A very separate development from the ancient original Four Kings culture, the Sorority Omega was overlooked in the classic age, but being minor served to be a blessing: After the fall of the Four, the Omegans that descended from the sorority had strayed from the original core of civilization, and thus survived. The Omegans were a learned and inquisitive people, and had a plethora of odd knowledge and sciences they practiced.
Seeing ground-borne life was a bit more savage, The Omegans took to hot air ballooning. Their desire to flee into the sky grew, so that in the present, many hot air balloons are clustered together suspending large living platforms underneath. Though this greatly limits what they can develop, they have their hands in every craft they can. Their lighter than air existence means they have to master navigation, weather-lore, as well as ropework and repair.
Being a civilization on the wind, they often journey to the ground for resources. though they can lower ropes, nothing beats finding a moment of peace and open ground to touchdown for a few hours, maybe a day. When on the ground, the Omegan's don't waste time, and will trade or harvest what they need to keep their skyborne civilization going.
The Omegans primarily practice chemistry, woodcrafting, and courier messaging. Their foods are limited to poultry, mushrooms, and whatever grains they can trade from their trips to the ground below. They can grow limited spices and onions in the limited soil troughs onbard the platforms, but most of their serious food has to be taken off the ground or netted from the sea. Culturally, they are resource managers: nothing can be wasted if it can be helped.
The Omegan art of war tends to be minimal. They run from what they can. Their warriors are primarily archers, though they also use smoke and decoys as often as possible. Living onboard an airborne platform restricts heavy weapons and makes armor negligible. On the good side, Omegan arrowheads tend to be really ingenious, often carrying poison, sleep, or some other special quality.
