The Kolombre Dukedom was mostly desert. Endless dunes. Unforgiving sun. Sand in places you didn't know existed.
However, that didn't mean it lacked greenery.
The major part of the dukedom was covered with desert, not the entire dukedom.
Even in the sandy area, patches of greenery could be seen, although they were rare.
There was a group of crazies flying right above one of those rare forests, trying to "land."
(The quotation marks were necessary.)
As for why they were flying, well, it was because no one would look up at the sky during the day—or so Raven had told them.
The real reason was stealth.
Because flying things could avoid all checkpoints and gates, which meant no check-in or check-out, hence no record of you being somewhere.
Raven was at the head—if you could call it that.
He wasn't so much flying as punching gravity in the face with fire blasts from his feet.