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	=== Ahren - the Prime Material Plane ===		=== Ahren - the Prime Material Plane ===
	While [[Ahren]] is held by many to be the center of its solar system and with many mortal species holding Ahren as home, there is some debate as to whether the planet Ahren is also at the center of its own plane. The plane itself, referred to properly as the Prime Material Plane or the ~~Emperical~~ Realm, refers to the physical universe which Ahren exists within. According to the Wisterian Model, this universe is at the center of many additional multiverses, which each rotate through the [[Astral Plane]] around the axis of the Prime Material Plane.		While [[Ahren]] is held by many to be the center of its solar system and with many mortal species holding Ahren as home, there is some debate as to whether the planet Ahren is also at the center of its own plane. The plane itself, referred to properly as the Prime Material Plane or the Empirical Realm, refers to the physical universe which Ahren exists within. According to the Wisterian Model, this universe is at the center of many additional multiverses, which each rotate through the [[Astral Plane]] around the axis of the Prime Material Plane.

			Ahren is thought to be a flat world, hemmed in by the firmament that has been stretched across it like a cover, and extending down into depths unknown even to the [[Clans of Magnus]]. Strange things happen in [[the Deeps]].

	=== The Ethereal Plane ===		=== The Ethereal Plane ===
	''See Also: [[The Ethereal Plane]]''		''See Also: [[The Ethereal Plane]]''

	The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.		The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit. The Ethereal plane is sometimes referred to as the "Unseen World", and those with insufficient mastery over light sometimes substitute transposition into this plane for proper invisibility, to their own peril.

	=== The Astral Plane ===		=== The Astral Plane ===
	The [[Astral Plane]], known by various terms such as the Greater Heavens, the Planar Firmament, and so-forth, this plane is thought of as the space which exists above and beyond the Bounds of th Sky of the prime material plane - that is, it's where all the stars and other planes exist. For this reason, [[Ars Magica]] ~~practicioners~~ consider the Astral Plane especially important to understand and it figures heavily in [[astrology \| astrological]], [[Source \| quintessential]], and other magical calculations. The mages of [[Heroka]] recognize a specialist class amongst themselves known as the [[Astrographers]] whose whole purpose is tracking, predicting, and correlating measurements of the astral plane to facilitate [[interplanar travel]].		The [[Astral Plane]], known by various terms such as the Greater Heavens, the Planar Firmament, and so-forth, this plane is thought of as the space which exists above and beyond the Bounds of the Sky of the prime material plane - that is, it's where all the stars and other planes exist. For this reason, [[Ars Magica]] practitioners consider the Astral Plane especially important to understand and it figures heavily in [[astrology \| astrological]], [[Source \| quintessential]], and other magical calculations. The mages of [[Heroka]] recognize a specialist class amongst themselves known as the [[Astrographers]] whose whole purpose is tracking, predicting, and correlating measurements of the astral plane to facilitate [[interplanar travel]].

	=== The Bardo ===		=== The Bardo ===
	''See Also: [[Bardo]]''		''See Also: [[Bardo]]''

	The Bardo is a spirit world, a coterminous plane with that of Ahren, in which all is in its natural state - cities have not been raised, forests have not been razed by mortal hands, and so forth. Some mortal souls - those who are touched with the knowledge of Awakening, however mild, do not travel to any of the Dogmatic Planes, but instead linger for a time in Bardo before divinity or nature draws them back into Ahren via rebirth. A few gods; those who reached their zenith through Awakening or those whose connection to nature is stronger than any particular ideology, call The Bardo home. As a truly neutral plane, it is pulled upon equally by the four Cardinal Abstractive Planes.		The Bardo is a spirit world, a coterminous plane with that of Ahren, in which all is in its natural state - cities have not been raised, forests have not been razed by mortal hands, and so forth. Some mortal souls - those who are touched with the knowledge of Awakening, however mild, do not travel to any of the Dogmatic Planes, but instead linger for a time in Bardo before divinity or nature draws them back into Ahren via rebirth. A few gods; those who reached their zenith through [[Awakening]] or those whose connection to nature is stronger than any particular ideology, call The Bardo home. As a truly neutral plane, it is pulled upon equally by the four Cardinal Abstractive Planes.

	=== The Dreaming ===		=== The Dreaming ===
	Thought of as the realm of the [[Great Fae]], [[the Dreaming]] is a concurrent plane ~~with an extremely low entantiomeric constant~~ - that is, it's a realm where the beliefs and dreams of sophont races have almost as much pull as those of gods. The Fae are thought to be native to the dreaming, and many cultures that make ~~obesience~~ toward the Fae consider them, effectively, to be the gods of this realm.		Thought of as the realm of the [[Great Fae]], [[the Dreaming]] is a concurrent plane in which reality is inconstant - that is, it's a realm where the beliefs and dreams of sophont races have almost as much pull as those of gods. The Fae are thought to be native to the dreaming, and many cultures that make obeisance toward the Fae consider them, effectively, to be the gods of this realm.

