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Premise: World in which life on ground is technologically based, while life on flying islands is more magical

*Flying islands originally brought about during misfired attempt to eradicate life on the planet below. Did not succeed: rather it only caused an ice age to begin
*Due to ice age, life on planet is hardy but not very magically inclined. Some magic present but not prevalent. In its place, mechanical objects (powered by crystals which link to different parts of the Plane of Energy--mostly to Fire + Water for steam, but others that link to Electricity, Air, and magnetic fields are also used) provide most of the basic roles of tools in society
*Life on flying islands is instead centered around magic. [[Phoe-Kun]] (possibly because they caused the cataclysm, possibly because they are one of few races capable of traveling between the land and air under their own power) are a ruling class, even owning some of the islands outright. Life is highly magical, and using [[cybernaughtics]] is not only frowned upon but is broadly banned in many places.
*Very infrequently, travel and even permanent relocations happens between the two places, generally islanders movign to the earth due to being ostracized or exiled, or due to bankruptcy. While they occasionally teach their magics to the 'heathen' race below, generally they do not survive the arctic climate long and perish.
*Races: [[Human]], [[Ameena]], [[Drow]], [[Dromite]], [[Halfling]], [[Kobold]], [[Half-Giant]], [[Half-Elf]], [[Elf]], [[Dwarf]], [[Phoe-Kun]], [[Lizardfolk]], [[Minotaur]], [[Gnome]], [[Satyr]], [[Gnoll]]. <s>Half-Orc, Orc, Russiti</s>
**Humans live in both regions and make up a majority of sentient life. THey fill all major social roles and have no preferntial leaning towards one job or another.
**Ameena are unheard of on the earth: they die quickly when exposed to the climate. However, their natural flight makes them well-suited to island life. While Ameena are psionically predisposed, they do dabble in arcane arts, particularly spellweaving.
**Drow make up a large portion of island life, but do not have a large presence on the earth.