Aether Rails was a revolutionary technology invented around ten years ago.
It was a system of transportation that connected major points across the continent—swift, silent, and powered entirely by Aether. Naturally, there existed one between all five major academies and the Great Hall, the central hub of all mage activity.
Each rail line consisted of several carts linked together, capable of carrying dozens of passengers at once. These carts didn't move through any physical force—no horses, no engines, no push or pull. Instead, they glided along invisible currents of Aether that flowed through the air itself.
The track, made of silverstone and Aether conduits, ran from point A to B with several stations in between, all managed jointly by the Great Hall and the Towers. The carts moved by reading the Aether flow pattern, which told them the right direction to travel, almost as if they possessed a will of their own.
This single invention had transformed the world.
