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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7584366" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I use something that resembles the world axis in broad strokes. The details are a little different, but the general idea is the same.At the center of the Cosmos is Mother Sea, the Goddess who is her own domain. Above her is Father Sky, who envelops her and protects her from the Astral Sea beyond, and collectively with the Firmament, they make up The World. Within the Astral Sea are the domains of the Celestial Gods, as well as the Nine Hells, the former domain of He Who Was before he was overthrown by rebellious angels. All enclosed by the Celestial Sphere. The sphere is perforated by the Stars, portals through which it is said the Aboleth first entered the Cosmos. All of this (save the Aboleth) immerged/immerges/will immerge  from the Primordial Chaos, “before” (until?) the First War and the “subsequent” (resulting?) ordering of time. It was/is/will be corrupted by the influence of the Mad God, and became/becomes/will become the Infinite Abyss, where demons dwell and  the Mad God is imprisoned.Parallel to The World is Faerie, which hosts the courts of Eldaran and Tauriel, and the Netherworld, where Grandmother Crow presides over the souls of the dead. It is unclear exactly how these Otherworlds are connected, but they seem to be linked in some way, and yet are at once distinct worlds.Of course, this is only the most predominant model among philosophers, which has a clear humanocentric bias - it hamfistedly attempts to fit the Turathi story of He Who Was into a polytheistic framework, the attempt to place Faerie and The Netherworld within the Cosmos is sloppy and dissatisfying, it dismisses the Elder Dragons as natural (albeit extremely magically potent) creatures, and it outright fails to account for the Dwarven pantheon, which is an absolutely glaring omission. Still, it is the most comprehensive model to date despite these flaws.</blockquote>

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