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Wyldfarers
The many worlds of the Wyldspan are connected by the trade routes and Essence pathways that crisscross the Wyld, but all of that would come to nothing without the Wyldfarers. These elegant ships crisscross the Span, carrying goods, passengers, and news through the waypoints of the Wyld to safe terrain. In the modern Span, many nations possess the means to create Wyldfarers, but the bulk of construction remains locked in the Scarlet Imperium or the New Realm.
Concepts
The purpose of a Wyldfarer is to travel through the Wyld. Their development is based on that of the airships of old Creation, spliced with the reality engines that once protected an intact world from the depradations of the Wyld. In addition, the Wyldfarers are tied to the nature of Creation in the Third Age. Some savants, wondering why these ships did not seem to exist in the First or Second Age, theorize that they could not; the Essence technology that allows Wyld shielding to so easily be attached could not have existed before so much of the Wyld was flowing around the Essence of Creation, and such shielding existed naturally.
Whether or not their technology might have existed before, Wyldfarers are certainly a default technology now; even mortals can purchase them, with sufficient resources. Mortal Wyldships tend to be a much lower-grade material, but they still exist and thrive in the byways of space.
