Fantastic Light Source: Difference between revisions

* Early in ''[[Crimson Spell]]'', Halvir gives Prince Vald a fairy in a jar to use as a light source, instructing him to smack it and make the fairy angry to make it glow. Vald, who is a nicer person than Havi is, sets the fairy loose as soon as Havi has left.

 

* In ''[[Tangled]]'', Rapunzel uses her magic hair to find the way out of a flooded cave.

* On ''[[Despicable Me]]'', one of the Minions is used as a glow stick.

* ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'': the biolumiscent flora of Pandora.

* Occurs at the climax of ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick|Pitch Black]]'' with the {{spoiler|glowing worms}} found in a cave. The {{spoiler|worms}} helped keep the light sensitive monsters at bay long enough to allow {{spoiler|the survivors to make it to the shuttle}} at the end.

* Princess Eilonwy's "bauble" (AKA the [[wikipedia:Golden Pelydryn|Golden Pelydryn]]) in the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]''.

* ''[[Labyrinths of Echo]]'' has fungi in fishbowls that emit pleasant orange light when irritated (the switch is connected to little brushes). And magical luminescent lamps for blue light.

* In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novel ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', when Luke and Leia enter a series of caves, they discover it isn't totally dark due to a light-emitting fungus growing on the walls.

** A more common one from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is [[Laser Blade|the lightsaber]] itself.

* ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' has glass spheres with gemstones in the center infused with the titular Stormlight used as lamps, they provide a steadier light then oil lamps or candles, and can be easily recharged by leaving the spheres out in a [[Hostile Weather|highstorm]].

 

* The [[Living Ship]] ''[[Lexx]]'' has bioluminescent internal organs.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** 3 ed. added Sunrods as a standard item.

** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has various "glowing globes" and "driftglobes" as a fairly common fixture. The first variant appeared as one of Ed Greenwood's contributions in [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] #41, then in ''The Magister'': [[Reinforce Field|surprisingly resilient]] glass globe with brightness controlled from nothing to ''continual light'' level to momentary blinding flash and following its owner (bound on touch and unbound on ''remove curse'', death or leaving the plane without grabbing it), bargain cost 200 gp - expensive, but not quite luxury item.<ref>for comparison, in Aurora's emporium "standard" hooded lantern costs 7 gold, a 24-vials case of common inks or bound book of 100 blank parchment pages costs 175</ref> There are many variations, of course, including "always on" version, immobile ones (used with nets or brackets) and free-roaming "driftlights". Some procure matching sets with custom hues and/or advanced programming: e.g. driftglobes used in Myth Drannor as "street lamps" were parked in special urns during the day, then once the sensitive gem on an urn's surface is not illuminated enough, they float out and proceed on predetermined path along the street. There's also spell "Nchaser's Glowing Globe" that permanently enchants a basic version - bound to the owner, with brightness attenuated remotely, but without flight part.

* In ''RoomLand'', an ''[[MS Paint Adventures]] Forum Adventure'', the cave Mary-Beth lives in is lit up by some kind of glowing plant.

* In ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'', a man wins Lucifer's soul in a game. He mainly uses it as a lantern.

 

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