	=== As Understood By the Schools ===		=== As Understood By the Schools ===
	==== Ars Magica ====		==== Ars Magica ====
	The Schola [[Ars Magica]] is rarely divided, but their divisions tend to show up most strongly against cosmological lines. In both the Western ([[Bastonian]]) and Eastern ([[Atarlied]]) schools, it is agreed that the ~~Emperical~~ Realm, ~~Etheeral~~ Plane, and Astral Plane all exist - though the common name for the latter differs depending on whether you favour the human or elven scholarship, with elves preferring the term Planar Firmament and Bastonians preferring Greater Heavens, for religious reasons. Western Ars Magica scholarship denies the existence of the Bardo completely as a kind of "southern heresy" and considers the Dreaming to be a subset of the Ethereal plane, whereas the eastern school accepts the existence of the Bardo and the Dreaming, considering all five of the planes listed above as factual and ~~exstant~~.		The Schola [[Ars Magica]] is rarely divided, but their divisions tend to show up most strongly against cosmological lines. In both the Western ([[Bastonian]]) and Eastern ([[Atarlied]]) schools, it is agreed that the Empirical Realm, Ethereal Plane, and Astral Plane all exist - though the common name for the latter differs depending on whether you favour the human or elven scholarship, with elves preferring the term Planar Firmament and Bastonians preferring Greater Heavens, for religious reasons. Western Ars Magica scholarship denies the existence of the Bardo completely as a kind of "southern heresy" and considers the Dreaming to be a subset of the Ethereal plane, whereas the eastern school accepts the existence of the Bardo and the Dreaming, considering all five of the planes listed above as factual and extant.

	As stated above, both schools consider the Astral Plane to be extremely important and make great efforts to measure and understand the signs and portents of the Astral. It is believed by the Ars Magica schools that a firmament called the Bounds of the Sky exists at the 'bottom' of the Astral Plane, against which the other planes and the stars shine, which is why the sky appears to be flat, or otherwise have no depth. This boundary serves as the "trinary boundary" between the Astral Plane and where it intersects with both the Ethereal and ~~Emperical~~ planes. However, moving between the concurrent planes is thought of as fairly trivial by specialists in the right magics, and even ~~bipassing~~ the Bounds of the Sky is possible with the aid of the right apparatus.		As stated above, both schools consider the Astral Plane to be extremely important and make great efforts to measure and understand the signs and portents of the Astral. It is believed by the Ars Magica schools that a firmament called the Bounds of the Sky exists at the 'bottom' of the Astral Plane, against which the other planes and the stars shine, which is why the sky appears to be flat, or otherwise have no depth. This boundary serves as the "trinary boundary" between the Astral Plane and where it intersects with both the Ethereal and Empirical planes. However, moving between the concurrent planes is thought of as fairly trivial by specialists in the right magics, and even bypassing the Bounds of the Sky is possible with the aid of the right apparatus.

	==== Secrets of Nature ====		==== Secrets of Nature ====
	Though occasionally ~~seperated~~ between the Secrets as known to the [[Star-Counters]] and the [[Carcolie]] druidic cults, the Secrets of Nature actually largely correspond with regard to the concurrent planes. These druids believe that the Ethereal, Astral, Dreaming, and Bardo planes all exist as one plane known as the Spirit Realm; the ~~seperation~~ between those planes is, to them, merely conceptual and once access into the spirit realm has been made, switching between these supposed sub-planes is comparatively trivial to those who know the right [[Strange Trods]]. Among the [[Confederacy of Sages]] some [[Outrunners]] which operate under the auspices of the [[Star-Counters]] can use [[Long Walk]] shortcuts through the spirit realm to shorten distances on the material plane.		Though occasionally separated between the Secrets as known to the [[Star-Counters]] and the [[Carcolie]] druidic cults, the Secrets of Nature actually largely correspond with regard to the concurrent planes. These druids believe that the Ethereal, Astral, Dreaming, and Bardo planes all exist as one plane known as the Spirit Realm; the separation between those planes is, to them, merely conceptual and once access into the spirit realm has been made, switching between these supposed sub-planes is comparatively trivial to those who know the right [[Strange Trods]]. Among the [[Confederacy of Sages]] some [[Outrunners]] which operate under the auspices of the [[Star-Counters]] can use [[Long Walk]] shortcuts through the spirit realm to shorten distances on the material plane.

