> > On a mostly-unrelated tangent, where are the flying ships? Think > > about it: > > Flying Ship vs Floating Castle, that's gotta have a high CQ (Cool > > Quotient)... > > I believe the former sentence answers the latter question. If a > Floating Castle takes a century to cover 50 miles, even though a boat > is much lighter (take for example 1/1000th the mass), it would still > take over a month (or possibly two Dragaeran months) to cover the same > 50 miles. It might be formidable, but not a hard to hit target. D'oh, my memory is terrible. I just looked up the quote: Lord of Castle Black, pg 290 - "Can we move?" said Khaavren. "That is, Tazendra, can you cause this building to float in a certain direction?" "Only slowly," said Tazendra. "How slowly? That is, how long will it take us to reach Dzur Mountain?" "Five years, perhaps six." So, err, *blush*. I was only off by a factor of, uh, 20s if not 200s. As to the movement rate of the flying ship, I was thinking of a more traditional usage of sails... use magic to hover, sails to move. Speaking of which, I wonder if Morrolan could string up sails, or if Castle Black is ever buffeted by the winds? Like being in a very very (1 mile up) tall building... Bryan