Quote Originally Posted by Landis963 View Post
As for constructing the pieces, I think he'd do most of his experimentation in Alabas (he'd lack for test subjects, but that's the only issue) and it'd be easier to smuggle pieces into Almantha than entire artifacts (although if he couldn't break something apart reliably or wasn't confident he could put it back together, he might hire the PCs to re-acquire a specific artifact or two).
Wouldn't an exciting adventure be one where the PCs have to retrieve one of Arrusif's pieces from pirates who stole it from the harbor before it could be unloaded into Almantha? A pirate crew of Water and Air Mages would be a great challenge to overcome...or infiltrate.

ehhh... Let's say "magitechnical". Blood magic per se doesn't really exist, but the devices he uses in the climactic ritual are designed to interact with nexi in a magical way.
Alright, so he has to physically build the Devices he needs to manipulate the Nexi in such a way as to take control of the Sun. It's like Tesla's Device from The Prestige (good movie, go watch it, I'll wait).