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The '''Cloud Archipelago''' was a huge [[The Multiverse#Driftstations|driftstation]] built around a cluster of silicate rubble reclaimed from collapsing realities. | The '''''Cloud Archipelago''''' was a huge [[The Multiverse#Driftstations|driftstation]] built around a cluster of silicate rubble reclaimed from collapsing realities. Founded by [[The Multiverse#The Drift|Drift]] merchants seeking a neutral ground for commerce and travel, the ''Cloud Archipelago'' was perhaps the most prominent trade hub outside of [[Guild of Seam-Walkers|Guild]]-controlled Drift. It played a major role in the [[Great Drift War]] and subsequently developed into the [[Archipelago Empire]], with the driftstation becoming the Empire's political and economic centre, the '''Spire'''. | ||
By the time of the ''[[Stationary Traveller]]''<nowiki/>'s departure from [[Auremelion]], the Drift merchant [[Kyrie]] had risen to ''de facto'' leadership of the ''Cloud Archipelago'', through her immense wealth and influence garnered from a highly successful career in the arms trade. | |||