How would Floating Islands be represented in Shadesmar?

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

Another thought that just hit me, if there were islands that floated in the air (like the cities on Ashyn) how would they be represented on Shadesmar?

Would they still be flat on the ground like everything else? Would they be inverted so instead of a high flying island you have a deep liquid abyssal trench?

What would happen if there was a Perpendicularity off of the ground? Would that balance things out between the Realms? Make it nearly inaccessible since you'd need to swim from down below in Shadesmar?

Any ideas?

[Argenti he/him]

1 hour ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

Another thought that just hit me, if there were islands that floated in the air (like the cities on Ashyn) how would they be represented on Shadesmar?

Would they still be flat on the ground like everything else? Would they be inverted so instead of a high flying island you have a deep liquid abyssal trench?

What would happen if there was a Perpendicularity off of the ground? Would that balance things out between the Realms? Make it nearly inaccessible since you'd need to swim from down below in Shadesmar?

Any ideas?

Depends.

On Ashyn, you can't really go on the ground, so I suspect it would manifest as solid ground there. Or just fire. The islands would probably be whatever passes for water.

Edited August 14, 2025 by Argenti