	==== Orcish Shamanism ====		==== Orcish Shamanism ====
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	==== Way of the Elements ====		==== Way of the Elements ====
	The [[Way of the Elements]] teaches a modified form of the cosmology promulgated by the Ars Magica school, with regard to the concurrent planes - it explicitly names the Bardo as existing (and in fact, the term Bardo is native to the Petrenean tongue), and combines the ~~Etheral~~ and Astral Planes into one entity, collectively known as the Realm of Ghosts and Dragons.		The [[Way of the Elements]] teaches a modified form of the cosmology promulgated by the Ars Magica school, with regard to the concurrent planes - it explicitly names the Bardo as existing (and in fact, the term Bardo is native to the Petrenean tongue), and combines the Ethereal and Astral Planes into one entity, collectively known as the Realm of Ghosts and Dragons.

	==== Other Interpretations ====		==== Other Interpretations ====
	The dwarves of the [[Clans of Magnus]] do not speak of the Concurrent Planes as being entirely ~~seperate~~. They believe that, through passages in [[The Depths]], it is possible to move between these realms without the use of magic. Therefore, these are not alternate realities but alternate locations, leading to some dwarven maps to border on unreadable and unusable to other polities. The Astral Plane ''is'' recognized as something ~~seperate~~-and-apart, but also thought of as unreachable - it is the light of the god-fires reflecting off the facets of the crystal dome that ~~seperates~~ the world of things-that-are from the world of things-that-aren't.		The dwarves of the [[Clans of Magnus]] do not speak of the Concurrent Planes as being entirely separate. They believe that, through passages in [[The Depths]], it is possible to move between these realms without the use of magic. Therefore, these are not alternate realities but alternate locations, leading to some dwarven maps to border on unreadable and unusable to other polities. The Astral Plane ''is'' recognized as something separate-and-apart, but also thought of as unreachable - it is the light of the god-fires reflecting off the facets of the crystal dome that separates the world of things-that-are from the world of things-that-aren't.

	== The Four Heavenly Kingdoms ==		== The Four Heavenly Kingdoms ==

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	'''Cosmology''' is the study of the nature and orientation with respect to one another of the planes of existence within the Wisterian Multiverse. Most cosmologists in [[Ahren]] adhere to a model of cosmology promulgated by Atarlie schools of magical thinking, which themselves have been influenced by knowledgeable sources such as the [[Elysium#The Cradle of the Wise\|the Schola Sylvestri]], known as the Wisterian Model.		'''Cosmology''' is the study of the nature and orientation with respect to one another of the planes of existence within the Wisterian Multiverse. Most cosmologists in [[Ahren]] adhere to a model of cosmology promulgated by Atarlie schools of magical thinking, which themselves have been influenced by knowledgeable sources such as the [[Elysium#The Cradle of the Wise\|the Schola Sylvestri]], known as the Wisterian Model.

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	A plane of primordial chaos, Pandemonium is in a state of constant flux, of explosions of enormous reserves of arcane energies and the birthplace, in its more or less stable pockets, of many Aberrations. Where it is more or less stable, often stabilized by their own intervention, a few Gods are known to maintain realms here.		A plane of primordial chaos, Pandemonium is in a state of constant flux, of explosions of enormous reserves of arcane energies and the birthplace, in its more or less stable pockets, of many Aberrations. Where it is more or less stable, often stabilized by their own intervention, a few Gods are known to maintain realms here.

			[[Category: The Planes]] [[Category: Glossary]]

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	The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.		The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.

			=== The Bardo ===
			''See Also: [[Bardo]]''

			The Bardo is a spirit world, a coterminous plane with that of Ahren, in which all is in its natural state - cities have not been raised, forests have not been razed by mortal hands, and so forth. Some mortal souls - those who are touched with the knowledge of Awakening, however mild, do not travel to any of the Dogmatic Planes, but instead linger for a time in Bardo before divinity or nature draws them back into Ahren via rebirth. A few gods; those who reached their zenith through Awakening or those whose connection to nature is stronger than any particular ideology, call The Bardo home. As a truly neutral plane, it is pulled upon equally by the four Cardinal Abstractive Planes.

	== The Four Dogmatic Planes ==		== The Four Dogmatic Planes ==

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	=== The Ethereal Plane ===		=== The Ethereal Plane ===
	''See Also: [[The Ethereal Plane]]''		''See Also: [[The Ethereal Plane]]''

	The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.		The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.

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	=== Heaven ===		=== Heaven ===
	''See Also: [[Heaven]]''		''See Also: [[Heaven]]''

	Heaven is a plane strongly aligned with good and law and is therefore tidally locked to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes of [[Vita]] and [[Axioma]]. Strongly colonized by much of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]], Heaven is the native plane of [[Archons]] and the ultimate resting place of the souls of many believers in the faith of [[Bastonia]].		Heaven is a plane strongly aligned with good and law and is therefore tidally locked to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes of [[Vita]] and [[Axioma]]. Strongly colonized by much of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]], Heaven is the native plane of [[Archons]] and the ultimate resting place of the souls of many believers in the faith of [[Bastonia]].

