Look! Up there! In the sky!

Wasteland Airspace (#28/30; #118/365)

Occasionally, some sort of weird flying thing (i.e. not 'normal' birds, flying reptiles, giant insects, or a Harpy, Bird-Man or Life-Stealer), will be spotted in the sky, high above the desert as it floats or cruises through the clouds to diverse possible destinations. Roll a die to determine its provenance:

1. Warpstone Dwarven Airship: This is an expeditionary scouting force, sent by King Kurad Dragonhelm of Warpstone to check the local terrain and threats, and test the long-range capabilities of the airship. Will have anywhere between 20-50 Dwarf crew and air marines armed with flintlock weapons on board, depending on airship size (which, in turn, is dependent on how big a chunk of warpstone they managed to lever into the ship's warpstone drive).

2. Flying Carpet Travellers: This large flying carpet is almost certainly controlled by Kharhanion the Competant (from Dust Town - see #103) transporting 1-3 wealthy passengers to (or back from) one of the following destinations (roll a die):

    1. Shazaar, and then on to Salamonis

    2. Sapphire City

    3. Pellod

    4. Tavern of Tan-Kha

    5. Halak and/or Rimon

    6. Oyster Bay

There is a 1 in 6 chance the carpet belongs to someone else (a mysterious mage, a powerful adventurer, a Black Elf sorcerer, etc.), in which case there will be no passengers, other than the flyer's minions or companions.

3. Hot-Air Balloon: Roll a die to determine who is flying and piloting the craft as part of a burgeoning north-west Allansia ballooning scene:

    1-2 Desert Elf aerial scouts (2-4 warriors)

    3-4 Shazaar Air Guild test pilots (1-3 humans)

    5-6 A lone Hamakei sage on a journey of discovery across the desert

4. Airborne Steed: Roll a die to determine who is wheeling across the sky on the back of a large flying creature:

    1-2 A gruesome Hag, flying a Giant Vulture

    3-4 A Desert Elf messenger-scout, flying a Giant Eagle

    5-6 A Black Elf warrior-noble, flying a Firedrake

5. Clandestine Pangarian Flyer: A small, storm crystal-powered Flyer from Pangaria is rendezvousing near Dust Town to drop off the magical products of Technomancy. 2-7 Pangarian Goblins will be on board, and attempt to cowe anyone they encounter by claiming to be deities from the heavens, flying down to Titan on a chariot of the gods!

6. The Riddling Reaver's Airship: This gigantic marrow-shaped dirigible will be slowly floating across the sky, above the desolate landscape. It is debatable as to whether the Reaver himself may be on board, but the airship will definitely be crewed by up to 20 Replicanths, with 1-3 Genie officers also present.