The Basis for the Experiment

    Here we begin our journey into the unknown.  I'm about to let other creators touch a creation of mine.  It's a very nerve racking experience.  But, once they've touched it and worked and added their own creativity to it, it will become less my own and become a shared creation rather than that of just myself. 
    It will be fun, and it will be scary.
    The premise: The world has been torn asunder by unknown forces long ago.  There is an Ether cloud that exists in the atmosphere. Nothing living may pass through this layer without extreme pain and possible mutation to it's body or, most likely, death.  The reasons for that are not well know. There are theories, but the technology to test those theories are unknown. For our story takes place in an era much akin to our own medievil times.
    Both areas, those above The Ether, in the air, and below, on the ground are habitated by all sorts of flora and fauna. Both have a sentient race that most likely started out as one race but evolved seperately after the appearance of The Ether.
    The environment above The Ether exists of floating land masses anchored to the ground by massive roots that help pump water up to their surface. Hundreds of different winged species live and thrive, some never needing to land on anything solid.  The sentient species, the Illoqant, never evolved wings themselves, but have learned to harness and ride the other wings creatures.  They are nomadic and proud race and prone to warfare over the small floating land masses and water supply.
    The environment below The Ether exists mainly plant and animal life that is hardy.  The rain that comes from The Ether is contains some the toxin tht makes it so deadly, so plants and animals have developed protection from the rain. The lakes are toxic to drink but do support some hardier and dangerous aquatic life.  Water down there needs to be brought up from underground wells as the toxin in the rainwater is filtered out by the soil. The sentient species, the Galandal, have developed to harness their environment, much like their counterparts above.
    The story involves the adventures of Veros, from the Illoqant, and Harad, from the Galandals, and their epic journey to unite their races and discover the origin, and therefore solve the isolation due to, The Ether.
    Our story begins: