High Eeries

When the Skyships of the Sonvada became overcrowded, they began to search for a new, permanent home. With the lands still in a state of upheaval, the most stable and defensible position was high on the slopes of the surviving Elder Mountains, and of the lesser peaks which now clustered around them. On broad platforms supported by bouyant stones, the sonvada created at first a waystation, which grew into the city of Songale (sun's reach), and then spread into the collection of platform cities which became known as the High Eeries.
Each platform city is centred on one or more of the high peaks of the Wall of the World, and spreads across partially buoyant platforms able to support buildings of stone.

1. Songale - largest and oldest of the Eeries. It rests on four peaks, the Elder Mountain Hythas and its satellites Laeth, Conor and Gelad. Three of the peaks rise out of the platforms, while Conor is capped by the Palace of the Sun, a five-tiered fortress of shining marble and the administrative heart of the High Eeries.
2. Borgale (north reach) - the second city of the group
3. Arteles (cloud walk) - home of the largest air dock in the Eeries. Together with Songale and Borgale, forms the administrative and commercial heart of the Eeries.
4. Sephirold (western hold) - military centre; home of the military dock
5. Borold (north hold) - garrison platforms for the fleet; great telescopes at the northern edge were established to watch the Orcs of the Diasporas, and now watch the Giants in the north.
6. Vandra (Foundry) - industrial centre; a ring of forges and workshops built around Mt. Euralt.
7. Naugale (southern reach) - the only platform city with no bridge to any of the others, it belongs to the Priory of the Dance, a monastic order dedicated to the Dance of Winds.

The High Eeries was the first post-Cataclysm centre of note created by any lineage. While never reaching the direct power of the Regime or the Legion, it has achieved an antiquity beyond any other. Through its airfleet it maintains links with cultures across the dome of Ainos, and exercises an ongoing influence on sonia cul­ture.

Type

Political, Federation