Chronology of Skycraft

500 AS: Invention of Skycraft, using cembar wood and gontha wool; perhaps related to kites of the Jaffgorn Giants. Used to hunt and herd the gontha of the Jaggudorns and for mobility for semi-nomadic tribes of the High Shadevan Plateau, especially the Gwenyans.
300 AS : increase in size and quantity, Kiallions and allies voyage in late spring westwards over Jaggudorns to Colnoria
150 AS : Early Medibgösk discover glanffwood on the skynesses. Glanffwood with a little enchantment magically floats and produces strong skycraft with great lift. Due to the very small supply and the fact that it only grows on skynesses, very little is produced and reserved for the princes of Medibgö.

550: Fleeglesilk discovered to produce skysails of the highest strength, durability, and lift. Fleeglesilk production spreads from Siul throughout the Pallathantic Region. Fleeglesilk skysails create skycraft with increased range and durability.

700s: improved skycraft, range of skycraft increased; wide use of square-rigged sail skycraft, called banfrial

850: increase in number of skycraft in Jaggudorns and thus the demand for skycraft

1300's: Talimbanfrial, aka talimfrial skycraft become widely used. The Talimbanfrial was a great skyship with multiple square sails on the same mast.
ca 1390 Dz̧ahwatşabu, the first Galebelly developed in Gdelisica, Pytharnia, by the dwarves.

2500: Geddamin introduce titancraft vessels of sky
2510: Kharrhu-Visha, metal-framed skycraft: increased cargo capacity, improved speed, navigability, and range, New Kalikán Empire
2590: Adaptation and development of the Zerruka, a metal-framed skycraft with titancraft engines for thrust. Zerrukas continue to be used into the 28th century, fitted with second-hand titancraft engines.

2600's: Humans develop titancraft sky vessels make traditional skycraft obsolescent for warfare and eventually commerce. Skycraft reserved for those too poor to make use of titancraft skyships and for wealthy enthusiasts.

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