Planes

Godsdream

The Planes of Antarok exist within what is referred to as the Godsdream, a collection of Godheads enforcing basic concepts which in turn allow for their own Plane of existence and its inhabitants to . . . exist, in a sense. The Godheads are not entities with thought - they are a nebulous thing without ego, felt and understood for their Metaphor, yet demanding nothing of the zealous.

Planar Time Dilation

Time within each of the Planes flows differently than on Antarok, leading to changes in the behavior of Arcana and the distribution of resources upon a Plane. Spell Reserves will only renew at the Antarokian time rate, meaning denizens of Avernus for would spend 16x as long regenerating the same amount of Metaphor. Similarly, the average density of Alkahest in the soil and its rate of growth is 16x as sparse. Every tier of Resistance beginning with Apprentice will allow a character to ignore the effects of up to a 6x Planar Time Dilation.

Planar Sickness

When a soul is born into the Godsdream, they grow accustomed to a personal experience of time. The further one deviates from this, the more severely will they experience symptoms of Planar Sickness when traveling into another Plane they have never before been acclimated to. It takes about a season of Antarokian time living there to gradually adapt, but this can feel like years on Planes such as Gehenna where time flows 32x as fast.

Symptoms: Sharp or deep, aching pain in the joints. Fatigue, clouded thinking, numbness, weakness, paralysis, rash, poor coordination or balance, dizziness, headache, tingling, unsteadiness, vertigo, difficulty breathing, and chest pain are also common.

• The Ur'Duun and Lacon have a gradual Planar Sickness that gets worse the deeper one goes.
• Exodii and Spirits are immune to Planar Sickness.
• Arcana of the same Metaphor or that which dominates it such as Galdr shall confer immunity to Planar Sickness from that Plane.
  • Example: Terrari do not feel Planar Sickness visiting the Ur'Duun as they dominate Geomena.

Aetherium

Encircling the Planes of the Godsdream, the Aetherium is a place none save a Paragon can go and survive, for it exists outside the Metaphor that governs mundane existence. It is a boundless dream of endless, surging power that can be seen bleeding through the twinkling stars at night. The Aetherium is host to Aether, associated with possibility, power, and souls. Time does not flow in the Aetherium, meaning it cannot be travelled by mundane means.

Antarok

The Plane where most stories will take place, Antarok is the very earth by which most mortal races live their daily lives, impugned upon by other, stranger things. Antarok is host to the Metaphor of Fabula, associated with stories, sound, and omens. Time flows at the normal rate in Antarok.

Aarda

Found within the warm expanse of the sun, Aarda is where the souls of those without regret go to reincarnate. Aarda is host to the metaphor of Luxium, associated with the warmth, light, and hope. Time moves at a rate of 0.10x the normal speed within Aarda.

Céleste

Far above the skies of Antarok and Ælphyne floats the isles of Céleste, home to the Aarakora. Céleste is host to the Metaphor of Aeris, associated with air, beauty, and freedom. Time moves at 0.50x the normal speed within Céleste.

Ilunæ

The bright blue, living moon far above, Æylune is host to the Metaphor of Ardor, associated with cold, survival, and tradition. Time moves at 0.25x the normal speed upon Ilunæ.

Læloch

Known as the Barren Moon, Læloch was once associated with the now nonexistent Metaphor of art, majesty, and envy. Destroyed by the Fae, it is a dead world, a pale and white sphere trailing behind Æylune. Time moves at 0.25x the normal speed upon Læloch.

Ur'duun

Within the earth between Antarok and Ælphyne lies the Ur'Duun, comprised of never-ending expanse of caverns, tunnels, mine shafts, and railways winding deep into the earth and connecting the world above. The Ur'Duun is host to the Metaphor of Geomena, associated with earth, arteries, and ingenuity. Time flows gradually faster as one tunnels towards Ælphyne, between 1x and 8x, usually 2x for most areas beneath Antarok and 6x for most areas beneath Ælphyne; near Aardenhall at the center, time flows at 4x.

Lacon

The vast and mysterious oceans of Antarok and Ælphyne, the Lacon, are connected when one sinks deep enough beneath the waves. Lacon is host to the Metaphor of Imber, associated with water, secrets, and predation. Time moves at 1x above the Antarokian Lacon, gradually growing faster as one sinks down through the abyss, and rises into the Ælphynian Lacon where it flows 8x as fast.

Arcadia

All souls visit Arcadia when they dream. Arcadia is host to the Metaphor of Somnium, associated with dreams, nightmares, and wonder. Time is a variable construct within Arcadia, matching that of the individual when within their respective Dreamscape, but fluctuating strangely between the structures of other existing Planes seemingly at random outside of them. Entire lifetimes can be experienced by dreamers; luckily, few are lucid enough to remember more than glimpses of time within Arcadia without an Anishina or a Dreamwalker to guide them.

Ælphyne

Land of the Faefolk and Leanan, Ælphyne is a dangerous place teeming with capricious beings that would sooner abduct and eat a visitor invited to dinner than befriend them. Ælphyne is host to the Metaphor of Saol, associated with life, nature, and ignorance. Time moves 8x as fast here.

Avernus

Avernus is host to the Metaphor of Miasmata, associated with the afterlife, death, and unlife. Avernus is ruled by Onryo and powerful Ghosts who claim vast swathes of the realm with their Memorandums. There are pits to Gehenna, and time moves 16x as fast within Avernus so many Apparators and Exodii risk its dangers to traverse a bit faster.

Gehenna

Gehenna is host to the Metaphor of Anathema, associated with dissolution, shadow, and despair. An eternal war rages here between cannibals, automata, slaves, and Daemons within dunes and canyons consumed by volcanic soils and choking ash. Anything that dies here will eventually be reborn from a pit of tar as a Daemon to continue the cycle. Resources are incredibly scarce upon this crowded and violent Plane of eternal suffering; Draoidh cannot establish a Grove here without importing fertilizer for the soil which will surely be torched and burned by powerful raiders, and Apparators can only escape through heavily guarded pathways to Avernus. Only Anathemite can be found as Alkahest, with the rest obtained through Sundering magi or the dealings of Daemons with Mystics summoning them to other Planes. Time moves 32x as fast here.

Nihilos

An infinite nothing given awareness by existing without an end, Nihilos the Night-Father is a Plane of its own being, comprising the bounds of itself. Nihilos is host to the Pseudo-Metaphor of Absentia, associated with everything, nothing, and subversion. Time here flows only at the behest of Nihilos, bleeding into it through portals and access points and gradually fading as one gets deeper until it freezes.

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