Skyrider Dweorhs

Skyrider Dweorhs
The Skyrider Dweorhs, the least understood of all of the Dweorhs, Dweorhs that have left the ground behind to live among the clouds. Mountain Dweorhs, who climbed the tallest peaks and discovered the vistas of valleys, hills, and mountains made of clouds. The Skyrider Dweorhs used their smithing and crafting skills to envision flying vehicles and floating cities. Second tallest of the Children of Earth, these Dweorhs have embraced the Air. They are the thinnest of Dweorhs to reduce the weight of their flying devices and style their hair and beards into the images of flight that brought them above the clouds; wings, bird forms, and the clouds themselves.

History
The Skyrider Dweorhs are the Children of Earth that the other Dweorhs would very much like to no longer called Dweorhs or Children of Earth, as they no longer live upon it. These Dweorhs have fully embraced the skies and clouds above Orenda, much to the consternation of the Aviarus, the Elves, and their cousins. The Skyrider Dweorh history is much like that of the Lake Dweorhs. They are Dweorhs who eschewed returning to the subterranean mountain homelands. Instead they continued up to the tops of the mountain peaks. They planned only to view the world of Orenda from on high, before finally returning to their mountain homes. Upon reaching the summit of the tallest mountain of Orenda they were astonished by the view; valleys, hills, and mountains of clouds.

These Dweorhs instantly understood why the Aethers and Aviarus loved the firmament so much. They longed to be able to explore this new skyline as they had explored the the potential of the surface of Orenda. They began with kites, to no avail and many an injury. They tried artificial wings, fashioned after the image of bird and Aviarus' wings. Many a potential Skyrider Dweorh discovered it took more than just wings to fly or at least wings that might need to be much larger than what they saw on the backs of the "First Children". Eventually they discovered the ratio of wingspan, thrust, lift, and weight distribution. They created things they called; hang-gliders, gliders, balloons, blimps, dirigibles, airships, and rocket packs. After a while they built a flying house. Then a village. A floating town. An airborne city. Eventually this led to their ultimate creation, a city-state that flew. As big as a nation, which they flew in a slanted figure eight above the lands of Orenda.

Half the city-state eventually fell.

This fall began the "Elven-Dweorh-Aviarus-Cataclysm War".