Airship

Airships are a principal form of object transport, communication, and sometimes travel in the Ethuveraz.

Details
Airships are large flying vessels powered by engines running on eisonsar, or hydrogen gas. Eisonsar is incredibly easy to ignite. The accidental eisonsar explosion involving the destruction of the Excellence of Umvino killed many people.

Before an airship is launched, it is "floated", which tends to attract crowds of onlookers.

They drastically shorten travel time over more typical land travel.  They are not typically used to carry passengers, and only carry a small number of them at a time, typically devoting room to cargo. This appears to in part be due to the fact that airships are seemingly owned by the imperial crown, which charges exorbitant fees for their use. They are intrinsic to the current function of the government of the Ethuveraz.

While an airship is running, the engine is incredibly loud, particularly in the cockpit.

Crews are relatively small, with around 15 or fewer people. Girls and women who work at airship yards in Amalo are called ashenin.

The chief source of Thu-Athamar's revenue involves airship manufacturing, and nearly 1/3 of Amalo's citizenry are involved in the industry. The Amal-Athamareise Airship Company is one of the companies that constructs airships in Amalo. Airships are refitted in Amalo every five years of service.

Trivia

 * The word "eisonsar" was seemingly introduced in The Cemeteries of Amalo (after the publication of The Goblin Emperor) as "hydrogen" is used in The Goblin Emperor, but not in The Cemeteries of Amalo, while "eisonsar" is the name for the highly reactive fuel used in airships in The Cemeteries of Amalo, but does not appear in The Goblin Emperor.
 * Airships appear similar in design to blimps.

Airships

 * Excellence of Umvino (destroyed)
 * Honor of Csedo
 * Loyalty of Lohaiso
 * Radiance of Cairado
 * Strength of Rosiro
 * Wisdom of Choharo (destroyed)