Astral Leywright

The Astral Leywright is an arcane machine invented by Laerryn Coramar-Seelie, to be used to transport the city of Avalir to different planes.

Appearance
The Astral Leywright consists of a large pendulum that, in swinging, both generates and holds arcane magical energy. It is fed by a number of green, glowing magical batteries. The pendulum swings above a circular platform covered in runic circles that bears evidence of multiple past attempts by Laerryn to find the correct runic configuration. It has a stone dome on its top.

Activation
The Leywright attaches to the Ley-Rudder. When Laerryn first activated the machine, she used the bow of a solar from the evidence gathered in the investigation into Vespin Chloras to power it. She also used four automata from Nydas, some of which were crushed in the activation of the device. The activation also caused the bow to spin, and the process emitted a large amount of light. It also caused the Arboreal Calix, an ancillary engine of the Ley-Rudder, to draw a large amount of energy. During the activation, Laerryn and Nydas were able to perceive the leylines of Exandria.

Upon activation, Laerryn used the machine to send a small scale model of the Ley-Rudder to another plane: Initially it levitated and began to travel along the same trajectory as Avalir, but then moved at a diagonal and seemed to fade and then vanish. The gems on the Leywright glowed in confirmation that the Ley-Rudder had safely traveled to a different plane.

Principle
The magic performed by the Leywright was indicated to require the special flexibility of leylines and the thinner barriers between the planes that are present during an apogee solstice. While the Leywright's purpose and effect is to permit planar travel, it works not simply by shifting objects to other planes, but rather by redirecting leylines.