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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5116424" data-attributes="member: 463">It's clear that within the 15 planes of Corum's local universe-cluster, Mabelode > Xiombarg > Arioch, but elsewhere in the universe this is different; AIR in one crossover story Elric is surprised to learn about the above hierarchy and comments that on his plane (Young Kingdoms) Arioch is the equal of Xiombarg and Mabelode.Destroying (eg) Arioch locally of course does not affect Arioch's aspects elsewhere in the multiverse, just as killing Elric would not affect Corum.Note that the Sword Ruler version of Arioch had to have come from Elsewhere - originally the 15 Planes were dominated by the Lords of Law, who were ousted by the Chaotic Sword Rulers.  This can be dealt with via the 1e Manual of the Planes approach that a Greater Power can create Lesser Power aspects of themselves, 'budding off' lesser gods - who can then possibly grow to become Greater powers themselves.    This allows for a multiplicity of Ariochs who still remain connected to a degree and exist within the same probability-line (as opposed to just having multiple versions of anyone existing in different probability lines).</blockquote>