Etterem

Welcome to Etterem, a collection of realms that have been influenced by incredibly powerful entities known as Aspects. The Aspects influence the very fabric of existence across these realms. However, despite being all powerful entities, they are not without their flaws. The only thing the Aspects understood was the very thing they embodied. To truly create anything with any meaning they needed each other. It wasn't until then that the Twelve Realms truly started taking form.

Manifestation of the Twelve Realms

As the stories go, the Realms began with the influence of the Aspects of Creation and Destruction. Both clashed with one another, Creation formed material into being and Destruction shattered it. The Shards of material manifested by the two aspects flew apart and took imperfect shapes. Creation brought about water to hide the imperfections and Destruction caused the water to tremble into great waves distorting the shape. Creation once again brought out Land to cause the waves to stabilize and destruction stretched the land further into great mountains, fissures, and volcanoes that would erupt into fire. Their influence would continue into an endless competition forming and breaking anything that which was manifested.  

Cycle of the Twelve Realms

The story would continue with the Aspects of Life and Death. The platform had been set for the next stage of existence from the clashing of the Aspects of Creation and Destruction. Unlike the Aspects of Creation and Destruction, the Aspects of Life and Death came to an unspoken agreement. Life seeded souls throughout Etterem, the souls took various shapes from the simplest to the most complex. The forms the souls took were imperfect however, a time would always come when a soul could no longer persist in the form they had chosen. That is when Death would harvest them and strip them from their mortal forms. Death would then return the souls to Life, where they would once again be seeded across the realms.  

Understanding in the Twelve Realms

With the cycle of souls, now established by the Aspects of Life and Death, there was an issue. What did things look like and how did the formed creatures feel? That question was asked by the Aspects of Nature and Void. Nature brought light to the realms revealing all that could be seen. Void brought darkness to the realms shrouding all with possibility. Nature brought sound to the realms to provide awareness to ones surroundings. Void brought thought so that one may question their surroundings. Nature brought instinct, to act upon. Void brought emotion, to guide ones acts. The two aspects built off one another bringing greater understanding of the Realms.

Meaning of the Twelve Realms

Now that there was understanding, there had to be meaning across the realms. What is the true meaning of the realms and those that inhabit it? It was with the aspects of Law and Chaos, that this question was answered. Law decreed that the realms were to be a reflection of the aspects and that things had to fall into order. Chaos countered that the realms were to take their own forms and that there was to be disorder. The arguments of the two aspects created meaning through out the realms. Powerful creatures were born of their influence, creatures that reflected the very power they held, but that was free from the influence of the aspects. Natural order was created, but it was not in any true order.

Purpose of the Twelve Realms

The Twelve Realms had spiraled into something great, there was now understanding and meaning, but there was yet another question. What is the purpose of it all? Once more, it was through the influence of the two aspects, Freedom and Control, that this question was explored. Freedom brought upon the privilege to find ones own purpose, to venture where none had gone before. Control brought upon dominion, the powerful are to bring purpose to those unfit to find their own, for not all can truly find their purpose. Purpose is to be found by those with the will to find it or given by those that can't.

Fate of the Twelve Realms

We arrive at the end of the story and to our last two aspects that influence the Twelve Realms. With the Manifestation, Cycle, Understanding, Meaning, and Purpose of the Twelve Realms there was one final force of the reality to be created. Through fortune reality was truly realized for all aspects, but through misfortune they could no longer govern it. For their combined presence brought about fate, nothing truly controls it. It is believed that fate is what separates all of the Aspects from the sphere of reality. Fate sealed away the aspects, but kept the reality that was formed by them. The creation of Fate through Fortune and Misfortune, gave all within reality a chance to shape their world.