Airships

Airships are objects of great beauty, and are quite rare in The Continent of Aegeron. They are exclusively made by inventors and artificers, and are considered a full life's work to invent and build one.

Difficulties of construction
Most commoners have only heard of airships from tales of adventurers, and even more educated people (merchants, nobles, or even wizards and sorcerers) can only guess how airships are constructed.

The greatest difficulty in constructing an airship is neither the materials, nor the knowledge required to understand the plans and build according to them, but rather the fact that no such plans exist as part of the common and available knowledge. Inventors are known to be secretive, to the point where if one succeeds with a remarkable invention, they will consider it their prized possession and theirs alone, including plans and all related designs.

Therefore, every airship, when built, is reinvented anew, and each follows a different design and has largely different properties.

Airships known to the Avalanche
It is hard to estimate the number of airships in existence on Aegeron, their numbers likely don't exceed two dozens. The Avalanche Adventuring Company was fortunate enough to encounter two already: Jubilost Zottenropple's "The Majesty", and Andromeda Fierra's "The Angel's Flight".

Already on these two ships the party has seen the variety of differences airships can exhibit. "The Majesty" was a gigantic, stunning piece of wonder, capable of lifting tonnes of cargo even in the terrible storm of the Eternal Winter. Meanwhile, Andromeda was ready to point out to the party that the light, two-ballooned "The Angel's Flight" surpasses Jubilost's creation in maneuverability and elegance.

It quickly became evident to the Avalanche that even if inventors are not familiar with others' plans, they most definitely know of their creations.