This is just a note for readers of "Rising World". I'm starting to post a sequel here, and you can find it at:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/54225/rising-world-2

Hope to see you there!

There's also the side-story "The Purpose of Wings" which you can find at:

The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.

https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B09X6K7T7F

A bit of worldbuilding: south of Shieldpoint is a lake on the way to the sea coast. That lake is where the steam-engine inventor Firefern works, since it's a natural shipbuilding place. It's got an ongoing problem with deforestation for that reason, requiring the efforts of Geomancers and rulers concerned with long-term forest management. Which means unusual towns built into wooded groves and orchards, needing to relocate every so often. Alarmingly, the tree-corpses of Elves are probably harvested here sometimes. (I wonder if it's legal and how conscious they still are.)