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Message: <blockquote data-quote="generic" data-source="post: 7584394" data-attributes="member: 6923088">Because I started this thread, I think it's only fair that I detail one of my cosmologies.1. The Lhaervynian Model: In this cosmology, there exist four layers of existence.  They are as follows:A: The Physical Realm: This layer of reality is composed of the Prime Material Plane, the Feywild, the Shadowfell, the four Material Elemental Planes, the four Ethereal Elemental Planes, the Elemental Chaos, the Ethereal Plane, the Shadow Well, and the Faerie Well.The Prime Material Plane: The world of Lhaervyn is on the Prime Material Plane, which is given substance by the four Material Elemental Planes, and is given 'character', or 'nature' by the Elemental Chaos, which dictates the natural and scientific laws that govern the structure of everything material, from the humblest brook to the most majestic mountain.  The Prime Material Plane is connected to the four Material Elemental Planes, the Elemental Chaos, the Feywild, and the Shadowfell through direct Planar Energy Links (Material Elemental Planes) or direct Planar Data Links (the Elemental Chaos, the Feywild, and the Shadowfell.  Through its Planar Data Links with the Feywild and Shadowfell, the Primae Material Plane governs the general appearance of its two reflections.The Feywild: The Feywild is given substance by the four Ethereal Elemental Planes (direct Planar Energy Link), is given form by the Prime Material Plane (direct Planar Data Link), and is given general character by the Faerie Well.  Because it has no Material Elemental Subtsance except that which it borrows from the Prime Material Plane, the Feywild's appearance changes in accordance with changes on the Prime Material Plane.  The reverse, however, is not true.The Shadowfell:The Shadowfell is akin to the Feywild in many ways, but is given general character by the Shadow Well, rather than the Faerie Well.The Material Elemental Planes: These are very similar to the traditional elemental planes of D&D, with a couple notable differences; the plane of Earth has no surface, but somehow has breathable air, and the plane of Air is the home of air Elemental Myrmidons created by the Wind Dukes of Aaqa.  The Material Elmental Planes arose from the Elemental ChaosThe Ethereal Elemental Planes: These are ethereal, ghostly versions of the Material Elemental Planes, they arose from the Ethereal Plane.  Ghost Elementals, psychic ideals of fire, air, earth, and water, haunt these unsettling planes.  Note that the Ethereal elemental Planes are separate from the Ethereal places that overlap with the Material elemental Planes.The Ethereal Plane: The Ethereal Plane is, in many ways, very similar to the Ethereal Plane of the traditional D&D model.B: The Spiritual Realm: This layer of reality encompasses the Realm of Poison Skies, the Realm of Blood Oceans, the Realm of Blistered Ground, the Realm of Azure Skies, the Realm of Pure Seas, the Realm of Verdant Lands, the Fiendish Realms (the Abyss, the Nine Hells, Gehenna, Pandemonium, et cetera, wrapped up into a single plane), the Celestial Realms (the Seven Heavens, Bytopia, Ysgard, et cetera, wrapped up into a single plane), Mechanus, and Limbo.  The Realm of Poison Skies: Through a direct Planar Energy Link with the Fiendish Realms, this plane supplies the Fiendish Realms with all atmospheric materials and energy.  There is very little land or water in this place, which is toxic to non-fiends.The Realm of Blood Oceans: Through a direct Planar Energy Link with the Fiendish Realms, this plane supplies the Fiendish Realms with all liquid materials and energy.  There is little open air or land in this place, which is a realm of mortal and immortal blood with a poisonous atmosphere.The Realm of Blistered Ground: Through a direct Planar Energy Link with the Fiendish Realms, this plane supplies the Fiendish Realms with all mineral materials and energy... blah, blah, I'm sure you understand.The Celestial versions of the aforementioned realms are opposite reflections of their Fiendish counterparts.Finally, Limbo and Mechanus supply the Fiendish and Celestial Realms with concepts of Law and Chaos, in addition to acting as they do in traditional planar configurations.C: The Cognitive Layer: Thus layer of reality is a place of ideals, nightmares, and fantasies.  It encompasses The Font of Nightmares, the Font of Fantasies, Xarrchakt, the Progenitor of Aberrations, Symnullsu, the Progenitor of the Righteous, the Nexus of Love, the Nexus of Hate, the Nexus of Logic, the Nexus of Insanity, the Font of Prudence, and the Font of Creativity.In many ways, these planes are akin to those in previous layers; they supply each other with energy, and serve their own, individual, purposes.  The Nexus of Hate supplies the Fiendish Realms and their associated planes with notions of hate, odium, and the such.  The Nexus of Love does the reverse for the Celestial Realms, and the other Nexae supply Mechanus and Limbo with ideals of judgement and unrestrained thought.  It should be noted that Dendar the Night Serpent is an entity from Xarrchakt (or possibly the Font of Nightmares).D: The Positive and Negative Shell: These two are pretty self-explanatory.These details are, of course, caustically contested among scholarly circles.</blockquote>

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