Runecraft

What it governs

• Yield rises with the level; pouches of Crafting's leather haul the runes.Charter, Part VI — Runecraft and the altar map
• Every spell rests on it, so mage wars are won by holding essence veins.
• Altars are formations the world grew: found, never built.
• The first rune divides the world's history in two.
• Its recipes are hidden chains, tied to Magic and Crafting.Mechanics §12 — deferred, with owner intent

The order it goes in

The chain.

1. Essence, mined — and a mystery mineral until somebody understands it.Charter, Part VI — Runecraft and the altar map
2. A talisman, carved from tin — which lies beside the altar it opens.
3. An altar, found where the world grew one.
4. Runes.