Iron Wing Universe

The library is staffed by a single Bearded Vulture, who remains nameless, as part of a religious ceremony.

It contains several as-complete-as-possible archives of the internet, each of which is scanned for Runes. The bearded vulture checks for these runes, and tests them for various effects. Thanks to slang, linguistic drift, mispellings and idioms, as well as the fact that human language is alien to most birds, a lot of these runes are hard to understand, let alone find a use for.

Other things found in the library are several computer programs, books on esoteric and religious ideas, and a hollow, where the vulture sleeps.

The Reclaimed Market is a city home to several corvids, pigeons and doves. Covered in elaborate communal nests, massive screens and giant buildings wrapped in vegetation, the city is mantained on an off site forest of ember.

The Metal Isles are giant structures made of metal peeking out from the sea. They used to be used for harvesting vast amounts of crude oil. Now, they are home to large numbers of seabirds. 

These birds often lack runes, or get them inside their beak, due to the vast amount of oil in said buildings covering or removing runes.

The metal isles are an autonomous region, seperate from the kingdoms of Avaria and The Reclaimed Market.

Runes are a form of word magic that directly affects whatever they are written on. They must address four things.

One: The name for the object. It doesn’t need to be the true name, but it does need to be consistent

Two: The property you wish to give this object.

Three: Why it lacks this property

Four: What can be done to give it this property.

Unfortunately, thanks to linguistic drift, as well as being used before birds.  everyone just uses the same few runes. Learning them is next to impossible.

Forests of ember are forests that are constantly alight. No one knows why they are like this. Some theorize that they were experimental weapon test sites, or that they were purposefully designed this way, whether by gods or by humanity. 

Whatever the case, these are sites of great energy, and as such contain several generators. These generators are maintained on a frequent basis, mostly by phoenixes, although those bearing fire resistant runes do contribute.