Trimont is the primary setting of Skies Under Trimont and the hub of the Rebel Skies stories. It is a mid-sized floating island with a strong Cloud Skim culture, an active Geonomy observatory, and a community shaped by the rhythms of inter-island travel and the return of the Harvest Festival every eight months.
Trimont and Codex/World/Veridell were once the same landmass. The Shattering split them, but their orbits remain closely aligned — they pass within meters of each other roughly every 243.5 days (~8 months).
The bridge window is when the Harvest Festival takes place — trade, family visits, and the movement of young people between islands (including pilot trainees from Veridell).
What goes here: Physical description of Trimont — size, terrain, altitude climate, the auxiliary island (which provides accessible Lift Dew collection points where its edge overlaps the main landmass), notable natural features.
What goes here: The community itself — population scale, layout, how people live. The tone should be "cozy but serious" — a tight-knit community that knows its survival depends on cooperation and careful resource management.
What goes here: The Geonomy Observatory/Lab (where Mira works and the Aetherlabe is housed), the memorial stone (where lost pilots' names are carved), the Cloud Skim launch area, the Ancient Ruins.
Trimont's culture is deeply shaped by Cloud Skim piloting. Pilots are respected community members, and their departures and returns mark the island's social calendar. The memorial stone — where the names of pilots lost on sorties are carved — is a central landmark, visited regularly.
Children grow up making Leaf Ships (miniature flying vessels using Lift Dew and dandelion seed parachutes as stabilizers), which serves as both play and early education in flight principles. Many Windcarvers trace their interest back to this childhood activity.
What goes here: Other cultural practices, relationships between Trimont and Veridell beyond the Harvest Festival, attitude toward the Ancient Ruins.
Trimont's ruins have been explored, but new discoveries occasionally emerge. They are a source of both practical knowledge (pre-Shattering technology fragments, text) and cultural weight — reminders of what came before and what was lost.
What goes here: What has been found in the ruins. The linguistic breakthrough mentioned in historical records — a translation key found in a fragment — is significant enough to deserve a note here.
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Orbital Height | 250 m | Height above the planet's surface |
| Orbital Radius | 2,550,250 m | Total radius (planet radius + Trimont's height) |
| Orbital Speed | 0.1 m/s | |
| Orbital Period | 1,854.59 days | Time for one complete orbit |
| Solar Day | 24 hours | Standardized to Earth-like timekeeping |
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Speed | 0.0015 m/s | Veridell is the slower island |
| Synodic Year | ~243.5 days (~8 months) | Frequency of alignment |
| Bridge Window | ~15.5 days | Period close enough for retractable bridges |
| Practical Window | ~23 days | Outer limit for meaningful inter-island activity |