Even Ambrose, who considered himself widely traveled and well informed, had never seen a sight like this before.0

Chunks of land of all different sizes floated in every direction, some bearing mountains and rivers, others lakes, volcanoes, or vast cave systems. There were even shattered, half-ruined cities scattered among them.1

Each fragment was oriented differently. Some were upside down; others slowly rotated through the void. Yet the creatures living on those fragments seemed completely unaffected, just as people standing on the surface of a planet never notice its rotation.1

The floating lands were not entirely isolated from one another, either. Occasionally, two fragments would drift close enough that their inhabitants could fire projectiles across the gap. Most simply hurled objects through the air, though whether they were fighting a battle or conducting some sort of cross-platform trade was impossible to tell.0

Such a bizarre world… Could this be the divine realm of the prankster god Nalskiach?1

Catherine looked just as astonished. Even the ancient records of the elves contained...0