Carriage

Carriages are defined in this world as drawn carts with often cushioned seating intended for transporting passengers. As the preferred method for transporting groups of people over distances, carriages can be found in nearly every country. Each one has their own style.

Crecia

Carriages here are known for their open tops and having only two wheels instead of four. These carts are typically pulled by one horse and most well-to-do families will own one. They can seat between two and four people at once, depending on the size. The only exception to this is Dreitheos, which has carriages more in keeping with Lasposan style, due to the smog.

Laspos

Lasposan carriages are opulent affairs. Four-wheeled and covered, carriages in the Empire are famous for their curtained glass windows and smartly dressed drivers. While the rich can and certainly do own their own, usually ornamented with gilding and elaborate hand carvings, there are also simpler carriages-for-hire that one can request the services of off the street. Horses pulling the cart always come in pairs, and the more a carriage has, the more affluent they are perceived to be.

Lumin

In the fey country, carriages are really more akin to wagons, though being made completely of wood. Travelling alone in the Fey Forest, even along the path, is dangerous. As such, the Luminese people took on early the practice of moving in large groups, often taking their entire homes and livelihoods with them. Even after Lumin was established as a proper country and Sola Nightingale had made living there more viable and easier, some communities kept on with the caravan tradition.

Barque

Because of the sun's oppressive heat, a fully covered carriage would be too stifling, but a fully open-air one would pose a serious risk of heat stroke over long periods. The people of Barque worked around this by having open-air two-wheeled carts with fabric stretched overhead to provide shade while still allowing plenty of airflow. As horses would be expensive to keep in such an environment, most carriages here are hand-drawn. Naga are the most common caddies to be found, because of their natural speed, smoothness of movement, and their hardiness to the sun's effects; it is not unusual to find other races pulling carriages as well, though.

Finnaden

Similar in design to Lasposan carriages, the ones in Finnaden are significantly more simple in their design. Comfort is emphasized more here than show of wealth, and just about anyone can afford a ride to the other side of town rather easily. These carriages are single-horse drawn. They also feature a driver, though one here would probably never be caught dead in formal wear on the job.

Nickname

Fancy Wagon