Wand Focus: Fire

Made from a crystalline lattice made from quartz crystals, both charged with ignis vis, and of neutral charge, all imbued with the living flame of Nitor. This foci was one of the first developed by the Flare and the most simple to construct, but do not mistake its simple design for being weak! Wand Focus: Fire is one of the strongest foci available in terms of deadliness in combat.

The Wand Focus: Fire has a variety of uses, both mundane and arcane, civil and military, be it simply lighting a candle to charring a piece of meat. The application we will primarily be looking at is its use in combat, and its various enhancements regarding this. The fire focus is the most commonly employed foci on the battlefield purely for its versatility and zoning powers. The wand focus at base will emit a short ranged cone of fire. Each formations Mage-lance is carefully drilled in the use of this foci without damaging its own unit, being deployed alongside Arquebusiers and whose purpose is to discourage cavalry and punish counterattacks by raining fire upon any opponents who survive the volleys of gunfire. The enhancements for this foci will however change its purpose and use cases drastically.

-The Wand Focus: Fire can be enhanced primarily down two paths, each focusing its power in a different way. One set of enhancements will compact the cone of fire into a 'bolt' of fire with a very long arc to burst upon targets and can be used for smashing into farther ranged targets or groups, commonly referred to as 'Firebolt'. It will need a short period to cooldown in order to prevent the foci and wand from turning into slag after large volleys.

-With careful tweaking and further dousing in vis, the Firebolt Foci can be enhanced further to compress all of its power into a single massive boulder of lava that will literally explode powerfully on impact. It moves painfully slow in a heavy arc which makes it difficult to use against fast targets and is far more useful against structures or entrenched forces, or large formations if carefully aimed. It takes quite some time for the wand to recover, and staves are far better equipped to handle heavier foci such as this. It is most commonly referred to as 'Eruption' due to its similarity to ejected masses of molten rock flung by volcanos.

-On the opposite path, the Foci's cone will become tighter and fire in a more condensed state, increasing its range moderately and allowing it to seep through armor when properly aimed. Its arc allows it to be sprayed over groups of enemies to rain down upon them and disperse crowds.

-The final enhancement down this path will focus the stream of fire into a very tight, highly damaging beam that can cut through most metals and woods very quickly. It is devastating when focused against armored targets and can even be used against fairly far away targets, though being fire its effect will decrease the farther range it reaches.

Other enhancements include
-Potency, which increases the heat of its flame and therefore deadliness at increasing vis costs per level of potency applied.
-Efficiency, which increases the flow-rate and channeling abilities of the foci allowing it to fire with less vis consumption, and slightly lower cooldowns per level of potency applied.
-Alchemist's Fire, which causes the flames spewed to stick to targets and burn for longer periods, which cause attacks to leave more destruction similar to the devastating effects of napalm.