Cloudhaven

The bay of cloud mountains.

"Cloudhaven was founded by Zinato for a reason that only Zinato would, it was a beautiful place. The entire journey there has been designed, from the service staff on the ship to the first view of the Cloudbay. Even knowing that, still an amazing sight."

The Vacation Town

Images of the skyisland that would later become Cloudhaven first reached Breharan in the journals of the crew of the Harani. When the now iconic image of the cloud-filled bay - from the journal of Ryza Chavosi - reached the eyes of a young Dera Ortoh.
A descendent of the architect who designed the Great Dam of Darapur, Dera wanted to create something that would inspire people the same way. This is the feeling she got when she saw Cloudhaven for the first time. The idea of the colony was pitched as a place where people could go to relax, where artists could go to work, and where clouds could turn to coin.
Many years later, in 36EX, when the plans came to fruition, Cloudhaven was born, becoming the first vacation community available to anyone.

The Cloudbay

Cloudhaven is built almost entirely along one road that runs around the Cloudbay. It is in this bay where beautiful fluffy white clouds gather and just sit there like a mountain of their own. No buildings are allowed to be built on the bay side of the road as to not obstruct the view. There is not even a fence for safety, though there have been many heated debates about the installation of one.
Within the bay, schools of silver skyfish fly below the island and through the cloud mountain. Fishing is one of the many activities that vistors can take part in during their stay.

Engineering Experiences

The community was engineered for the experience, the first time anything of this scale had been. The eras preceeding the Time of Exploration were focused on survival and then on reconstruction. Now Cloudhaven stands as one of the icons of the new age beside the likes of skyships and explorers.
The skyport is located on the opposite side of the island not only to avoid damaging the view of the Cloudbay but also to create a short trip from it to the town. During this trip, the bay is not visible until the carriage crests a hill suddenly revealing the entire scene from a great vantage point. There is a faster route into town for goods but the long route allows the driver to tell a story and build anticipation for the visitors.

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Cheap Flights

The first skyships were for nations, explorers, and other powerful organizations. Every ship that was completed already had a purpose and run-of-the-mill people had no chance of flying.
For most people voyages aboard skyships are inaccessible due to cost. While costs had come down as more vessels came into service, most people would not have been able to afford the flights to Cloudhaven.
To make Cloudhaven a place where as many people could go - and spend money - as possible, the town began subsidizing the cost of flights from and back to Breharan.

"I was here when Cloudhaven was still an idea in Dera's head. It isn't the same place anymore.
Used to be that the fae hung around the bay. They were skittish so we didn't see them often. My, we even see them more often outside Darapur than we do here now.
Scared them off. Something about the over-designing of the town for our use has stolen the place from them."

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