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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2457266" data-attributes="member: 13098"><p>Ages pass. The fabric of the planes is stretched, twisted and nearly torn. But a peace is set in place, for a time. Planes are claimed and retailored to fit their new masters. There are purges and adjustments. Conflict still exists, but no longer is the core fabric threatened. Tension slowly builds, stretching reality. Then, with a slight mortal nudge, the tension is moved and released. </p><p></p><p>Immediately the influence is felt everywhere. Ripples pass through all of existence. An Elder Titan awakes from his slumber to find his bed has been ripped out from underneath him. He is cold, angry and insane. He turns to seek a place of his own. The upper realms of Light are hateful to him. He would happily destroy them if he could. But the Lords of Light are powerful indeed. And one of them is attuned to his essence. The lower realms of Dark will be easier to conquer. Mhata Nahal, floating free in the Ethereal, gestures and wraps the entire plane about himself. A mantle to drive away the cold. Better still, it rips connecting threads away throughout the multiverse. His enemies, Good or Evil, will be hindered in their passing as he sets his gaze upon a home of his own. </p><p></p><p>Entire demiplanes are cut free. They float through nothingness, many to vanish. Others, through the will of their owners eventually manage to latch onto something. The plane of Faerie feels the rip, but is anchored to the Material through countless doorways and mergings. Shadow, the planes of dark possibility, is disrupted for a time. But such changes do little to stop the everchanging landscape of shadow. Spirit is, perhaps, affected the most. Ethereal is no longer a buffer so Spirit settles into the void left behind. The land of walking souls touches all places where beings exist. But it is difficult to pass through Spirit. It is easier to enter and leave through your native portal, but much more difficult to leave by another portal. So Spirit exists as neutral ground of sorts. </p><p></p><p>Other minor transitive planes become the bridgeheads in which Good and Evil fight. Sometimes these bridgeheads become war torn battlefields. Other times they are living embodiments of their strongest patrons. In any event, they are closely guarded against the next offensive from either side. </p><p></p><p>Mhata Nahal claims his home and immediately twists it to his liking. Lesser beings blanche at the power this formerly slumbering god wields. Others grimly accept him as a peer. A small few rejoice in his departure from the strange half-existence he once held in both the Material and the Ethereal. Though Mhata Nahal is now fully awake, he is also distanced from the mortals. Equal footing is what they call it. And so they are right.</p><p></p><p>Wars rage across the planes, but rarely do they intrude on the Material. There is too much risk involved with bringing full scale war there. Not until victory is assured. If the Material is unraveled, the fabric holding it all together will be lost. Such cannot be allowed to happen. To be sure there are battles fought on the Material. Beings of awesome power sometimes clash there. But Divinity cannot personally join that fight. Divinity must watch and direct from afar. Some manage to slide through loopholes in the Pacts. They can walk the land, but they cannot fight for it. Not without risking all out war that may destroy the very thing they fight over. No, the majority of battles are fought on other planes. Solar clashes with Balor, Angel against Demon, Celestial against Fiend. Sometimes defeat is permanent, other times it is merely temporary. Much depends on the battlefield and the composition of the combatants. </p><p></p><p>It is soon after one of these battles that a meeting is arranged by the Lords of Light.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSF, post: 2457266, member: 13098"] Ages pass. The fabric of the planes is stretched, twisted and nearly torn. But a peace is set in place, for a time. Planes are claimed and retailored to fit their new masters. There are purges and adjustments. Conflict still exists, but no longer is the core fabric threatened. Tension slowly builds, stretching reality. Then, with a slight mortal nudge, the tension is moved and released. Immediately the influence is felt everywhere. Ripples pass through all of existence. An Elder Titan awakes from his slumber to find his bed has been ripped out from underneath him. He is cold, angry and insane. He turns to seek a place of his own. The upper realms of Light are hateful to him. He would happily destroy them if he could. But the Lords of Light are powerful indeed. And one of them is attuned to his essence. The lower realms of Dark will be easier to conquer. Mhata Nahal, floating free in the Ethereal, gestures and wraps the entire plane about himself. A mantle to drive away the cold. Better still, it rips connecting threads away throughout the multiverse. His enemies, Good or Evil, will be hindered in their passing as he sets his gaze upon a home of his own. Entire demiplanes are cut free. They float through nothingness, many to vanish. Others, through the will of their owners eventually manage to latch onto something. The plane of Faerie feels the rip, but is anchored to the Material through countless doorways and mergings. Shadow, the planes of dark possibility, is disrupted for a time. But such changes do little to stop the everchanging landscape of shadow. Spirit is, perhaps, affected the most. Ethereal is no longer a buffer so Spirit settles into the void left behind. The land of walking souls touches all places where beings exist. But it is difficult to pass through Spirit. It is easier to enter and leave through your native portal, but much more difficult to leave by another portal. So Spirit exists as neutral ground of sorts. Other minor transitive planes become the bridgeheads in which Good and Evil fight. Sometimes these bridgeheads become war torn battlefields. Other times they are living embodiments of their strongest patrons. In any event, they are closely guarded against the next offensive from either side. Mhata Nahal claims his home and immediately twists it to his liking. Lesser beings blanche at the power this formerly slumbering god wields. Others grimly accept him as a peer. A small few rejoice in his departure from the strange half-existence he once held in both the Material and the Ethereal. Though Mhata Nahal is now fully awake, he is also distanced from the mortals. Equal footing is what they call it. And so they are right. Wars rage across the planes, but rarely do they intrude on the Material. There is too much risk involved with bringing full scale war there. Not until victory is assured. If the Material is unraveled, the fabric holding it all together will be lost. Such cannot be allowed to happen. To be sure there are battles fought on the Material. Beings of awesome power sometimes clash there. But Divinity cannot personally join that fight. Divinity must watch and direct from afar. Some manage to slide through loopholes in the Pacts. They can walk the land, but they cannot fight for it. Not without risking all out war that may destroy the very thing they fight over. No, the majority of battles are fought on other planes. Solar clashes with Balor, Angel against Demon, Celestial against Fiend. Sometimes defeat is permanent, other times it is merely temporary. Much depends on the battlefield and the composition of the combatants. It is soon after one of these battles that a meeting is arranged by the Lords of Light. [/QUOTE]
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