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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8489721" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>My homebrew cosmology is a modified take on the World Axis from 4e, with some heavy inspiration from Chronicles of Darkness - especially from Werewolf the Forsaken, and the Neolithic setting from Dark Eras in particular. Also just a dash of Eberron’s Orrery.</p><p></p><p>At the center of the cosmos is the World. Parallel to the World is the Otherworld, which if you’re familiar with the Neolithic setting for Forsaken, is basically Pangea. It’s the home of the Fae, and the borderland between the material World and the various elemental planes (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Aether). The further you stray from civilization, the easier it becomes to cross into the Otherworld, and the “deeper” the Otherworld becomes. As you venture “deeper” into the Otherworld, you draw “closer” to the elemental planes as you become more sympathetically attuned to them. Go into a cave and you become more attuned to the plane of Earth. Go for a swim and you become more attuned to the plane of Water, etc.</p><p></p><p>Beneath the World (literally, underground) is the Underworld, which combines elements of the Underdark and the Shadowfell. Scholars of the planes debate whether this should be considered its own parallel world, or merely part of the Otherworld. And indeed, the relationship between the Underworld and the Abyss is very much analogous to that between the Otherworld and the elemental planes, so it could be argued that the Underworld and the Otherwold are one and the same, and the Abyss is an elemental plane. Though, since the elements that make up the World itself emanate from the elemental planes, this interpretation raises the somewhat disturbing question of what “element” emanates from the Abyss.</p><p></p><p>Beyond the World lies the Astral Sea. Within this Sea are suspended the Domains of the Celestial Gods - Sehanine, Erathis, Bane, Pelor, Kord, and Ioun. Scholars debate over the nature of these Celeatial Domains, but the most widely accepted view is that that they should be thought of as distant Worlds, each to their respective Gods as the World is to Melora; at once her home and Melora herself.</p><p></p><p>The Astral Sea and all the Worlds therein are believed to be contained within a crystal sphere. The stars are believed to be holes in this sphere, where it was punctured by aberrant beings from a Realm (or perhaps Realms) Far beyond the known cosmos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8489721, member: 6779196"] My homebrew cosmology is a modified take on the World Axis from 4e, with some heavy inspiration from Chronicles of Darkness - especially from Werewolf the Forsaken, and the Neolithic setting from Dark Eras in particular. Also just a dash of Eberron’s Orrery. At the center of the cosmos is the World. Parallel to the World is the Otherworld, which if you’re familiar with the Neolithic setting for Forsaken, is basically Pangea. It’s the home of the Fae, and the borderland between the material World and the various elemental planes (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Aether). The further you stray from civilization, the easier it becomes to cross into the Otherworld, and the “deeper” the Otherworld becomes. As you venture “deeper” into the Otherworld, you draw “closer” to the elemental planes as you become more sympathetically attuned to them. Go into a cave and you become more attuned to the plane of Earth. Go for a swim and you become more attuned to the plane of Water, etc. Beneath the World (literally, underground) is the Underworld, which combines elements of the Underdark and the Shadowfell. Scholars of the planes debate whether this should be considered its own parallel world, or merely part of the Otherworld. And indeed, the relationship between the Underworld and the Abyss is very much analogous to that between the Otherworld and the elemental planes, so it could be argued that the Underworld and the Otherwold are one and the same, and the Abyss is an elemental plane. Though, since the elements that make up the World itself emanate from the elemental planes, this interpretation raises the somewhat disturbing question of what “element” emanates from the Abyss. Beyond the World lies the Astral Sea. Within this Sea are suspended the Domains of the Celestial Gods - Sehanine, Erathis, Bane, Pelor, Kord, and Ioun. Scholars debate over the nature of these Celeatial Domains, but the most widely accepted view is that that they should be thought of as distant Worlds, each to their respective Gods as the World is to Melora; at once her home and Melora herself. The Astral Sea and all the Worlds therein are believed to be contained within a crystal sphere. The stars are believed to be holes in this sphere, where it was punctured by aberrant beings from a Realm (or perhaps Realms) Far beyond the known cosmos. [/QUOTE]
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