Dark Tapestry
“I have seen the dark universe yawning/ Where the black planets roll without aim, /Where they roll in their horror unheeded, /Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.”Little is known of the Dark Tapestry— "the darkness between the stars" of the Material Plane where inhabitants of Golarion believe true madness lies. The few beings able to survive in the vast, cold void of space are too alien for even the gods to comprehend, and present one of the greatest threats to the known universe should they wish to do so.
Inhabitants
Gods of the Dark Tapestry, known as the Elder Mythos, form two categories, in so far as such chaos might be categorized: the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones. The Outer Gods are equivalent to true deities, whereas the Great Old Ones are less powerful: more akin to demigods, like the archdevils and demon lords. The Great Old Ones respect the Outer Gods and may be seen as heralds or high priests of their greater kind. For mortals, though, the differences between cults of gods of either category is practically meaningless. The ancient, eldritch horrors of the Dark Tapestry are beings of immense power who—luckily—have thus shown little interest in Golarion or her solar system. Were the Great Old Ones ever to devote even a fraction of their attention to this corner of space, it could very well end existence as gods and mortals know it. While some crazed cultists and power-hungry arcanists contact aspects of the cosmic beings in the hopes that they can harness their cyclopean might for their own purposes. None can control the raw chaos these forces bring, however, and destruction and madness are the ultimate results. The energy draining ooze known as the Colour Out of Space is thought to originate from the Dark Tapestry as well.Known Texts
According to some blasphemous texts, the region known as the Dark Tapestry is not so much a place as it is a thing that connects all places and all possibilities that exists outside of space and time. These texts go on to suggest that this "thing" is conscious—that it is aware. The Dark Tapestry Collection is a collection of tomes which discusses various aspects of the Dark Tapestry.
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