History 12: The Mysterious Bedrock Runways

The Fourth Age brought about some amazing builds as well as new heroes who've etched their name in Mercias' History. Mercia is beginning to grow once again, and towns are beginning to pop up sporadically. While this is good, the age also took away some landmarks; never to be seen again. One managed to survive, however, through all the chaos.

The Runway located just North East of Mercia has served many different functions throughout its lifetime and will most likely continue to be reused going into the 5th Age. Originally built during Mercias' first major migration, it would serve as the name describes. A runway that players could use to fly from one location to another. At this time, Elytras hadn't existed and the world was on 360 Edition, meaning players could have the ability to fly without being in creative.

The rules of the runway were that you'd have to stand on the glowstone before rising into to the air. Once in the air, you could only fly above the clouds to your location. Any violation resulted in loss of Privileges. Thankfully, the rule was never broken.

Around the middle of the Second Age, another was built on a mountain heading west towards the Wither Road. Curiously though, I'm unaware of its creator. It's thought to be Calcemo, as he had previously built with Bedrock, including laying the foundation for the Stock Exchange, but it isn't confirmed. Once Teleport Stations and the Railways were introduced, the Runways became too much of a hassle for players to get to one for travel. This would leave it defunct until the later period of The Third Age where it served as a Prison.

Being built out of Bedrock it proved up to the task of containing whomever the Mercian Government saw fit. It's two most famous inmates were Maclimara who's known mostly for his Southern Comfort, and @kashypoopoo for his participation in the Sack of Mercia, preceding The Bomb. It now sits alone among a cobblestone sea crafted by Xaasty The Reborn and it's future in Mercia will be determined in the coming weeks.