My third entry for the 2023 Wandering Skies contest in the “Off The Beaten Path” category, and also a collab with Isaac.
Horatio Swiftbreeze is an experienced adventurer, well versed in less than legal enterprises. If not for his uncanny ability to disappear into uncharted territories, he would likely have been a prisoner in the imperial jails years ago. Fleeing an ill-fated attempt at an airship hijacking led him to a group of massive islands within a large bank of clouds. On docking at one he discovered majestic birch forests that beckoned him deeper inland. The mighty stone ruins he found crumbling away left him wondering what could have come of the inhabitants of these lands…
