abstract
| - The Third Age of Flight (102 E.Y. onward) was the time marked by the use of sky ships powered by stormphrax. Such ships were known as "phraxships". Phrax flight resulted in massive expansion into the Deepwoods, and the establishment of the three great cities of the Third Age: Great Glade, Hive and Riverrise. The Mire became a lush grassland and Undertown was left ruinous and forgotten. Many great technological and industrial breakthroughs happened in the Third Age and it was somewhat similar to the Industrial Revolution in our world. The Free Glades which until then had been a tranquil, rural place, became the heart of the booming metropolis that was Great Glade. Phraxmines were opened in the Eastern Woods and the industrial districts of Copperwood and East Glade were established. For many, the Third Age was a time of peace and prosperity, but for others, particularly in the cities of Hive and Riverrise, it was one of poverty, hardship and tyranny. This resulted in many longing back to the life in the Second Age of Flight, which was considered more pure and simple.
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