Dark Between the Stars

WHAT IS THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS? No one can of course be sure of what the dark between the stars really is – the only thing the inhabitants of the Horizon know of this lurking cosmic evil is the different manifestations it takes in the world, such as darkmorphs, madness and haunting spirits. The darkness is actually just energy, raw and pure – so pure that it has no goal or direction. The Church of the Icons are right in their sup- position that the darkness only affects that which already exists: life, in all its multiplicity. In the First Horizon, man- kind has tamed the dark between the stars and uses it to create energy and to sculpt life. This practice has in turn warped parts of the First Horizon, especially its rulers.