The airship began descending while Ironcloud Stronghold still looked too large to approach.
Five Knots stood together at the passenger rail. They had remained there for most of the final hour, not because the professional crew needed their help, but because none of them wanted to view the dwarven capital through a tiny cabin window.
The ship carried more than four hundred passengers, three cargo decks, two engine halls, and a crew large enough to operate every station without advice from visiting adventurers. Tessa kept her hands away from the wheelhouse rail. Min did not ask to inspect the engine. Belda watched the rigging without touching a line. Kesh studied the approach markers for his own understanding, while Orin stayed with the group instead of searching for a repair that belonged to someone else.
They were passengers on a vessel larger than anything they had flown.
Ironcloud Stonghold occupied six connected mountains.
