Flying Carpet
♪A whole new world!♪ Oh wait, wrong one...
Flying carpets, also known as magical carpets or flying rugs are a special kind of rugs that can be found in Moskova. They are also featured in several folk tales, in many of them sharing a place with The Firebird and other creatures like Sirin. The most recognizable feature of magical rugs is the ability to fly and carry huge amounts of weight in the air, but there are also records of carpets with other powers such as invisibility. They are one of the most common items own by witches, but also are one of the things that catch tourists' attention. The first mention of them in the novel is during the seventh chapter.
Materials and designs
Fake flying rugs
Client:"100 rubs for a rug?!"
Seller:"But it is a real magic rug, you won't regret it!"
Client:"For the last time, magic rugs are just a fairy tale!"
Seller:"But in Moskova, fairy tales are real!"
Client:"I'm not a kid! This is the last time I buy something here, this city is full of scammers!
Seller:"But..."
*Aliosha and Dylara pass by on a really turbulent magic carpet ride*
Client:"Give me ten"
Asides real flying carpets, it is also possible to find fake ones around Moskova. In fact, in most markets, the amount of Fake rugs sold can surpass the amount of real ones. This tends to be done by sellers who like to take advantage of tourists. Alongside common rugs claimed as magical, it is also common to find defective and illegally obtained carpets. This is a problem in most markets of the Empire, but it becomes serious in bigger cities such as the Capital, where crime gangs can involve in commerce.
A curious law...
"It is forbidden to argue about politics while riding a flying carpet after 9 p.m"
Sergei: Taxes should dissapear!
Ivan: Taxes are neccessary!
*Sucession of punches among both men*
*Rug crashes on the window*
Prince Vasily: And that window will be paid by both of you's taxes.
Power generation
MagicPropulsion
MagicRelated Ethnicities
MoskovarSuper Fast Rugs and Rug Races
Magical rugs can have any imaginable feature, however, there's a special kind of rug donominated as "Super Fast Rugs". While a normal rug can fly in a velocity range between 0,5 km/h and 120km/h, these rugs can reach even higher velocities. These rugs don't tend to be sold to common people pretty often because the excess of velocity can be dangerous, but there's a sport that uses them as their main feature: Rug Races. As how people do Sukhilx Races in the South, in the West of the country Magical Rug Races can be a pretty crowded event, and one of those "must see" for tourists who visit Ulán Shang Kov. Why not enjoy your ride with some music?Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
The parts where you address the viewers directly such as with the top-most quote are fun and I also enjoyed the mental image Sergei and Ivan throwing a whole rug crashing through a window. The idea of bootleg magic items intrigues me and has me thinking if such things would be possible in Val-mundi. All-in-all: another nice and to-the-point article, yo.
Gege Escriva
Thank you a lot! It was lots of fun to write. I planned this article some time ago but could never begin to write it, but yesterday realized that giving it a decen amount of comedy could work for making it enjoyable, and for balancing the world's tone, since there are some "dark" articles here, and a humourous one could give the readers a breath from darkness xD I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I'm looking forward towards knowing what kind of Magical items we can fin in Val-mundi *eyes emoji*