Ordonnanz

Ordonnanz is a magic technique involving a yellow feystone by which a noble can send a message to a desired recipeint in short time within the same duchy.

The Ordonnanz spell is one of the most basic technique available to nobles. It is taught to first-years and is the very first spell the students are taught after learning how to summon their schtappe.

A noble merely needs to tap a yellow stone with their schtappe and uttering the word 'Ordonnanz' while doing so. Once mana has filled the stone, it will change shape into that of a small white bird that sits in the spot it was conjured. The amount of mana used depends on the distance the bird has to travel. The bird is able to travel through walls and such.

The stone looks like a raw feystone from the outside, but is in fact a magic tool.

Once it has taken shape, its conjurer can then tell it their message, and then send it off with a wave of their schtappe.

Upon arriving, it will land nearby the recepient, or on their hand should they put it out. Once the recipient touches it or the bird finished landing, it will relay the verbal message it was sent with three times before reverting to a yellow feystone. If needed, it is then sent back to the sender with either a response to their message, or a simple one word acknowledgement, so that the stone may get back to its owner.

If you are unhappy with the message you recorded, you can erase it and start over as long as it hasn't been sent on it's way yet.

There is a special varient of Ordonnanz where the magic tool is shaped like a sheet of parchament, rather than a yellow feystone. Instead of speaking the message out loud, it is written on the paper. Once the message is complete, you feed it some mana and it transforms into the bird-shape and returns to it's paper-like shape upon being tapped by the receipient.

This kind of Ordonnanz has the advantage of being silent and thus eliminate the chance of being overheard.