Paradises

Scattered in the Uncreated Night are small realms of refuge. These Paradises were created by the Made Gods or by ancient powers of the Former Empires, thrones and testimonies to their glory. Each one was fashioned in the image of its creator, built to be a citadel and a dwelling-place for the god and the souls of their faithful followers. At their time of death, the souls of these believers would be translated to the safety of their god’s Paradise instead of being dragged down to Hell. There they could persist forever in glory and peace, suffused by the happiness of their new home. Suffer- ing would fade, loss would be assuaged, and the god would bask in the praise and contentment of their beloved people. Of course, the details of these paradises varied from god to god, and some of them embodied ideals that would be monstrous to unbelieving eyes. Still, they were meant as places of refuge, and refuges they remain. While the death or vanishment of their masters prevents any new souls from entering the Paradise, the original faithful persist, still sheltered by the power of the realm and its innate wonders. Among them are sages long since lost to the other realms, and knowers of forgotten secrets. Sometimes these Paradises go sour in the absence of their mak- er. Without their guiding wisdom and power, they can become infested by intrusions of Uncreated or riven by struggles among the souls. A few collapse entirely into warfare or are devoured by the encroaching Night. As death and pain are often made impossible within a Paradise, the results of such catastrophes can be as bizarre as they are horrific.

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Dimensional plane