Astral Sea

The Astral Sea is the nebulous space between the planes of the Outer Sphere, separating them from those of the Inner Sphere. The Astral Plane provides the backdrop against which the River of Souls flows from Locus'Autem, ushering departed spirits toward final judgment. Far from an empty void, the Astral’s silver substance churns with currents and storms of metaphysical heat and matter, resulting eddies interact with the memories of the dead to produce fleeting simulacra and even demiplanes.

The River of Souls draws the attention of soul-hunting daemons and opportunistic night hags like sharks drawn to the scent of blood. Led by psychopomps, a cross section of nearly every type of celestial and monitor in existence, along with some fiends, defends the proper flow of souls against such predators. The destiantion of the Path of Souls is the The Eternal Throne, where souls are judged.

Travelers within the Astral find the plane untouched by the passage of time, a property exploited by many mortals fearing old age. Time, however, is not easily escaped, and upon exiting the Astral Plane, a creature finds this debt catching up to them, potentially aging to dust in moments.

Category
Transitive Plane
Alignment
Neutral
Scope
Immeasurable
Gravity
Subjective
Time
Timeless
Morphic
Normal
Planar Essence
None
Native Inhabitants
Unknown
Divinities
Dern
The Great Old One
Pyrimitius
Veltinar

Type

Plane of Existence