	=== Elysium ===		=== Elysium ===
	''See Also: [[Elysium]]''		''See Also: [[Elysium]]''

	Elysium is a plane strongly aligned with good and chaos, locking it tidally to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes [[Vita]] and [[Pandemonium]]. It is strongly colonized by (and occasionally the origin of) several of the [[High Elven Pantheon]], [[Gnomish Pantheon]], and [[Halfling Pantheon]], and the place where many High Elves, Gnomes, Halflings, and other folk believe their souls will go when they die, with varying strictures on how that process should function. It also plays host to the Bastonian god [[San Sylvester]]. [[Azatas]] are native to Elysium.		Elysium is a plane strongly aligned with good and chaos, locking it tidally to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes [[Vita]] and [[Pandemonium]]. It is strongly colonized by (and occasionally the origin of) several of the [[High Elven Pantheon]], [[Gnomish Pantheon]], and [[Halfling Pantheon]], and the place where many High Elves, Gnomes, Halflings, and other folk believe their souls will go when they die, with varying strictures on how that process should function. It also plays host to the Bastonian god [[San Sylvester]]. [[Azatas]] are native to Elysium.

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	=== The Abyss ===		=== The Abyss ===
	''See Also: [[The Abyss]]''		''See Also: [[The Abyss]]''

	The Abyss is the cosmological antipode of Heaven, a plane of vacuous emptiness punctuated by occasional bursts of hellish surrealism, whose cosmological position is entrained closes to [[Stasis]] and [[Pandemoneum]]. While neither evil-aligned Dogmatic Plane is particularly easy to live with for mortals, the Abyss is perhaps the most hostile, and few gods, if any, call it home.		The Abyss is the cosmological antipode of Heaven, a plane of vacuous emptiness punctuated by occasional bursts of hellish surrealism, whose cosmological position is entrained closes to [[Stasis]] and [[Pandemoneum]]. While neither evil-aligned Dogmatic Plane is particularly easy to live with for mortals, the Abyss is perhaps the most hostile, and few gods, if any, call it home.

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	=== Pyrenum ===		=== Pyrenum ===
	''See Also: [[Pyrenum]]''		''See Also: [[Pyrenum]]''

	Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Akara]], and is the Essential Plane of Fire. It is often said to be more or less proximal to [[Hell]], and its regions are almost entirely consumed in fire burning endlessly and without fuel, though some metastable pockets appear when and where it has drifted near to more stable planes like [[Petrii]]. Never the less it has its own stable regions to which the [[Ifriti]] are native.		Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Akara]], and is the Essential Plane of Fire. It is often said to be more or less proximal to [[Hell]], and its regions are almost entirely consumed in fire burning endlessly and without fuel, though some metastable pockets appear when and where it has drifted near to more stable planes like [[Petrii]]. Never the less it has its own stable regions to which the [[Ifriti]] are native.

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	=== Petrii ===		=== Petrii ===
	''See Also: [[Petrii]]''		''See Also: [[Petrii]]''

	Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Antistasis]], and is the Essential Plane of Earth. A vast expanse of stone, sand, and the like, occasional pockets of air and caverns within it are peopled by the hearty [[Shaitan]], and other earth-elemental outsiders. Petrii, though dangerous, is one of the most often visited Essential Planes owing to its material richness, especially if it is in conjunction with [[Antistasis]], which is seen as a safe time to explore it.		Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Antistasis]], and is the Essential Plane of Earth. A vast expanse of stone, sand, and the like, occasional pockets of air and caverns within it are peopled by the hearty [[Shaitan]], and other earth-elemental outsiders. Petrii, though dangerous, is one of the most often visited Essential Planes owing to its material richness, especially if it is in conjunction with [[Antistasis]], which is seen as a safe time to explore it.

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	=== Lumina ===		=== Lumina ===
	''See Also: [[Lumina]]''		''See Also: [[Lumina]]''

	The essential plane of light, Lumina brings with it many dangers, as it is perpetually illuminated from almost all sides, to the point of being hazardous to normal mortal health. It is antipodal cosmologically to [[Tenebaria]]. Home to an elusive and insular race known as [[Luminaria]], the light of Lumina is believed to be the source of the spark of sentience.		The essential plane of light, Lumina brings with it many dangers, as it is perpetually illuminated from almost all sides, to the point of being hazardous to normal mortal health. It is antipodal cosmologically to [[Tenebaria]]. Home to an elusive and insular race known as [[Luminaria]], the light of Lumina is believed to be the source of the spark of sentience.

