Brimming with power, these magical artifacts that contain the flames of a living phoenix are all that's left of Elianna the Brave.

"No other sorcerer had ever attempted to harness the power of a living phoenix, yet Elianna would not be deterred. After decades of research she finished a spell that indeed managed to contain Phoenix Flames, but the resulting implosion destroyed the intrepid sorcerer along with her house and gardens. All that remained were these stones, which are said to curse whoever tries to use them."

Living magic caught in liquid, swirling and shimmering, always trying to escape its confines.

"There's no such thing as living magic!" - Theran, Head Wizard of Umbril, two days before his remains were found in a locked room amidst the broken glass of a Shimmering Sand orb.