The Cloud Sea

The bridge stands above a persistent, impenetrable layer of cloud. The height of the cloud layer is variable depending on conditions, but in clear weather is on average about 50 meters below the surface of the bridge. The cloud layer is subject to rolling swells that move like waves, which in strong winds can sometimes wash over the whole city, covering everything with dew and reducing visibility to a few meters. These can last hours to days depending on conditions.

Although the city is mostly above the cloud layer, higher clouds do form regularly and occasional rain and storms are possible. Storms are particularly damaging since most newer structures are made of weaker materials, and unregulated construction is usually done without consideration to storms because they are relatively rare. At night, the top of the cloud layer is sometimes illuminated with flashes of lightning as storms rage below.

In older mythologies of Longbridge, the cloud layer is a primary metaphysical component of the world, acting in opposition or duality with the sky. In the mythology of the Exalted Order of Solus, the clouds are known as Nebura, a mother figure who birthed the bridge upwards out of the clouds.