Skyloom

The Skyloom is a biotic region covering the intersection of Imia and North Adustia and surrounding areas. It is characterized by giant webs spun across the air, anchored both at the ground and in unseen points in the skysea. These webs are made and inhabited by velvetbugs and giant tickspiders, which can seemingly walk on air by use of their silk. Only one cultural group lives within the Skyloom, the Spindle Nymphs, though most surrounding cultures hold the Skyloom in great significance.

Geography
The Skyloom can be broadly split into five parts: Imian, Adustian, Irretic, Catarctic, and intersectional, depending on where the webs are woven.

The Imian Skyloom is the smaller of the two terrestrial Skyloom regions, occupying coastal eastern Imia, terminating after about 300 kilometers into the shaded interior of the continent. This region is the most sparse in webs and the least biologically productive, and as a result, least dangerous.

The Adustian Skyloom is the larger of the terrestrial Skyloom regions and the largest Skyloom region overall. It occupies coastal northwestern North Adustia, terminating to the south at the Fluke Sea and to the east by the Fence of Mirrors. This region is by far the most biologically productive with the greatest density of webs, making it near unnavigable. Phototrophs frequently encrust the Adustian Skyloom, leaving the impression of floating plants.

The Irretic and Catarctic Skylooms sit over beating oceans and thus have constantly reshaping web topologies. The two are broadly similar in biotic composition, differing primarily in faunal adaptations for purifying water, present over the briny Irretic ocean but not over the fresh Catarctic.

The intersectional Skyloom is between the four of the aforementioned regions, over the Cis-Imian Island Chain, and thus exhibits a blend of their properties.

Ecology
Primary production in the Skyloom is mainly facillitated by encrusting phototrophs which grow on the webs within the tenebral region. However, this is not the main source of energy within the Skyloom, most of which comes from predation of skysea or ocean fauna, or detritivory of skysea carcasses caught on webs.

Velvetbugs and giant tickspiders are the most numerous animals in the Skyloom, occupying a wide variety of niches, from detritivory to apex predation. These animals construct the immense webs which characterize the ecosystem to move and to catch food.