	=== Tenebaria ===		=== Tenebaria ===
	''See Also: [[Tenebaria]]''		''See Also: [[Tenebaria]]''

	Tenebaria is the Essential Plane of Shadow, making it the antipode to Lumina within Wisterian Cosmology. Though shrowded in perpetual darkness and considered a near ascendant of [[the Abyss]], Tenebaria is not actually good or evil aligned, and is simply a place of darkness. The [[Mesmerites]], a species of dopplegangar native to Tenebaria, hale from here and often travel to other planes in search of new experiences.		Tenebaria is the Essential Plane of Shadow, making it the antipode to Lumina within Wisterian Cosmology. Though shrowded in perpetual darkness and considered a near ascendant of [[the Abyss]], Tenebaria is not actually good or evil aligned, and is simply a place of darkness. The [[Mesmerites]], a species of dopplegangar native to Tenebaria, hale from here and often travel to other planes in search of new experiences.

	=== Tindalos ===		=== Tindalos ===
	''See Also: Tindalos''		''See Also: Tindalos''

	Tindalos is the Essential Plane of Time. Like its close cousin, [[Xeno]], it is unique among the Essential Planes in that it cannot be reached by normal means of extraplanar travel, and it is extremely rare even on cosmological time-scales for wild portals to bring travelers to Tindalos. Coterminous with all points in time that have been, are, shall be, or never were, across all planes in the cosmos, Tindalos is the subject of speculation, ambition of the occasional power-hungry wizard or sorcerer, and chiefly known only by the evidence of its impact on other planes. Several strange and aberrant species are said to be native to Tindalos, none of which are known conclusively to exist, chiefly the [[Hounds of Tindalos]], a race of shape-shifting beasts who police the multiverse against those who would thwart fate or alter the flow of time too severely.		Tindalos is the Essential Plane of Time. Like its close cousin, [[Xeno]], it is unique among the Essential Planes in that it cannot be reached by normal means of extraplanar travel, and it is extremely rare even on cosmological time-scales for wild portals to bring travelers to Tindalos. Coterminous with all points in time that have been, are, shall be, or never were, across all planes in the cosmos, Tindalos is the subject of speculation, ambition of the occasional power-hungry wizard or sorcerer, and chiefly known only by the evidence of its impact on other planes. Several strange and aberrant species are said to be native to Tindalos, none of which are known conclusively to exist, chiefly the [[Hounds of Tindalos]], a race of shape-shifting beasts who police the multiverse against those who would thwart fate or alter the flow of time too severely.

	===Xeno===		===Xeno===
	''See Also: [[Xeno]]''		''See Also: [[Xeno]]''

	Xeno, sometimes known as the Great Between, is the Essential Plane of Space. Alongside its cousin, Tindalos, it is known by the effects of its movement through the cosmological cycle rather than direct travel, and is nearly impossible to reach. It is said to be the plane between other planes and the Astral Plane - a theory often challenged. In the same sense that Tindalos is coterminous with all points in time, Xeno is said to be coterminous with all points in space. It is unique among the Eight Essential Planes in that no species is said to be native to it, though there are rumours of [[The Pattern Spider\|a god of many bodies]] who calls the plane home.		Xeno, sometimes known as the Great Between, is the Essential Plane of Space. Alongside its cousin, Tindalos, it is known by the effects of its movement through the cosmological cycle rather than direct travel, and is nearly impossible to reach. It is said to be the plane between other planes and the Astral Plane - a theory often challenged. In the same sense that Tindalos is coterminous with all points in time, Xeno is said to be coterminous with all points in space. It is unique among the Eight Essential Planes in that no species is said to be native to it, though there are rumours of [[The Pattern Spider\|a god of many bodies]] who calls the plane home.

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	===Vita===		===Vita===
	''See Also: [[Vita]]''		''See Also: [[Vita]]''

	Vita is the Plane of Goodness, sometimes known as the Plane of Positive Energy. Here, the spark of life and vitality is so strong that undead are destroyed immediately and mortals elevated to nearly godly power, though unless they are possessed of extraordinary ability to control the flow of positive energy into themselves, they are often just as quickly destroyed. Some have proposed Vita as the true plane of origin for [[the Almighty]].		Vita is the Plane of Goodness, sometimes known as the Plane of Positive Energy. Here, the spark of life and vitality is so strong that undead are destroyed immediately and mortals elevated to nearly godly power, though unless they are possessed of extraordinary ability to control the flow of positive energy into themselves, they are often just as quickly destroyed. Some have proposed Vita as the true plane of origin for [[the Almighty]].

