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The Silken Squall is a traveling floating city, and the seat of power of the prestigious Wyvernwind family.

Description[]

The Silken Squall is made up primarily of non-stationary tents and "walls" of some sort, and while the city as a whole is strong enough to hold together and allow people to live there, it is light and travels with the wind across the skies. The Wyvernwind brothers described it as very beautiful, but really boring after a while.[2][3][4]

Society[]

The people who live in the Silken Squall, as well as most of its visitors, are air genasi. Those who are not of air elemental ancestry are allowed, but tend to visit only when properly invited and guarded, although if they're trusted by the Wyvernwinds they don't have any problem.[5]

According to a local, Zunado, for the people of the Silken Squall it was important to be more worldly, and it wasn't uncommon for air genasi in and before their mid-twenties to leave the city in order to travel independently. However, under the current Wyvernwind rulers this practice has been somewhat lost, supposedly because the couple did not have a good experience during their own "treks", and tried to keep their children on the Silken Squall as much as possible.[6]

Notable people[]

Name Type Description
Wyvernwind family NPC The rulers of the city, currently led by a married couple.
Zunado NPC A friend of Cyrus Wyvernwind.[7]

History[]

At some point in the distant past the air genasi community in Exandria got fractured and scattered across the world. However, the Wyvernwind family, despite not holding any formal title or status, became a source of unity and wisdom among them, leading many air genasi to travel seeking the Silken Squall, in order to ask its rulers for advice.[8][9]

The Silken Squall had traveled the world for generations, but it has been flying over Marquet for at least a couple of decades,[10] and in Cuersaar 842 PD the city was near Aeshanadoor.[11] By then, it had been months since the youngest son of the rulers, Brontë, had left the Silken Squall in secret, taking a new name as "Dorian Storm".[12] By 843 PD, his older brother, Cyrus, had left too, feeling the pressure as his parents' heir and learning that air genasi were actually supposed to travel by themselves.[13]

After the apogee solstice of 843 PD Cyrus Wyvernwind was murdered by the forces of the Spider Queen,[14] leaving his younger brother as the heir of the Silken Squall.

Trivia[]

  • While it is mostly described as a city, Dorian at one point said the Silken Squall was a village.[15]
  • Despite being a flying settlement, the Silken Squall isn't counted as a floating city like the ones that soared during the Age of Arcanum, since all of those landed or were destroyed during or soon after the Calamity.
  • In the Silken Squall men and women have equal rights and voices, even within a marriage. In fact, the ruling family themselves respect this, and in their seat of power they have two comfortable chairs, since it is expected that the Wyvernwind leader and their consort rule together.[16]
  • At some point during his adventures with the Crown Keepers Dorian mentioned an ancient time before his people "fell".[17] It is unclear what is the nature of this fall, or if it affected air genasi in general or the people of the Silken Squall.

References[]

  1. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:45:43.  When the group made History checks on the Wyvernwind family, Matt remarked that Chetney would not know anyway as he is not from Marquet.
  2. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:39:16.
  3. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:46:06.  Dorian describes his family as nomadic.
  4. See "Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93) at 3:14:53.  It is mentioned that back in Dorian's home there are tents that aren't stationary.
  5. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:47:39.
  6. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:39:37.
  7. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:39:37.
  8. See "Growing Bonds and Teasing Threads" (3x06) from 0:22:27 through 0:23:40.
  9. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) from 1:39:11 through 1:46:06.
  10. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:46:20.
  11. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 1:46:54.  Seven months before this episode, set in Brussendar 843 PD.
  12. See "The Gift Among the Green" (E1x06) at 1:06:56.
  13. See "Growing Bonds and Teasing Threads" (3x06) from 3:49:17 through 3:50:57.
  14. See "Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93) at 1:46:17.
  15. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 2:18:10.
  16. See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) at 2:17:25.
  17. See "The Oh No Plateau" (E1x02) at 1:08:05.

Art:

  1. Fan art of the Wyvernwind brothers and the Silken Squall, by Linda Lithén (source). Used with permission.
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