The Astral Plane & Related Subjects

The Astral Plane is another dimension that is intricately linked with the physical spiritual/metaphysical sense. All things in the physical dimension has some kind presence or link in the astral, but things in the astral don’t necessarily have a presence in the physical. There are several ‘tiers’ to the plane.

Tiers

Low-Tier

The ‘traffic zone’ of the plane, where all the links to the physical reside. It is also the part where Cybertronian ‘subspace’ is located.

Navkadur

(aka Mind of All)
This is a place of knowledge, learning, meetings and doing. Beings from both the astral and physical alike can come.

Gaining entry

Astral beings can come and go at will, while those from the physical plane must meet a few requirements. First their soul/spark needs to have enough astral essence to even make it to the place (at least 30%), so they would have a tangle ‘form’ within it. Second, the individual needs to have a clear purpose for the visit (can’t just go there to gossip nonsense, for instance). Third, they need to know a method to clear and relax their mind to allow their consciousness to travel there (such as meditation).
Individuals with enough experience and willpower can ‘pull’ a specific person’s conscious to the Navkadur if at least the first condition is met and the third is met in some way (e.g. person is having trouble meditating, is unconscious, etc).
Entry can be flat out denied to someone even if all three requirements are met, at the All’s discretion.

What is found there

The Navkadur is featureless, a void, until someone is within and manipulates it for what they need it for. There are three types of entities/things that can be found there when visiting.
First are ‘imprints’. These are representations of people, places and things used to deliver the knowledge a person seeks, or just to make the experience more comfortable. As such, they are not capable of deception, always showing truth (though people are free to misinterpret what was being shown). They are also completely intangible, able to passed through without resistance.
Second are visitors, beings from both the astral and physical planes. Vistors are tangible, and always appear in the rough shape of their physical form (if they have one) and in the color of their ‘soul’. In the case of astral beings, they appear as the last physical form they had, if they had one. If not, they appear as simple glowing orbs.
Being they are fully sentient beings, visitors must be treated with caution. Some visitors are willing try to deceive or trick another visitor.
The last entity that can be ‘found’ there is the All itself (more on it below), though it does not always present itself or speak to those visiting. When it does it can do so in a number of ways. It can simply speak disembodied, either as a multitude of voices or a singular voice that is familiar to the one its speaking to. Or it can appear as one of its countless aspects, usually one that is familiar to the individual it is interacting with (e.g. if interacting with a Cybertronian, it would most likely appear as Primus). It can speak cryptically or give direct answers: direct answers are always truth.

Other things of note

One can only be harmed in the Navkadur if they wish it to be so. Harm that comes to the person there will affect the physical body in some way.
The spirits of the dead can be summoned for someone to speak to, so long as there’s a specific purpose for it. To do so requires the summoner to be in possession, or close to, a place or object significant to the spirit being summoned.

Mid-Teir

Where the new and mature astral spirits dwell

High-Tier

 The realm of the ascended astral spirits.

Residents

Astral Spirits

These are beings of pure astral essence. Newly formed ones stay on the mid level of the plane, waiting to be assigned a task/purpose: they are unable to leave the astral plane by their own power. Once they have gained significant experience and knowledge, they become ‘ascended’, very powerful beings that can come and go to the physical plane (and other dimensions) at will.

The All

Basically God (or whatever word you wish to refer to it). It often uses ‘aspects’ to communicate with mortals or to create. These aspects can be completely ethereal, fully physical, or somewhere in-between. Primus and Unicron are both aspects of the All. So is every deity ever worshiped by mankind.

Elnserzi

Also called Astral Wells. These are places where the veil between the physical and astral planes are naturally thin. They tend to form where ley lines intersect: the more lines intersect the stronger the Well. Each Well tends to have a specific trait (such healing), with the more ‘destructive’ ones being rarer and not lasting as long.
Using a Well depends on the Well, both due to trait and strength. Some require knowledge of magic, while others simply require a strong will or clear image in your mind.

Type

Dimensional plane