes to fold magic into something that changes it composition forever. See, most wizards only master one school of magic in their entire lifetimes. This calls for transmutation and enchantment at the same time, which is a difficult feat to master. Even some of the world's most renowned archmages, for example the Drow high mage Vizern Devir aren't quite capable of pulling off enchantment above a certain threshold. And this is the same guy who created 4 elemental weapons that nearly caused a war of cultists that lead to the discovery of the Princes of the Apocalypse.
That said, this item doesn't fit any of the logical enchantments or transmutations that would normally make sense. It's not uncommon to make an umbrella be able to shoot fireballs, or produce spells as an arcane focus. What makes it unique is that there's a big, fat unknown about the entirety of it. When detect magic is used on it, it gives off immense amounts of evocation magic- another highly questionable sort of trait.
At the end of Lion's research, what they'll basically come away with is an understanding of entry level artificing. They should try to imbue some of their cleric spells into an item and see what happens. That might give them a sense of what was done to make the umbrella.
And it also might give the sense that this item is far too powerful to land in just anyone's hands. Especially when that someone seems to be chosen by it intentionally.