	===Stasis===		===Stasis===
	''See Also: [[Stasis]]''		''See Also: [[Stasis]]''

	Stasis is the Plane of Evil, sometimes known as the Plane of Negative Energy. The plane is a hungry void, empty by even the standards of the Abyss, in which no life can survive for long without extreme magical intervention. Some have proposed Stasis as the true plane of origin for [[the Enemy]].		Stasis is the Plane of Evil, sometimes known as the Plane of Negative Energy. The plane is a hungry void, empty by even the standards of the Abyss, in which no life can survive for long without extreme magical intervention. Some have proposed Stasis as the true plane of origin for [[the Enemy]].

	===Axioma===		===Axioma===
	''See Also: [[Axioma]]''		''See Also: [[Axioma]]''

	Known by some as the Clockwork Plane, Axioma is the Plane of Law, known for its seemingly artificial expanse of clockwork terrain moving in constant lockstep with each other, marking out a perfectly orderly universe. The Inevitables are known to be native to this plane, and several other gods maintain realms here.		Known by some as the Clockwork Plane, Axioma is the Plane of Law, known for its seemingly artificial expanse of clockwork terrain moving in constant lockstep with each other, marking out a perfectly orderly universe. The Inevitables are known to be native to this plane, and several other gods maintain realms here.

	===Pandemonium===		===Pandemonium===
	''See also: [[Pandemonium]]''		''See also: [[Pandemonium]]''

	A plane of primordial chaos, Pandemonium is in a state of constant flux, of explosions of enormous reserves of arcane energies and the birthplace, in its more or less stable pockets, of many Aberrations. Where it is more or less stable, often stabilized by their own intervention, a few Gods are known to maintain realms here.		A plane of primordial chaos, Pandemonium is in a state of constant flux, of explosions of enormous reserves of arcane energies and the birthplace, in its more or less stable pockets, of many Aberrations. Where it is more or less stable, often stabilized by their own intervention, a few Gods are known to maintain realms here.

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	=== Heaven ===		=== Heaven ===
	''See Also: [[Heaven]]''		''See Also: [[Heaven]]''
	Heaven is a plane strongly aligned with good and law and is therefore tidally locked to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes of [[Vita]] and [[Axioma]]. Strongly colonized by much of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]], Heaven is the native plane of [[Archons]] and the ultimate resting place of the souls of many believers in the faith of [[Bastonia]].		Heaven is a plane strongly aligned with good and law and is therefore tidally locked to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes of [[Vita]] and [[Axioma]]. Strongly colonized by much of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]], Heaven is the native plane of [[Archons]] and the ultimate resting place of the souls of many believers in the faith of [[Bastonia]].

	=== Elysium ===		=== Elysium ===

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	Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Antistasis]], and is the Essential Plane of Earth. A vast expanse of stone, sand, and the like, occasional pockets of air and caverns within it are peopled by the hearty [[Shaitan]], and other earth-elemental outsiders. Petrii, though dangerous, is one of the most often visited Essential Planes owing to its material richness, especially if it is in conjunction with [[Antistasis]], which is seen as a safe time to explore it.		Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Antistasis]], and is the Essential Plane of Earth. A vast expanse of stone, sand, and the like, occasional pockets of air and caverns within it are peopled by the hearty [[Shaitan]], and other earth-elemental outsiders. Petrii, though dangerous, is one of the most often visited Essential Planes owing to its material richness, especially if it is in conjunction with [[Antistasis]], which is seen as a safe time to explore it.

	=== Antistasis ==		=== Antistasis ===
	''See Also: [[Antistasis]]''		''See Also: [[Antistasis]]''
	The essential antepode of [[Petrii]], Antistais is known as the Essential Plane of Wind, a vast and often featureless sky riven by weather, sometimes more destructive than ever seen on [[Ahren]], and occasionally dotted with flying/falling islands of solid land where various species live, including the indigenous [[Djinni]].		The essential antepode of [[Petrii]], Antistais is known as the Essential Plane of Wind, a vast and often featureless sky riven by weather, sometimes more destructive than ever seen on [[Ahren]], and occasionally dotted with flying/falling islands of solid land where various species live, including the indigenous [[Djinni]].

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'''Cosmology''' is the study of the nature and orientation with respect to one another of the planes of existence within the Wisterian Multiverse. Most cosmologists in [[Ahren]] adhere to a model of cosmology promulgated by Atarlie schools of magical thinking, which themselves have been influenced by knowledgeable sources such as the [[Elysium#The Cradle of the Wise|the Schola Sylvestri]], known as the Wisterian Model.

The Wisterian Model proposes a modified Great Ring cosmology, centering the '''Concurrent Planes''', with a nearby ring of four '''Dogmatic Planes''', a further ring of eight '''Essential Planes''', and bounded on its utmost by the four '''Cardinal Abstractive Planes''', all mediated with within an interplanar medium known as the [[Astral Plane]], which links the planes together in ways where they not directly touch, allowing for interplanar travel.

