The Weave
During The Shattering, the magic of the pools spilled over into the newly formed planes. The magics mixed, merged, and melded causing chaos throughout the planes and decimating much of the life that the Firstborn had created.
The Firstborn were forced to end their war and they and their first children, The Ancients, left to make their homes on separate planes, drawing the magic of their pools with them.
The dragons were given the plane that would come to be known as the Shadowfell, but when they arrived they found the plane already permeated with a dark energy and their Arcana unable to follow. The unchecked Arcana roiled through the Prime plane, creating voids of dead magic and areas of unpredictable wild magic, and made life dangerous for all.
Mystral, one of the Firstborns of the celestial pool, attempted to shield the mortal creations from the rampaging Arcana but its power swallowed her whole. Her celestial nature protected her consciousness even as the Arcana burned through her body until at last, balance was achieved. She found herself a part of the Arcana, the first goddess of magic. Able to exert some control over the raging magics, she was able to create a net of arcana to shield the Prime plane from the chaos of the pool.
It is from this net, known as the Arcane Weave, that casters draw arcana to form their spells.
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