Magic Items

Items imbued with magic. There are three main types: enchanted items, magitech, and relics. Enchanted items and Magitech are the most common, with the amount of the latter growing by the day. Much of Atria's rapid expansion was thanks to these, since equipping normal humans with magic created a large advantage with the rarity of wizards, especially at the time.

Potions are also technically magical items, though not quite the same as the others.

Enchanted Items
An enchanted item is one that has directly had a magical effect applied to it.

In Atria, one must spend ether to make magic. More magic takes more ether. As such, permanently enchanting something is going to take a massive amount, since the goal is to make enough magic to last forever. There are a few solutions to this: enchant something temporarily and deal with it; keep it going with external ether, either using another wizard or energy lacrima; or for the enchanter to be so good at magic that they’ve applied a spell that lets the armor itself convert ethernano into ether and supply itself like a wizard.

The first is the most common situation, with soldiers and mercenaries getting enchantments reapplied between battles, law enforcement in wealthier cities, or normal people before major situations that would call for them. The second is a bit less common, and tends to be reserved for wizards or people wealthy enough to be constantly buying energy lacrima for their armor. Finding someone capable of the third is exceedingly difficult. Almost as much as finding the money to pay them for the task.

Magitech
Magitech refers to enchanted items, usually via lacrima, with added mechanical components to alter the way the magic interacts with it. In has gone from things like switches and dials to simply control the flow of the magic, to modern day where multiple different magics can interact in complex ways within a single machine, such as in cars and televisions.

Relics
Magical items that were created before recorded history. These items are highly sought after by scholars and collectors alike, often being one of a kind. The Magic Council keeps a close eye on unknown relics as their power varies wildly. If they prove too dangerous they are taken and sealed away, but if not then they are treated as any other magical item.

Celestial spirit keys are relics that most have seen at least once in their lives, with the abundance of silver keys scattered throughout Atria.

Potions
The usual product of alchemical magic, they are concoctions made from magically enhancing or altering ingredients and mixing them together in different ways. The art originated in Lautela from the abundance of ingredients in the wetlands, and has been used to create a vast variety of effects. These days, the Magic Council inspects all potions being sold in major cities, the high regulation making the trade quite a bit less lucrative than before.