== The Concurrent Planes ==
=== Ahren - the Prime Material Plane ===
While [[Ahren]] is held by many to be the center of its solar system and with many mortal species holding Ahren as home, there is some debate as to whether the planet Ahren is also at the center of its own plane. The plane itself, referred to properly as the Prime Material Plane, refers to the physical universe which Ahren exists within. According to the Wisterian Model, this universe is at the center of many additional multiverses, which each rotate through the [[Astral Plane]] around the axis of the Prime Material Plane.

=== The Ethereal Plane ===
''See Also: [[The Ethereal Plane]]''
The Ethereal Plane, at least in respect to the portion of the Prime Material occupied by [[Ahren]] and its immediate celestial environs, is fully coterminous with the Prime Material Plane. Home to outsider species such as dopplegangers and ethergaunts, this strange, otherworldly plane is a shadow of a memory of Ahren, often alien to those who transit from Ahren into the Ethereal. This is the medium through which many teleporation effects transit.

== The Four Dogmatic Planes ==
Nearest to the Concurrent Planes in Celestial Terms, the Dogmatic Planes are home to some of the deities most influential upon [[Ahren]] and the ultimate destination for many souls who die upon the Prime Material Plane. They are comprised of [[Heaven]], [[Elysium]], [[Hell]], and [[the Abyss]].

=== Heaven ===
''See Also: [[Heaven]]''
Heaven is a plane strongly aligned with good and law and is therefore tidally locked to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes of [[Vita]] and [[Axioma]]. Strongly colonized by much of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]], Heaven is the native plane of [[Archons]] and the ultimate resting place of the souls of many believers in the faith of [[Bastonia]].

=== Elysium ===
''See Also: [[Elysium]]''
Elysium is a plane strongly aligned with good and chaos, locking it tidally to the Cardinal Abstractive Planes [[Vita]] and [[Pandemonium]]. It is strongly colonized by (and occasionally the origin of) several of the [[High Elven Pantheon]], [[Gnomish Pantheon]], and [[Halfling Pantheon]], and the place where many High Elves, Gnomes, Halflings, and other folk believe their souls will go when they die, with varying strictures on how that process should function. It also plays host to the Bastonian god [[San Sylvester]]. [[Azatas]] are native to Elysium.

=== Hell ===
''See Also: [[Hell]]''
Hell is the cosmological antepode of Elysium, being therefore strongly aligned with evil and law, which locks it in cosmological relation to [[Stasis]] and [[Axioma]]. [[The Enemy]] of the [[Bastonian Pantheon]] claims to have created hell, along with the [[Princes of Hell]], who are the ruling caste among the native inhabitants, a race of infernals known as [[Devils]]. Bastonian belief centers hell as a place of damnation and the souls of wicked Bastonians as well as others who have made deals with or earned the attention of Devils often end up here in the afterlife.

=== The Abyss ===
''See Also: [[The Abyss]]''
The Abyss is the cosmological antipode of Heaven, a plane of vacuous emptiness punctuated by occasional bursts of hellish surrealism, whose cosmological position is entrained closes to [[Stasis]] and [[Pandemoneum]]. While neither evil-aligned Dogmatic Plane is particularly easy to live with for mortals, the Abyss is perhaps the most hostile, and few gods, if any, call it home.

== The Eight Essential Planes ==
The Eight Essential Planes are further removed from the Concurrent Planes, and are not reached directly from the Concurrent, but rather through transit across the Astral Plane - despite appearances through the use of Gates or Wild Portals, which nonetheless cover some distance across the Astral to connect each end of the portal. These eight essential planes, sometimes called the primordial planes, are bastions of each of the Elements, or Essentia, common to the understanding of [[Ars Magica]]. These planes move at different rates through the cosmos, occasionally wandering nearer or further in relation to each other.

=== Pyrenum ===
''See Also: [[Pyrenum]]''
Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Akara]], and is the Essential Plane of Fire. It is often said to be more or less proximal to [[Hell]], and its regions are almost entirely consumed in fire burning endlessly and without fuel, though some metastable pockets appear when and where it has drifted near to more stable planes like [[Petrii]]. Never the less it has its own stable regions to which the [[Ifriti]] are native.

=== Akara ===
''See Also: [[Akara]]''
Akara the essential antepode of [[Pyrenum]], and is the Essential Plane of Water. A vast expanse of open water without surface or floor, it is a difficult plane to navigate, made more complicated when it is in near conjunction to [[Petrii]] or [[Antistasis]], which introduces new elements into the occasion. This plane is said to be the home of the [[Marid]] and several other species of water spirits, some of whom mingle with the races of [[Ahren]].

