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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' settings frequently have more than a few floating continents or cities of various sizes.
** The ancient empire Netheril from the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' had a host of magical floating cities (archwizard slices off a mountaintop, turns it upside down and slaps on it a huge magical device providing unlimited flight, then goes on to rule the new enclave as a mobile fief). Most were destroyed 4,000 years "ago" when a power-hungry mage accidentally caused magic to stop functioning. A few survivors landed safely but never flew again. One escaped into the Plane of Shadow, to return thousands of years later and start refounding the Netherese Empire.
*** In 4th Edition, the magical structure of Faerun went completely bitchcakes when the god of magic got killed. As a result, there are zones of wild magic where large chunks of the landscape sits ''above'' the landscape.
** In the Known World (or ''[[Mystara]]'') setting, one of the sub-kingdoms of the magical Alphatian Empire consists entirely of floating islands. There's also a large number of floating landmasses in the worlds' [[Lost World|hollow interior]]. Amusingly enough, during the [[Metaplot]] the mainland of Alphatia is one of these, recreated after [[Atlantis|it sinks]] by the setting's gods as a literal Floating Continent.
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** The ''[[Dragonlance]]'' setting had a floating fortress, a relic of more powerful magics in antique times.
*** There were actually several flying citadels in ''[[Dragonlance]]'', one of which got Mist-napped and is now a pocket domain in the ''[[Ravenloft]]'' setting.
** ''[[Spelljammer]]'' has floating islands in some Air type worlds (e.g. Coliar in [[Forgotten Realms|Realmspace]]), and "Cluster World" category includes both asteroid clusters proper (Tears of Selune, a swarm of asteroids trailing Toril's moon) and "cloud of stones in one atmosphere" worlds (e.g. Borka in [[Greyhawk|Greyspace]] — it used to be a common planet until the Elves broke it).
* Mt Metagalapa in ''[[Exalted]]'', which began floating around at the same time as the foundation of the Realm. Savants theorise that the combination of Wyld Essence from a [[Fair Folk]] invasion and the aftereffects of firing the Realm Defence Grid screw it they have no sodding idea why it floats. {{spoiler|This is because they don't realise the heart of the mountain is a Titan-class citadel from the First Age. Basically, we're talking an [[Ominous Floating Castle]] fitted with a city-destroying mile-wide [[Wave Motion Gun]], forgotten for thousands of years, and encased in stone.}}
* The plane of Zendikar, in [[Magic: The Gathering]], has a weird shifting gravity that causes floating continents as seen [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=195170 here], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=195179 here] or [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201966 here].
** It also held [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193452 Emrakul, The Aeons-Torn], a floating [[Eldritch Abomination]] the size of a mountain range. The plane of Zendikar, was, in fact, used as the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|can]] that kept it and the other titanically huge Eldrazi sealed, until a group of planeswalkers were manipulated into [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|breaking]] said can and letting the Eldrazi free.
* ''Sundered Skies'' setting for [[Savage Worlds]] (with skyships, [[Sky Pirate]]s and all that).
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* ''[[Kirby]] Air Ride'''s City Trial mode has a structure floating above the city called the Sky Garden, accessible via the volcano's launching pad.
* The inhabitants of Megadom from ''[[Meteos]]'' live on huge chunks of rock that float atop the extremely dense atmosphere of their planet.
* ''[[Netstorm]]'' action happens in the world of islands in the air (and at war).
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* In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], this is justified with Cloudsdale. It's made of clouds.
== Other ==
* Many paintings by Roger Dean, e.g. [https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Magnetic-Storm-1976-1983/i-GS2RwrR The Flights of Icarus]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-jZnPDPq Sea of Light]'' or ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-63prJww The Old Bridge]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-qLpCrCq Yellow City]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-wLrtZzf The Ladder Cityscape]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-L29TzF7 Floating Jungle]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Dragons-Dream-1985-2008/i-jXh35v2 Floating Islands]'', ''[https://gallery.rogerdean.com/Paintings-By-Book/Post-Dragons-Dream-2008-2016/i-MDv44qr Arrival in Clouds]''...
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