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Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, The Edge Chronicles

The Stormchaser was the sky ship which was made for Quint to pursue Great Storms in search of stormphrax. When Quint's dream of stormchasing was cruelly snatched away from him by Vilnix Pompolnius, Quint became the sky pirate captain, Cloud Wolf, and used the ship for sky piracy. Many years later, a woodbug infestation drove up the cost of keeping the Stormchaser skyworthy, and caused Cloud Wolf to accumulate debts. After Twig accidentally caused a cargo of ironwood timber to be lost...

"The strange creature seemingly made of glass" —Tweezel[1] Tweezel was a spindlebug and the inventor of the varnish that made the Second Age of Flight possible. Tweezel was one of the few spindlebugs known to live outside a Gyle Goblin colony. He lived for centuries, appearing in the Quint and the Rook trilogies and having seen three Ages of Flight. He was known to be very devoted to his work. Later on, Tweezel moved to the Free Glades. In the short story The Sky Chart, he asked the Stone...

The Storm Chaser The main sky galleon in the Edge Chronicles

Ship in the sky

Sky ships were flying vessels used during the First and Third Ages of Flight. They were the primary means of transport and trade in the Edgeworld. First Age sky ships were constructed of wood and resembled 17th century sailing ships. In the center of the vessel, a flight-rock was used to maintain buoyancy. The equilibrium could be changed by heating or cooling the rock, where heating it would cause it to sink, and cooling it would cause it to rise. On top of this, to counteract any excess...

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