The Astral Sea

The world of Soma is one of an infinite number of worlds, floating suspended in a vast plane of raw light, life and magic called the Astral Sea. The origins of this realm are unknown and seem to predate even the deities of the various worlds. Occasionally the whorls and eddies of the flow of power through the Sea form a tiny pocket of safe, hospitable space. When this happens deities are drawn from more mature worlds and together they shape a new world into being. Sadly the opposite also occurs. These hospitable zones destabilize, seemingly without rhyme or reason, and a whole world is swept away in an instant by the unstoppable power of the Astral Sea. Because of its incredible, unstable potential, the substance of the Astral Sea is nearly impossible to traverse by any mortal means. Deities and comparable powers occasionally cross from one world to another if circumstances require but only the most powerful of mortal magicks can pierce through the Astral Sea, even from one world to a neighbor.