=== Petrii ===
''See Also: [[Petrii]]''
Pyrenum is the essential antepode of [[Antistasis]], and is the Essential Plane of Earth. A vast expanse of stone, sand, and the like, occasional pockets of air and caverns within it are peopled by the hearty [[Shaitan]], and other earth-elemental outsiders. Petrii, though dangerous, is one of the most often visited Essential Planes owing to its material richness, especially if it is in conjunction with [[Antistasis]], which is seen as a safe time to explore it.

=== Antistasis ==
''See Also: [[Antistasis]]''
The essential antepode of [[Petrii]], Antistais is known as the Essential Plane of Wind, a vast and often featureless sky riven by weather, sometimes more destructive than ever seen on [[Ahren]], and occasionally dotted with flying/falling islands of solid land where various species live, including the indigenous [[Djinni]].

=== Lumina ===
''See Also: [[Lumina]]''
The essential plane of light, Lumina brings with it many dangers, as it is perpetually illuminated from almost all sides, to the point of being hazardous to normal mortal health. It is antipodal cosmologically to [[Tenebaria]]. Home to an elusive and insular race known as [[Luminaria]], the light of Lumina is believed to be the source of the spark of sentience.

=== Tenebaria ===
''See Also: [[Tenebaria]]''
Tenebaria is the Essential Plane of Shadow, making it the antipode to Lumina within Wisterian Cosmology. Though shrowded in perpetual darkness and considered a near ascendant of [[the Abyss]], Tenebaria is not actually good or evil aligned, and is simply a place of darkness. The [[Mesmerites]], a species of dopplegangar native to Tenebaria, hale from here and often travel to other planes in search of new experiences.

=== Tindalos ===
''See Also: Tindalos''
Tindalos is the Essential Plane of Time. Like its close cousin, [[Xeno]], it is unique among the Essential Planes in that it cannot be reached by normal means of extraplanar travel, and it is extremely rare even on cosmological time-scales for wild portals to bring travelers to Tindalos. Coterminous with all points in time that have been, are, shall be, or never were, across all planes in the cosmos, Tindalos is the subject of speculation, ambition of the occasional power-hungry wizard or sorcerer, and chiefly known only by the evidence of its impact on other planes. Several strange and aberrant species are said to be native to Tindalos, none of which are known conclusively to exist, chiefly the [[Hounds of Tindalos]], a race of shape-shifting beasts who police the multiverse against those who would thwart fate or alter the flow of time too severely.

===Xeno===
''See Also: [[Xeno]]''
Xeno, sometimes known as the Great Between, is the Essential Plane of Space. Alongside its cousin, Tindalos, it is known by the effects of its movement through the cosmological cycle rather than direct travel, and is nearly impossible to reach. It is said to be the plane between other planes and the Astral Plane - a theory often challenged. In the same sense that Tindalos is coterminous with all points in time, Xeno is said to be coterminous with all points in space. It is unique among the Eight Essential Planes in that no species is said to be native to it, though there are rumours of [[The Pattern Spider|a god of many bodies]] who calls the plane home.

== The Four Cardinal Abstractive Planes ===
On the furthest edges of the cosmology are four planes that each represent, in its purest form, a moral or ethical ideal: [[Vita]], [[Stasis]], [[Axioma]] and [[Pandemoneum]]. Each has their own hazards, and apart from the occasional stable pockets in their own domain, are possibly the most dangerous planes of existence in this cosmological model. These planes can be reached from the Astral with varying degrees of difficulty.

===Vita===
''See Also: [[Vita]]''
Vita is the Plane of Goodness, sometimes known as the Plane of Positive Energy. Here, the spark of life and vitality is so strong that undead are destroyed immediately and mortals elevated to nearly godly power, though unless they are possessed of extraordinary ability to control the flow of positive energy into themselves, they are often just as quickly destroyed. Some have proposed Vita as the true plane of origin for [[the Almighty]].

===Stasis===
''See Also: [[Stasis]]''
Stasis is the Plane of Evil, sometimes known as the Plane of Negative Energy. The plane is a hungry void, empty by even the standards of the Abyss, in which no life can survive for long without extreme magical intervention. Some have proposed Stasis as the true plane of origin for [[the Enemy]].

===Axioma===
''See Also: [[Axioma]]''
Known by some as the Clockwork Plane, Axioma is the Plane of Law, known for its seemingly artificial expanse of clockwork terrain moving in constant lockstep with each other, marking out a perfectly orderly universe. The Inevitables are known to be native to this plane, and several other gods maintain realms here.

===Pandemonium===
''See also: [[Pandemonium]]''
A plane of primordial chaos, Pandemonium is in a state of constant flux, of explosions of enormous reserves of arcane energies and the birthplace, in its more or less stable pockets, of many Aberrations. Where it is more or less stable, often stabilized by their own intervention, a few Gods are known to maintain realms here.