Coldstream

Orbiting far from the Skyway center is Coldstream, a medium-sized skylith with synchronous rotation, with long days and nights.  Flamand, a small nearby skylith, seems to play "tag" with Coldstream, causing unpredictable effects.  

Orbit:

not-quite circular.  Perturbed by nearby Flamand.

Rotation:

synchronous, but nutation from the Flamand perturbations.

Gravity:

fairly strong

Climate:

the long nights in the thinner air are cold enough to see snow most of the time.  Smoke from nearby Flamand sometimes affects air quality.

Terrain:

The upward side of skylith sweeps higher, the further west it is, until it culminates in peaks that drop off much more steeply towards the trailing edge.  The sloping landscape means a river runs down towards the eastern edge of the skylith and trails off the front.  Over time the orbital motion and wind blowing the water against the leading edge has carved a channel in the underside.  Almost the entire upward surface is forested, with the tree heights on the peaks weird and twisted from the wind, although there are some clearings for agriculture (mostly root vegetables, chard, and the hardy grapes that produce ice wine) and herds of llama and alpaca.  Growing on the eastern surface of the skylith are mighty sequoia trees.

Governance:

[TBD]

Associations Present:

• Bardic Conservatory is in [TBD], a town in the center of the skylith.
• Children of Āhua have a settlement in the western foothills named [TBD] with mostly Wild elves, Pastoral gnomes.
• Freelancers have a Tavern in Sequoia.
• Navigator's Guild in Sequoia.
• The Great Workshop of Eternal Refinements has a workshop in Cloudworks.
• School of Observing the Dance has a large campus in Sequoia, and an isolated outpost in the mountains to the west.
• Skyguard have an Outpost in Sequoia.