Cosmological Order Model
The cosmological order model consists of a series of somewhat concentric spheres. In the center is the Prime Material plane containing the entirety of material matter within, surrounded by the Ethereum (misty realms of proto-matter). Outside of the Prime and Ethereum are the Inner planes, also called the Elemental planes, which have their own structure based on a sphere. Then comes the Twilight which connects the worlds in the Prime Material plane to each other and also to the last sphere, the Outer planes. The Prime Material plane touches both the Twilight and its Ethereum, though these planes do not touch one another. The Outer planes, also called the Planes of Power, are 8 planes arranged in a circle defined mainly by alignment and surrounding a ninth neutral plane known as the Outlands.
The Inner planes are the six major elemental planes (Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Positive Energy, Negative Energy), the four para-elemental planes (Smoke, Ice, Ooze, Magma), and the eight quasi-elemental planes (Lightning, Steam, Radiance, Minerals, Vacuum, Salt, Ash, Dust). They can be thought of as being on the surface of a sphere with Positive Energy at the north pole, Negative Energy at the south pole and Fire, Earth, Water, and Air on the equator, equidistant from each other. The para-elemental planes are found on the equator between the boundaries of Fire, Earth, Water, and Air (Magma was between Fire and Earth, for example). Four of the quasi-elemental planes are found between the boundaries of Positive Energy and the four elements (Steam between Positive Energy and Water, for example). And the other four quasi-elemental planes are between Negative Energy and the four elements (Vacuum between Negative Energy and Air, for example). The Inner planes are surrounded by the Ethereal planes, which connect them to the Prime Material plane.
Demiplanes are planes of finite extent found within the Ethereum. They may have been the creations of extremely powerful wizards, technologists, or demigods or they may have been created when a large glob of proto-matter began to pull away from its Ethereal plane and achieved separation. Demiplanes might eventually collapse in on themselves, re-merge with its parent Ethereal, or merge with an Inner plane or Prime Material plane. Each demiplane has its own rules regarding gravity, vision, magic, and material make-up.
The Inner planes are the six major elemental planes (Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Positive Energy, Negative Energy), the four para-elemental planes (Smoke, Ice, Ooze, Magma), and the eight quasi-elemental planes (Lightning, Steam, Radiance, Minerals, Vacuum, Salt, Ash, Dust). They can be thought of as being on the surface of a sphere with Positive Energy at the north pole, Negative Energy at the south pole and Fire, Earth, Water, and Air on the equator, equidistant from each other. The para-elemental planes are found on the equator between the boundaries of Fire, Earth, Water, and Air (Magma was between Fire and Earth, for example). Four of the quasi-elemental planes are found between the boundaries of Positive Energy and the four elements (Steam between Positive Energy and Water, for example). And the other four quasi-elemental planes are between Negative Energy and the four elements (Vacuum between Negative Energy and Air, for example). The Inner planes are surrounded by the Ethereal planes, which connect them to the Prime Material plane.
Demiplanes are planes of finite extent found within the Ethereum. They may have been the creations of extremely powerful wizards, technologists, or demigods or they may have been created when a large glob of proto-matter began to pull away from its Ethereal plane and achieved separation. Demiplanes might eventually collapse in on themselves, re-merge with its parent Ethereal, or merge with an Inner plane or Prime Material plane. Each demiplane has its own rules regarding gravity, vision, magic, and material make-up.
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