The Aerosphere

High above the Vorn Farum desert, the Aerosphere has floated for the last 200 years. A towering structure in the clouds, helmed by Gnomes who took to the clouds with the help of mechanical magic long before the current written history. It is said by the people of Vorn Farum that the Aerosphere descended from the clouds one day, giving credence to the local theory that the gnomes are not of this world. However, though many Gnome wizards have traveled far and wide throughout the universe, Gnomes are originally of Cuzona and have always been deeply connected to it.

History
The Gnomes of the Aerosphere have traditionally been extremely secretive and were once thought to be a myth as they famously did not decend from their flying city for over 3000 years. Following the destruction of the Gnomeish city, Seion, the last of the gnomes took to the air by harnessing both magic and machine in perfect unison.

The gnomes prospered through the centuries, high above the land of Cuzona, and through the ages, gnomes hadn't been encountered by the citizens of Cuzona since their ascent. Phinneas changed all of that 190 years ago when his interests led him to leave the Aerosphere and explore the surface world below. This departure set off a cultural revolution among the gnomes and in the centuries that followed, many other gnomes began to leave the Aerosphere in search of new experience and knowledge.