Windrunner descended toward the port town of Baenil as the sun reached its zenith, the bay spreading below them in a vast expanse of blue-green water dotted with small islands that rose from the waves like scattered stones.
The town itself hugged the coastline in a crescent shape, its docks extending into the bay with wooden piers that should have been crowded with merchant vessels and fishing boats but were instead mostly empty, a handful of ships tied up at berth with the dejected air of vessels going nowhere.
Captain Maureen Nailer brought the ship down with ease, the magical propulsion enchantments easing it into a controlled descent that ended with Windrunner settling onto a designated landing platform near the port's edge.
The platform was designed specifically for flying vessels, raised above the conventional docks and equipped with anchoring systems that could handle ships that weren't meant to float on water.
