Elemental Plane of Air
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
It is as open as the eternal sky. It is as solid as a child's breath. It is falling forever.The Elemental Plane of Air is an endless vault of sapphire clarity where horizon and zenith blur into one. Clouds of every temperament, gauzy veils, anvil-headed thunderheads, mile-deep fog banks, float as archipelagos in a sea of wind, while errant islands of stone, salt, and ice drift like slow ships on invisible currents. Pressure and temperature braid into jet streams that whistle like harp-strings, then slacken into silent blue hollows; in places the sky knots itself into maelstroms that roar for decades, ring-shaped tempests that swallow light and sound. Fly far enough and the atmosphere thins to crackling ozone, where lightning sheets the distance; veer another way and the air grows cold until snow and diamond dust bead your lashes; nose toward smoke and the breath grows hot and thick, presaging the borders of other elements. Everywhere the world is motion, eddies and updrafts, buoyant thermals and sudden down-bursts, yet there are calm “lee pockets” around cloud-isles where cities perch and djinn palaces hang by chains of wind.
Customs
Oath of the Open Hand
Djinn Skyfarers who share water and a story at first meeting earn one day’s truce and guidance on prevailing winds.Tourneys of the Eight Winds
Formal duels on cloud-arenas, victory by ring-out or banner-catch, never blood.Cloud-Gifts
Parting tokens braided from mist and hair; if knotted correctly, they dissolve into a favorable updraft when untied.Geography
Notable Locations
Citadel of Ice and Steel
Djinn city-palace anchored to a crystal hurricane’s eye.Borealis
A ribbon-bright auroral reach that sings when flown through.Taifun, the Palace of Tempests
A court built inside a domesticated storm.The Great Funnel
A sky-well that drinks islands and returns them years later as rain.Travel and Access
Blue Ethereal curtains open to the Border Air. Vortices appear in hurricane eyes, mountaintop jet streams, and canyon thermals. Edges feather to Smoke, Ice, Lightning, and Vacuum. Wind compasses (or a djinn pilot) are essential; maelstrom belts can trap travelers for days. With it, the Astral pool provide additional access aswell as many other planes provide acess the plane, such as Platinum Palace.Inhabitants
Air elementals and animentals; invisible stalkers; djinn and some jann; arrowhawks, sylphs, cloud giants; mephits (air, dust, ice). Traders and scouts from many planes ride tethered sky-isles.Localized Phenomena
Ring Maelstroms
Toroidal tornadoes; entering without a guide risks days of disorientation.Pressure Ladders
Stacked isobars you can step to climb or descend at walking speed.Singing Aurora
Curtains of charged light; spoken words echo as harmonics audible miles away.Glass Hail
Microscopic vitrified dust that sands exposed gear on contact.Soundshadow
Wind-shear lanes that swallow noise, which is perfect for stealth, disastrous for signaling.Trait Type |
Description |
|---|---|
| Gravity | Subjective directional (You choose "down"; strong often override careless choices). |
| Time | Normal. |
| Shape & Size | Infinite Sky. |
| Morphic Traits | Elementally morphic (air elementals, djinn, and great storms can reshape weather and cloud-mass). |
| Elemental Energy | Air Dominant. |
| Alignment | Neutral. |
| Magic | Air, sonic, movement, weather are enhanced; While earth, vacuum, suffocation magics are fickle and impeded; fire without fuel sputters. |
Alternative Name(s)
The Endless Sky, Endless Expanse, The Firmament
Type
Plane of Existence
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