Elysium

"It is always possible the records are incomplete."

- Proverb of the Azurejays, Scholar-Knights of San Sylvester

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Elysium is one of the Four Dogmatic Planes of Wisterian Cosmology, a distinction shared with Heaven, Hell, and The Abyss. As a dogmatic plane, it is strongly linked to the concepts of Chaos and Good, and is the final resting place for auspicious deaths under the belief systems of the High Elven Pantheon, Gnome Pantheon, and Halfling Pantheon. As is the case with Ahren and virtually every other plane, the true origins of Elysium are lost to mortal memory and the subject of frequent debate. Even the abmortal Azatas and Angels who call the plane home are unsure when their world was founded or which of the competing Elysian Courts is the true first.

The land of elysium is lush, verdant, and always temperate. Weather comes and goes to Elysium, but is never destructive - rivers never slip their banks, storms never pull down trees or light fields aflame, and so on. Mostly a verdant wilderness, Elysium is none the less populated with four main realms: the Cradle of the Wise, Hollyhall, the Glade of Ages, and Elyptrea.

The Cradle of the Wise

The Cradle of the Wise is one of the Four Courts of Elysium, home to many of the deities of the High Elven Pantheon, as well as those Azatas and Angels who serve them, and mortal elves who have earned their right to citizenship within the Oldest City. This sheltered mountain valley and its city of magnificent moonstone towers is said by some to be the wellspring of all Arcane Magic under the Atarlie system of understanding such things - as a result it is also the home of some gods of other Pantheons.

Gods Inhabitant

- San Sylvester occupies a subrealm of the Cradle of the Wise known as the Schola Sylvestri, considered to perhaps be the forefront organized school of study of the arcane magics in the entire multiverse.

Hollyhall

A great hall occupying an incalculably large hill, Hollyhall is a seemingly infinite domain of mead halls, dining rooms, bedrooms, and other luxuries that collectively make up the shared home of much of the Halfling Pantheon, as well as being the resting place of many a meritorious halfling. Those who rest in Hollyhall want for nearly nothing, sup as often or rarely as they please, and enjoy all those fine things they may or may not have had access to in life. Hollyhall frequently plays host to denizens of the other Elysian Courts as well, and is particularly welcoming to mortal adventurers.

The Glade of Ages

Scholars debate whether or not the Glade of Ages is physically present on Elysiam or is in fact a subplane overlapping it. While it is properly the Elysian Court of the Gnomish Pantheon, it is also said to be home to The Oldest, fae beings of such age and depth of dreaming that their Dreams shape the glade itself. While the portion of the Glade that overlaps Elysium is as safe and protected as the rest of the plane, it is possible to slip onto Wrong Trods and find yourself in other planes that are much less idyllic.

Elyptera

Elyptera is a city of marble and brass on the "shores" of Elysium, and the native capital of a whole region originally populated by Azatas and later colonized by Angels, Ahren mortals, and other planar wanderers. As such, it is the only Elysian Court not to play host to a Pantheon, though the graciousness of the other courts and the collective wisdom of its inhabitants has allowed it to remain independant.