Editing Skylands (section)

== Physical Properties ==
The Skylands are the collective name for the multitude of floating islands that exist in an endless sky.  Islands vary in both environment and in size, many islands are small and meander across the sky on predictable paths but some of the larger island (such as the floating continent of Terra Firma) maintain a more or less constant position.  The Skylands are divided into five distinct layers, each becoming progressively more alien and uninhabitable as the altitude lowers.  Most races live at uppermost layer which is analogous to sea level in our world in terms of pressure and climate though alpine and desert regions are not uncommon.  Just below this lies the Wilderness, while similar to the surface(name needed), the Wilderness is much cooler and wetter, as such the Wilderness is populated mostly by dense jungles and dangerous creatures.  Coupled with its impassable terrain, the Wilderness is covered by thick cloud most of the time and as a result is mostly uncharted and home to few permanent residents, the only traces of civilisation are the long abandoned ruins and temples that dot the jungles (like Machu Pichu and Angkor Wat), what happened to these civilisation is unknown. Beyond the Wilderness lies the Abyss, this cold dark region marks the edge of explored sky. The creatures who live in this region are bizarre and mainly feed on debris falling from above much like deep sea life on earth.  The farther down one goes into Skyland, the more dark and dangerous things become, until one reaches The Mists.  The Mist is a frozen place drenched in blue half light that is the final resting place for many of the islands that slip from their orbits like an island graveyard, The Mist is named after ever present thick fog that shrouds it's islands and becomes progressively denser until it finally makes travel impossible. Any life in the Mist is usually very large and very dangerous.  There are tales of mysteries and secrets shrouded by the fog of the Mist and rumours of structures nestled amongst the glaciers that predate any known civilization are hotly debated by scholars. There is no "bottom" of Skyworld as we may think of it, but instead only the Maelstrom an endless, hellish realm known only to the fewest of scholars and even then only as legend and myth.