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==The Astral Plane== | ==The Astral Plane== | ||
A silvery void that connects the Material and Inner Planes to the Outer Planes, the astral plane is the medium through which | A silvery void that connects the Material and Inner Planes to the Elemental and Outer Planes, the astral plane is the medium through which all parts of Reality are connected. The only planes which cannot be reached via the Astral Sea are the Ether and Shadow planes, which exist as reflections of a Material plane, and can only be reached by travelling through a Material Plane. | ||
A traveler in the Astral Plane sees the plane as a vast | Careful study of the Astral Plane has revealed that there is structure and purpose within the Shining Sea, and some few of these structures are even vaguely understood by Cyphers and Sages. The Celestial Cascade is a vast structure within the Astral Plane which facilitates the transport of souls from the Prime Material to the various Outer Planes. Souls are valuable to those with few scruples, and as a result, the Celestial Cascade is enormously well-defended, and the secrets of reaching it require Deific might, or close to it. Despite the near-certainty that the Celestial Cascade exists, there is very little detailed information about it in the hands of mortals. Other vast structures within the Astral Plane such as the Mistflow, Gelid Billows, and The Cirrus Fringes are still completely beyond mortal ken, and travelers can simply marvel at their wonders. | ||
A traveler in the Astral Plane sees the plane as a vast, complex ebb and flow of astral 'stuff' within the peaceful void, with a soothing infrasound background noise romantically called The Music of the Spheres. It is periodically dotted with tiny motes of physical reality calved off of the countless planes it overlaps. These motes may look like distorted 'bubbles' of reality, or as panes like holes in the void, or as circular motes of land, or flying mountains, or as disconnected, jagged landscapes, or many other manifestations. Despite the occasional terrors of the Astral Plane, it is generally the safest of the planes...for certain values of safe. | |||
==The Ethereal "Plane"== | ==The Ethereal "Plane"== | ||