The famous inventor and absentee professor of the Academy of Lesthornica, who also teaches in the Crystal City, Meister Engineer Cidric Davincius (CN male gnome, artificer 10/maester 10) is said to have been one of the inventors of the airship. A complete recluse, the Meister’s Workshop is said to be an airship that always flies. The Meister has reported undertaken several expeditions in search of the Castle in the Clouds, which he is apparently rather obsessed with finding. Rumour has it Lord Aerinheart commissioned the Castle in the Clouds to be built by Meister Davincius, only to disappear with it without actually paying the Meister.
The Meister was last heard to be working on a grand experiment to “split the elemental binding forces” using arcane technology. Whether he succeeded is unknown.