The 7 Skies all have differing natures, and they rotate counter-clockwise around the World. Each brings — in part or in whole — a season to the Cloud-Islands of the World, which float in their fixed positions.
- The Ghost Sky: (late autumn) The cool winds of the Ghost Sky are eerily barren, and — some say — haunted.
- The Jungle Sky: ((late spring) A riot of wheeltrees and warming weather, the Jungle Sky is teeming with life.
- The Mists: (early spring) Dense shoals of fog, with vast clearings within. Only a cautious captain can travel safely through The Mists.
- The Sky of Fire: (center of the World) Dangerous! — objects entering the Sky of Fire will burst into flame!
- The Sky of Frost: (winter) The snow and hail of the Sky of Frost threaten to freeze any skysailors solid who attempt to travel through it.
- The Sky of Stones: (early autumn) Hurling rocks, falling temperatures, mining encampments, and sky-gyspies are the hallmarks of the Sky of Stones.
- The Sky of Thunder: (summer) Terrible thunderstorms. Do not attempt to travel through the Sky of Thunder, unless your need is great.
Detailed information on the 7 Skies can be found in S7S, Chapter 1, p. 8-20.
See also the Dome of the Heavens.
Travelers' Comments on the Ghost Sky
(Check out the Ghost Sky Taboos collected from across the World!)
If you're a Griffin (like me), you can punch ghosts. It makes this Sky less fearful, trust me.
— Sigur Stormeye
A bosun under my command died while we were in this Sky. I still worry he is trapped there, forever.
— Captain Froederik Wiki
Travelers' Comments on the Jungle Sky
- Gliding Mice are a common sight in this Sky.
- The Silver Tentacles is the name of a small wheeltree grove with strange white foliage (instead of the typical blue-green). Renowned as one of the most beautiful and romantic spots in the World, the pale leaves of the trees glow in the moonlight.
Travelers' Comments on the Mists
- Empyrean Wolves and Icosapus are said to roam this Sky.
Travelers' Comments on the Sky of Fire
Too complicated to visit. All of that mystic power wasted, just to visit a desert of the Skies? Pfft!
— Red Lizabek of the Songs
Travelers' Comments on the Sky of Frost
Personally, I enjoy flights through the Sky of Frost. The risk sweetens the venture.
— The Blue Skull
Travelers' Comments on the Sky of Stones
In my opinion, chicks, the Sky of Stones is the most dangerous region of the 7 Skies. Too many factions, all with their own agendas, cloaked my massive floating boulders.
— "Baroness" Karlinda
Travelers' Comments on the Sky of Thunder
I have wrestled the thunderbird. I, thus, have no fear.
— Sigur Stormeye