Flislands

The Flislands (*Southern: /ˈflis.lənz/, Northern: /ˈflʊi.landz/*) are the main contiental masses that exist on the planet of *Oath*. They are composed of unique *geological composites* that allow them to hover through the *saelum*, drifting around the planet through saelic winds. The continent of *Senescensia* is an example of a flisland archipelago, which is made of three tiers of flisland.

The flislands go through a regular lifecycle of breaking, drifting, and reforming. This process can take anywhere between a few hundred to over 5000 years. During the *breaking* phase, dust, small rocks, and loose dirt may be ejected. These will often move at differing speeds to their companion continents[citation needed], which has lead to the buildup of the *Great Dust Reefs* that drift between continents. On rare occasion, the newly formed broken islands will rise or fall, for no known reason. However, most flislands will stay in their usual float range.

## Levels of Flislands

The lowest flislands, composed primarily of *Bedrock,* sit on an average height of 0.98km, or 3,200ft. While these are the smallest landmasses by surface area, they take up the largest percentage of exposed saelum. The Bedrock layers are populated primarily by *Goblinoids*, and are known for exporting high quantities of heavy metals, such as Lead, Thadmium, and Arsenic.

The next layer is the flislands composed of *Ogammite*, which float at a height of 1.96km, or 6,100ft. These flislands are the sturdiest of all flislands, having the fewest breakages. This layer is home to the *Dwarves*, and is known most for it's export of fine rocks and minerals, such as Marble, Opals, and Geodesic Tourmaline.

In the middle, and home to the highest popualtion densities, is the flislands built of *Peytonite,* which average a height of 3.26km or 10,700ft. Peytonite is theoried to have originated from *Karyotite* deposits reacting with the ethanol and carbon dioxide excreted from the Glow Fungus forests present on it's surface. Evidence for this can be found with the increased levitative potential of Peytonite when exposed to Hagravium, effectively partially reversing this process. The Peytonite flislands are home to the *Humans*, and have large exports in the agriculture indistry due to their increased soil pH and calcium density.

The highest layer that is inhabited year-round is the *Karyotite* flislands. These sit at an average of 5.43km, or 17,800ft, above sea level. This layer has been well known for it's disproportionately high fungal forest density, which cover 72% of the landmass at this level. The Keryotite flislands are primarily populated by Elves.

The absolute top layer of flislands are those comprised of Aetherite, floating at an average of 9.85km or 32,300ft. These flislands are not populated by any sentient beings throughout the year. Due to their extreme height, oxygen levels are drastically lowered, and the temperature reaches lows of -40°c at night. However, expeditions do occasionally venture up, and have reported "there is nothing up their[sic] bar snow and rocks. Fuck sake man, we lost Jimmy to get up here".

1. ↑ *Abathgar's ruminations on elevations,* 1942
2. ↑ *'The great drift of Kalam',* Helgeth et al, 1962
3. ↑ *'On the nature of tectonic shift'*, Peitr & Gand, 2002
4. ↑ *'Vertical drift- what we know and don't' ,* Jaj Gestani, 1983
5. ↑ *'Ya boi gun gone did maths n shit'*, Grug the Idiotic, 2013
6. ↑ *'Record of flisland breakages; 1932 - 1982'*, Caefud Kingdom Council, 1983
7. ↑ *'Breaking down Karyotite- this time for science!'*, crazy Jam Bambley, 2010
8. ↑ *'fuckin with Peytonite- this time science can no longer stop me'*, Crazy Jam Bambley, 2011
9. ↑ *'Continental climates' ,* Briccman et al, 2007
10. ↑ *'Diary of Captain Albert Alexander, 1963-64'*, Cpt Albert Alexander, 1964